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Mental disorders have been a major issue of concern on the health living of different individuals.

Mental disorders refer to a wide range of mental conditions that affect the behavior, thinking and
attitude of individuals in relation to different aspects in the society. This essay therefore
describes different common mental disorders and how they can be diagnosed and identifying of
the best treatment method. There are various mental disorder that affect an individual causing
biological and physical dysfunction.
Depression is a mental disorder which is characterized by loss of appetite, minimal
concentration, low self-esteem, poor sleep, and the feeling of guilty. Depression disorder causes
several physical complaints with no ultimate physical cause of the complaint.victims of
depression may also experience tiredness. Depression may cause long lasting impairments on
people. At the most severe circumstances it may lead to suicide.
Diagnoses programs has been initiated by various medical institution to treat medium and intense
levels of depression. This is through pshycho-social ways to reduce depression among children
and adult people in the society. Depression is often caused by physical and social challenges in
the society. Physical, social and sexual abuse are the major causes of depression in the societies.
Moderate and high levels of depression can be diagnosed through counselling with behavior and
cognitive therapies. Antidepressants can also play an effective role in dealing with severe
depression among the youth and the children.
Dementia mental disorders is a progressive mental disorders which develops in human beings
affecting the cognitive function of a person. It affect the compression, language memory
concentration, calculation, thinking and memory of an individuals. Impairment on the cognitive
function of an individual affects both social and emotional control of the individual as well lack
of intrinsic motivation of an individual. Dementia mental disorder is caused by a number of
factors including physical injuries affecting the brain and diseases like stroke.
Developmental mental disorder refer to the mental disorders that affect the cognitive
development and development of the central nervous system. Developmental disorders are
characterized by disability in skills in various development sectors. Most of the symptom are
evident during early development stages of children.

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