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What is mental disorder?  What does it look like? Who’s diagnosed with a disorder? According to the American Psychiatric Association which publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which is now in its 5th edition, a mental disorder is “a syndrome characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental process underlying mental functioning.”

In this bok, we will read and discuss the 20 different classifications of “mental disorders,” other reasons people seek treatment, and the importance of assessment and treatment planning and intervention/strategies to use.

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