Most Common Mental Illnesses 20 items ranked
Here are some of the most commonly-diagnosed mental illnesses.
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anxiety
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depression
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obsessive disorder
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compulsive disorder
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bipolar disorder
formerly known as "manic depression"
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borderline personality disorder
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schizophrenia
NOT multiple personality disorder, though the two are commonly confused
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anti social disorder
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paranoid personality disorder
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multiple personality disorder
far less common than the general public seems to believe, but it is one of the better-known mental illnesses
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kleptomania
compulsion to steal trivial or unnecessary items
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Munchausen's syndrome
exaggeration or fabrication of medical symptoms to get attention and sympathy
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agoraphobia
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impulse control disorder
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mental retardation
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autism
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
common among veterans and victims of violent crimes
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psychotic disorder
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Tourette's disorder
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oppositional defiant disorder
most commonly diagnosed in "difficult" children
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