Types of psychiatric disorders
1. Organic (body)
2. Non- organic (mind)
1. Organic mental disorder
An organic mental disorder is a previously used term to describe a dysfunction of the brain that was meant to exclude psychiatric disorders. It is currently known under the category of neurocognitive disorders. It describes reduced brain function due to illnesses that are not psychiatric in nature.
Examples of common Organic Mental Disorders are delirium, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and amnesia. Delirium is an acute onset neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by confusion, incoherent thought and speech, hallucinations, and delusions.
2. Non-organic mental disorder
A non-organic disease is typically referred to as being functional, meaning that there are symptoms of illness but no clear measures by which to make a diagnosis. In the past, functional disorders were largely considered psychosomatic.
While organic illnesses are characterized by physical and biochemical signs,
non-organic disorders manifest only distressing experiences (as pains or anxiety).
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