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. 2019 Mar 16;16(6):953. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16060953

Table 1.

Mental disorders and clinical descriptions.

Diseases Clinical Descriptions
Depressive disorder Characterized by depressive mood (e.g., sad, irritable, empty) or loss of pleasure accompanied by other cognitive, behavioral, or neurovegetative symptoms that significantly affect the individual’s ability to function.
Anxiety disorder Characterized by marked symptoms of anxiety, manifested by either general apprehension or excessive worry focused on multiple everyday events, together with additional symptoms, such as muscular tension or sleep disturbance.
OCD
(Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
Characterized by the presence of persistent obsessions or compulsions, or most commonly both. Obsessions are repetitive and persistent thoughts, images, or impulses and urges that are intrusive, unwanted, and are commonly associated with anxiety.
Bipolar disorder Defined by the occurrence of manic, mixed, or hypomanic episodes or symptoms. These episodes typically alternate over the course of these disorders with depressive episodes or periods of depressive symptoms.
Panic disorder Panic attacks are discrete episodes of intense fear or apprehension accompanied by the rapid and concurrent onset of several characteristic symptoms.