List of disorders
Encyclopedia
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- Adenoid disorders
- Adrenal disorders
- Allergic disorders
- Anorectal disorders
- Antisocial personality disorderAntisocial personality disorderAntisocial personality disorder is described by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition , as an Axis II personality disorder characterized by "...a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood...
- Anxiety disorders
- Appendix disorders
- Articulation disorders
- Attention deficit disorder
- Autonomic nerve disorders
- Acute stress disorder
- Adjustment disorderAdjustment disorderAdjustment disorder is a psychological response to an identifiable stressor or group of stressors that cause significant emotional or behavioral symptoms that do not meet criteria for anxiety disorder, PTSD, or acute stress disorder...
B
- Balance disorderBalance disorderA balance disorder is a disturbance that causes an individual to feel unsteady, for example when standing or walking. It may be accompanied by feelings of giddiness or wooziness, or having a sensation of movement, spinning, or floating...
- Behavioral disordersEmotional and behavioral disordersEmotional and behavioral disorders is a broad category which is used commonly in educational settings, to group a range of more specific perceived difficulties of children and adolescents...
- Bleeding disorders
C
- Cartilage disorders
- Cephalic disorderCephalic disorderCephalic disorders are congenital conditions that stem from damage to, or abnormal development of, the budding nervous system...
s - Chromosomal disorders
- Clotting disorders
- Communication disorderCommunication disorderA communication disorder is a speech and language disorder which refers to problems in communication and in related areas such as oral motor function. The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to the inability to understand or use language...
s - Congenital disorderCongenital disorderA congenital disorder, or congenital disease, is a condition existing at birth and often before birth, or that develops during the first month of life , regardless of causation...
s - Conjunctival disorders
- Connective tissue disorders
- Cornea disorders
D
- Delusional disorders
- Depressive disorders
- Disc disorders
- Dissociative disordersDissociative disordersDissociative disorders are defined as conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity and/or perception. See also dissociation. People with dissociative disorders are able to escape from reality involuntarily...
- Digestive disorders
P
- Peritoneum disorders
- Personality disorders
- Pervasive developmental disorders
- Psychiatric disorders, i.e., mental illnessMental illnessA mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
- Psychoactive substance abuse disorders
- Psychological disorders, i.e., mental illnessMental illnessA mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
- Psychotic disorders
- Puerperal disorders
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- Sexual dysfunctionSexual dysfunctionSexual dysfunction or sexual malfunction refers to a difficulty experienced by an individual or a couple during any stage of a normal sexual activity, including desire, arousal or orgasm....
- Sleep disorderSleep disorderA sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning...
s - Soft tissue disorders
- Somatoform disorderSomatoform disorderIn psychology, a somatoform disorder is a mental disorder characterized by physical symptoms that suggest physical illness or injury - symptoms that cannot be explained fully by a general medical condition, direct effect of a substance, or attributable to another mental disorder . The symptoms that...
s - Spastic disorders
- Speech disorders
- Spinal cord disorders
- Systemic disorders
T
- Testicle disorders
- Thymus disorders
- Thyroid disorders
- Tonsil disorders
- Translocation chromosome disorders
- Triplet repeat genetic disorders