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Mental Disorders
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Definition of 'Mental Disorders'Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function. Common names: Mental Disorders; Disorder, Mental; Disorders, Mental; Mental Disorder; Diagnosis, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Diagnosis; Behavior Disorders; Disorders, Behavior |
Saturday, November 07, 2009
29 Nov 2009 
BACKGROUND: Kinsbourne syndrome or opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is characterized by rapid, involuntary, irregular conjugate eye movements (opsoclonus), myoclonic jerking of the limbs and trunk, ataxia, and behavioral disturbances. In general, ... Read more...
Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures.
17 Nov 2009 Few studies have utilized both categorical and dimensional measures of psychopathology in children with epilepsy. We evaluated 173 children (88 males, 85 females; mean age 11.7y [SD 1.8]; range 9-14y) who had epilepsy (generalized 36%, partial 61%) ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009 Mental health disparities have received increased attention in the literature in recent years. After considering 165 different health disparity conditions, the Federal Collaborative for Health Disparities Research chose mental health disparity as ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Disorders'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Improvement of neurological status and quality of life in children with opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome at long-term follow-up. 29 Nov 2009
- Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
- Mental health disparities. 30 Oct 2009
- Vocational rehabilitation: an educational review. 30 Oct 2009
- Viral infection leading to brain dysfunction: more prevalent than appreciated? 13 Oct 2009
- Neuroendocrine and immune influences on the CNS: it's a matter of sex. 13 Oct 2009
- Mental status exam in primary care: a review. 13 Oct 2009
- Understanding the role of DISC1 in psychiatric disease and during normal development. 12 Oct 2009
- Medical and psychosocial diagnoses in women with a history of intimate partner violence. 10 Oct 2009
- New horizons for mental health in the UK.
8 Oct 2009 - Management of injecting drug users admitted to hospital. 8 Oct 2009
- Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults. 7 Oct 2009
- [Can psychiatric acute teams reduce acute admissions to psychiatric wards?] 6 Oct 2009
- [A community short-term crisis unit does not reduce acute admissions to psychiatric wards] 6 Oct 2009
- Applying health care reform principles to mental health and substance abuse services. 5 Oct 2009
- Common mental disorder and obesity: insight from four repeat measures over 19 years: prospective Whitehall II cohort study. 4 Oct 2009
- Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy. 29 Sep 2009
- Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers. 29 Sep 2009
- Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT. 29 Sep 2009
- Epileptiform discharges in psychiatric patients: a controversy in need of resurrection. 29 Sep 2009
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Technical information about 'Mental Disorders'
Definition: Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.
Descriptor UI: D001523
Alternative terms: Mental Disorders; Disorder, Mental; Disorders, Mental; Mental Disorder; Diagnosis, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Diagnosis; Behavior Disorders; Disorders, Behavior;
Related Mesh Headings: Mentally Ill Persons;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: F03;
Online Note: pre-explosion = MENTAL DISORDERS (PX)
History Note: use pre-explosion 1974-97