February 14, 2011

poem: the 16 main categories of mental disorders

I made a poem to help me study for my psychology midterm. I needed a way of remembering all 16 categories of mental disorders, as defined by the DSM-IV (in no particular order, mind you). Songs and poems have always been the best tools that help me memorize something. Enjoy.

Adjustment, personality
Sleep, impulse, anxiety
Sexual identity
(though that really shouldn't be)

Diagnosed in infancy, childhood or even teens
Somatoform (false injury)
Factitious (feigns deliberately)

Cognitive / dementia
Eating / anorexia
Psychotic / schizophrenia
Dissociative / amnesia

Substance-related
Mood (feeling deflated?)
And mental disorders due to a general medical condition not elsewhere classified.