Mental health disorder
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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Synonymous names: | Mental disorder |
METEOR identifier: | 403575 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 25/08/2011 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 |
Definition: | A clinically diagnosable disorder that significantly interferes with an individual’s cognitive, emotional or social abilities. The diagnosis of mental illness is generally made according to the classifications systems of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). |
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