The list of mental disorders or disorders is quite large. Some of them - usually borderline ones - may have a specific root cause, due to which other conditions develop, for example, schizophrenia, which doctors are often unable to establish. What mental disorders can be considered the most common and frequent in the modern world?
Eating disorders. This is a group of mental illnesses based on problems with food intake. The most popular pathologies are bulimia and anorexia. Serious trauma is often the root cause of an eating disorder. So, for example, if an overweight child is being teased in a particularly violent way at school, he may try to diet to lose weight. However, gradually, under the influence of external negative factors and gloomy obsessive thoughts, a total rejection of one's body begins to develop. Food is perceived as a real evil. And there is a gradual rejection of food. It is impossible to reach out to a person with this form of mental disorder on your own. The patient is convinced that he must continue to lose weight, while there is no criticism of his condition - the person is sure that everything is fine with him, that he is eating adequately. Most often, eating disorders affect young men and women, but there are pathologies in the adult - conscious - age.
Bipolar disorder (bipolar disorder). Previously, this disease was called manic-depressive psychosis (MDP), but later it was abandoned, replacing it with a more correct one. Despite the fact that bipolar disorder is not a borderline state of the psyche, that psychiatrists are usually involved in treatment, this disease is considered the most "positive" among mental pathologies. It does not cause rapid and serious deformation of the personality; it often proceeds with prolonged remissions. A person with such a diagnosis adapts well to life, rare patients get a disability. BD can have two forms of manifestation: a state of mania (elevated mood, excessive activity, almost complete sleep withdrawal, and so on) and a state of depression (symptoms correspond to major depressive disorder, as a rule). One condition is replaced by another either continuously, or intermittently for remission. However, there are cases when the disease occurs in only one form, most often depressive.
Neurasthenia. This mental disorder usually has a distinct cause. Neurasthenia can develop under the influence of bodily (somatic) diseases, due to severe or prolonged poisoning (alcohol, harmful substances, drugs, and so on). The causes of pathology also include: trauma, stressful situations, chronic nervous overstrain, life in negative conditions, when a person is forced to constantly face aggression, conflicts, negative emotions. Psychiatrists note that most often men suffer from neurasthenia, while women are more characterized by such a mental disorder as hysteria. The main manifestations of neurasthenia include: headaches and dizziness, disorders of the nervous system, the development of somatic diseases (for example, problems with the digestive system or with the brain), aggression and increased irritability, motor restlessness, weakness and increased anxiety.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Doctors believe that almost every second inhabitant of a metropolis has OCD to one degree or another. This pathology manifests itself through obsessive thoughts that cannot be stopped, stereotypically repetitive movements, for example, a machine swinging a leg or the desire to constantly click a pen, getting stuck in any situations or inside any emotions. Oddly enough, even the tendency to count cars of a certain color on the way to work can also be a symptom of OCD. For this state, panic attacks, phobias, increased anxiety, and a tendency to ritual actions are typical. A person with OCD can check ten times to see if they have closed the window, or run to wash their hands every time after touching objects. Severe forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder need help from a healthcare professional. You will not be able to get rid of a long-lasting and very pronounced mental disorder on your own.
Social phobias. Phobic disorders themselves occupy a leading position in the top mental disorders. However, social phobias should be singled out and considered separately. They are especially relevant for people who live in big cities. As a rule, the disorder begins to develop as early as adolescence. It is accompanied by panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, depression. Depression is often diagnosed in people with social phobic disorder. Without assistance, social phobias can turn into a persistent - chronic - state, gradually more and more poisoning the life of a sick person. However, if the measures were taken on time, then the prognosis is usually quite favorable. The main essence of correction lies in teaching a sick person to be in society, in contact with other people, in learning to control oneself during panic attacks.
