Psychological & Mental health

A mental disorder is a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or [...]

Activities involved with the physical, emotional, financial and psychological needs of the household or family. Includes tasks traditionally performed by men, such as managing finances, [...]

Grief is a natural, multifaceted response to loss, particularly the loss of someone to whom a person has formed a strong emotional bond. It encompasses [...]

An umbrella term for body functions, body structures, activities and participation. Denotes the positive aspects of the interaction between an individual (with a health condition) [...]

The state of feeling very tired, weary or sleepy resulting from insufficient sleep, prolonged mental or physical work, or extended periods of stress or anxiety [...]

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a comprehensive classification system developed by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for diagnosing and categorizing [...]

A disruption of integrated mental processes such as memory, identity, consciousness, or perception. Can include depersonalisation, derealisation, dissociative amnesia or identity fragmentation. Source: DSM‑5 definition; [...]

Structured frameworks for identifying and categorising mental disorders based on symptom clusters, duration, severity, and impact—e.g. DSM‑5 and ICD‑11. Source: APA, DSM‑5 (2013); WHO, ICD‑11 (2017); see also Maj, 2005

In psychology and psychiatry, the concept of depression refers to an affective disorder characterized by persistent low mood, loss of interest, decreased energy, and a [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined deficiency in the body as the impairment of psychological, physiological, or anatomical integrity or loss of function or [...]