Mental Lexicon Theoretical Review
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As stated by Thompson 2007:44, American psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM IV states that there
are six types of mental disorders. Those types are: 1
Anxiety Disorder. The main symptom of this disorder is an intense anxiety. This category includes generalized anxiety and panic disorder, phobias,
obsessive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. 2
Somatoform Disorder. This disorder involves physical symptoms, such as paralysis or sensory loss that are psychological in origin. This category
includes hypochondriacs and conversion disorder which is formerly known as hysteria.
3 Dissociate Disorder. This disorder disrupts the memories in the brain.
Therefore, someone with dissociate disorder may lose his or her memories of life. The examples of this category are amnesia and dissociative identity
disorder. 4
Mood Disorder. This disorder is shown by severe mood disturbances, such as major depression, mania, or an alternating pattern
5 Schizophrenic Disorder. This disorder is a psychotic disorder which can be
characterized by a loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thought and affect, and bizarre behaviour.
6 Personality Disorder. It is a long-term, inflexible, maladaptive patterns of
behaviour. The examples of this category are the borderline and antisocial personality disorder.
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