What are the clinical manifestations of mental disorders?
Disease description:
Lately, I always feel that I'm experiencing many issues related to my mental health, such as forgetfulness and a lack of desire to communicate with anyone. I haven't had time to visit a hospital for a diagnosis yet. I'd like to ask doctors about the clinical manifestations of mental disorders.
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Zhang Baohua
The clinical manifestations of mental disorders are diverse, mainly involving three domains: cognition, emotion, and behavior. Specifically, they can be summarized as follows:
1. Sensory disturbances:表现为sensory hypersensitivity or hypoesthesia, such as intolerance to bright light, noise, or other stimuli, or reduced responsiveness to stimuli. Illusions and hallucinations, such as visual or auditory hallucinations, may also occur.
2. Cognitive impairments: Include disorders of thought form and thought content. The former may involve accelerated or slowed associative processes, while the latter may manifest as delusions, overvalued ideas, or obsessive thoughts.
3. Emotional disturbances: Patients often display social withdrawal, indifference toward others, poor verbal skills, and symptoms of elevated or depressed mood. Emotional changes such as anxiety, fear, and irritability may also be present.
4. Behavioral disturbances: Behaviors may include social withdrawal, impulsive actions, sleep disturbances, or eating disorders.
5. Memory impairments: Such as reduced memory capacity, forgetfulness, or even confabulation and false memories.
In addition, mental disorders may also be accompanied by various other manifestations, including disturbances in orientation, willpower, motor behavior, and more.
