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Article: Mental Disorders
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Mental Disorders
Three Stories
What Are Mental Disorders and What Causes Them?
Behaviors and Disorders
How Are Mental Disorders Diagnosed and Treated?
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Mental disorders cover a wide range of conditions that lead to abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior. These abnormalities cause distress or impair a persons ability to function.
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Behavior
Delirium
Dementia
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychosis
Three Stories
A man in a tattered coat stands on the street corner, yelling at no one in particular. Although the man appears to think that he is arguing logically, his words are jumbled together and make little ...