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Common Mental disorders

Mood disorders: Include many types of depression. The mood disorders can be severe enough to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning, or to necessitate hospitalization. Some may have psychotic features.

Bipolar Disorders: There are many types of this disorder. This can happen with or with out psychotic features, major or minor depressive episodes, manic episodes, mood disability. A large number of these people experience chronic interpersonal or occupational difficulties between acute episodes.
Borderline Personality Disorder. A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and effects and marked impulsivity beginning by early childhood. It may present in a variety of contexts. [Among sufferers, females are about 75-80%] .Symptoms can be misleading as many symptoms appear for other illnesses too.
Histrionic Personality Disorder: A pervasive pattern of excessive emotion and attention seeking, beginning by early childhood and present in a variety of contexts.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Â A pervasive pattern of grandiosity [in fantasy or behaviors], need for admiration, lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.
Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders: Delusions, bizarre behaviors, hallucinations, hearing voices, grossly disorganized or catatonic behaviors.

This is not a complete list but will give some idea about mental disorders which we see very often around us.
Please see a mental health professional for detailed information and help. Please don't conclude about your problem or others problem as understudying mental illness is not easy. Sometimes symptoms of more than one illness may appear and people with out sufficient training in mental health field could misunderstand these symptoms.