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Psychological disorders—also called mental health conditions or mental disorders—are when a person has significant disturbances in how they think, feel, or behave. Psychological disorders can ...
The CDC added mental health disorders last week to the list of underlying medical conditions associated with a higher risk of severe COVID-19.
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added mood disorders to the list of conditions that put people at high risk for severe coronavirus cases recently, clinicians were not surprised ...
Cite this: Mental Disorders Top National List of Health Conditions - Medscape - Nov 30, 2016. Authors and Disclosures. Authors and Disclosures Journalist Pauline Anderson.
Gaming disorder, characterized as an addiction to gaming, also made the WHO's new list. A version called internet gaming disorder first appeared in the DSM-5 .
Mental health care workers have been calling on the CDC to include mental health disorders in the list of conditions that would make a person more likely to suffer a more severe case of COVID-19.
It’s not just physical health conditions that can put people at higher risk for severe COVID-19 illness, but also mental health disorders, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A new report published in Health Affairs reveals the U.S. spent more money in 2013 on mental disorders than any other condition, with estimated expenditures of approximately $201 billion.
Research supports removing transgender men and women, like Laverne Cox, from global "mental disorders" list. Expand. By Nicole Lyn Pesce. UPDATED: April 8, 2018 at 8:22 PM EDT.
The list, which is endorsed by the U.S. Surgeon General, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and other groups, seeks to help parents differentiate normal ...
It's been 50 years since the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders, a milestone that helped change the perception of LGBTQ+ people in America.