Shedding Some Light

Give me a word
Give me a sign
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find
Lay me on the ground
Fly me in the sky
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find
Oh, heaven let your light shine down
- Collective Soul - Shine

One of the difficult issues we encounter when it comes to mental illness is that people have pre-conceived notions about what it means to be mentally ill.  Many people automatically jump in their minds to some of the more severe diagnosis such as multiple personality disorder or schizophrenia.  They don't realize that there are many branches on the mental illness tree.  Collectively we are stigmatized, which, as we have previously discussed on this blog, impedes treatment and shames those who are suffering.  Let's take a quick look at just a few of the  branches are on that mental illness tree.  This list of diagnosis is not complete, and it comes from The DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), the American Psychiatric Association's standard reference for psychiatry, which in fact, includes over 400 different definitions of mental disorders.

Acute stress disorder - Adjustment disorder - Agoraphobia - alcohol and substance abuse - alcohol and substance dependence - Amnesia - Anxiety disorder - Anorexia nervosa - Antisocial personality disorder - Asperger syndrome - Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder - Autism - Autophagia - Avoidant personality disorder - Bereavement - Bestiality - Bibliomania - Binge eating disorder - Bipolar disorder - Body dysmorphic disorder - Borderline personality disorder - Brief psychotic disorder - Bulimia nervosa - Childhood disintegrative disorder - Circadian rhythm sleep disorder - Conduct disorder - Conversion disorder - Cyclothymia - Delirium - Delusional disorder - Dementia - Dependent personality disorder - Depersonalization disorder - Depression - Disorder of written expression - Dissociative fugue - Dissociative identity disorder - Down syndrome - Dyslexia - Dyspareunia - Dyspraxia - Dysthymic disorder - Erotomania - Encopresis - Enuresis - Exhibitionism - Expressive language disorder - Factitious disorder  - Folie à deux - Frotteurism - Ganser syndrome  - Generalized anxiety disorder - General adaptation syndrome - Histrionic personality disorder - Hyperactivity disorder - Primary hypersomnia - Hypoactive sexual desire disorder - Hypochondriasis - Hyperkinetic syndrome - Hysteria - Intermittent explosive disorder - Joubert syndrome - Kleptomania - Mania - Munchausen syndrome - Mathematics disorder - Narcissistic personality disorder - Narcolepsy - Nightmares - Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder - Oneirophrenia - Oppositional defiant disorder - Pain disorder - Panic attacks - Panic disorder - Paraphilias - Paranoid personality disorder - Parasomnia - Pathological gambling - Pedophilia - Perfectionism - Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Pica - Postpartum Depression - Post-traumatic embitterment disorder - Post-traumatic stress disorder - Primary insomnia - Psychotic disorder - Pyromania - Reading disorder - Reactive attachment disorder - Retts disorder - Rumination Syndrome - Schizoaffective disorder - Schizoid - Schizophrenia - Schizophreniform disorder - Schizotypal personality disorder - Seasonal affective disorder - Self Injury - Separation anxiety disorder - Sexual Masochism and Sadism - Shared psychotic disorder - Sleep disorder - Sleep terror disorder - Sleepwalking disorder - Social phobia - Somatization disorder - Specific phobias - Stereotypic movement disorder - Stuttering - Suicide - Tourette syndrome - Transient tic disorder - Trichotillomania

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