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About Mental Illness
Much of the information about the most prevalent
mental illnesses or brain disorders, Manic Depression, Depression,
Schizophrenia, and Personality and Anxiety Disorders, has been
taken from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Fourth Edition (DSM-IV-TR) published by the American Psychiatric
Association and from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
(NAMI). Other brain disorders classified in the DSM-IV-TR include
Substance-related Disorders, Eating Disorders, Sleeping Disorders,
and many others. For more information about a specific disorder,
medications, and/or treatment, please contact NAMI at www.nami.org. |
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