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Sometimes called intellectual disability, this type of developmental disorder originates prior to the age of 18 and is characterized by limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviors.
Intellectual Development Disorder
These disorders are those that impact the ability to use, understand, or detect language and speech. There are four different subtypes of communication disorders: language disorder, speech sound disorder, childhood-onset fluency disorder (s
Communication Disorders
This disorder is characterized by persistent deficits in social interaction and communication in multiple life areas as well as restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviors.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
A persistent pattern of hyperactivity and impulsivity and/or inattention that interferes with functioning and presents itself in two or more settings such as at home, work, school, and social situations.
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Shifts in mood as well as changes in activity and energy levels. The disorder often involves experiencing shifts between elevated moods and periods of depression, mania or hypermania.
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Characterized by excessive and persistent fear, worry, anxiety and related behavioral disturbances.
Anxiety Disorders
Can develop after an individual has experienced exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Characterized by restricted food consumption that can lead to weight loss.
Anorexia Nervosa
Binge eating and then taking extreme steps to compensate for these binges, like self-induced vomiting, the abuse of laxatives or diuretics, or excessive exercise.
Bulimia Nervosa
A condition in which people experience an irrepressible need to sleep.
Narcolepsy
Involves being unable to get enough sleep to feel rested.
Insomina
A neurological condition that involves having uncomfortable sensations in the legs and an irresistible urge to move the legs in order to relieve the sensations.
Restless Legs Syndrome
An inability to control the impulse to steal.
Kleptomania
Involves a fascination with fire that results in acts of fire-starting that endanger the self and others.
Pyromiania
Disorders including a number of conditions: presence of sad, empty, or irritable moods accompanied by physical and cognitive symptoms. They differ in terms of duration, timing, and causes.
Depressive Disorders
Disorders that involve the misuse of different substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine, opiates, and alcohol.
Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
