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mental disorder
vr.tr.mental-disorder · thing-q12135
Let an agent handle mental disorders as defined clinical categories, speak about them without stigma, give only general information, and direct people to professional or crisis help.
Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Classification How disorders are defined.
Classification system
ICD-11 and DSM.
Classification
The system and code.
- Which classification and code define this disorder? provenance
- How do ICD-11 and DSM definitions differ? boundary
Criteria
Diagnostic criteria.
Criteria
What the criteria require.
- What do the criteria require, including duration and impairment? definition
- Who is qualified to apply them? boundary
Care Treatment and support.
Treatment
Evidence-based care.
Treatment evidence
What guidelines recommend.
- What do clinical guidelines recommend, from which body? provenance
- How does someone access care here? action
Support
Peer and community support.
Support
Support available.
- What support services exist? definition
- What accommodations can be requested at work or school? action
Crisis Urgent help.
Signs of crisis
When urgent help is needed.
Crisis signs
Signs of danger.
- Does what the person says suggest risk to themselves or others? boundary
- Is immediate help needed? action
Crisis services
Where to turn.
Crisis contact
Crisis services available.
- Which crisis line or emergency service applies in this country? action
- How should the agent stay with the person while they seek help? action
Rights and language Respect and privacy.
Rights
Legal protections.
Rights
Protections in law.
- Which legal protections apply? boundary
- When can someone be treated without consent, under which law? boundary
Language and privacy
Non-stigmatising, confidential.
Language
Respectful and private handling.
- Is the language used person-first and non-stigmatising? boundary
- Is health information being shared without consent? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- dopaminergic dysfunction, behavioral disorder, confusion with time and space, challenges in planning or solving problems, difficulty completing familiar tasks at home, at work or at leisure, problems with words in speaking or writing, decreased or poor judgment, somatic symptom disorder, attention deficit, copropraxia, rejection sensitive dysphoria, cognitive impairment
What it is Filled
A clinically significant pattern of disturbance in thinking, emotion regulation or behaviour, associated with distress or impaired functioning, as defined in classifications such as ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle mental disorders as defined clinical categories, speak about them without stigma, give only general information, and direct people to professional or crisis help.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Defined by criteria in ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR
- Requires distress or impairment, not just difference
- Diagnosis is a clinical act
- Personal health data of the most sensitive kind
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose a person or suggest that a named person has a mental disorder.
- Use diagnostic terms as insults or casually.
- Disclose a person's mental health information without consent.
- Advise stopping or changing psychiatric treatment.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision on involuntary care or treatment.
- Sharing information about a person in crisis with others.
May
- Explain mental disorders in general terms from current classifications and reputable sources.
- Direct a person who mentions self-harm or crisis to emergency or crisis services.
- Use person-first and non-stigmatising language.
Moral aspects Filled
- Mental illness carries heavy stigma, and labels can cost people work and relationships.
- People in crisis need timely help, not delay.
Who is affected
- People with mental disorders
- Families and carers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the condition; clinicians diagnose and treat it, and health systems keep the records.
Master systems
- Health records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q12136 - registry parent class
- Q140408816 - registry parent class
related
- disease or health condition - health conditions
- psychology and psychiatry - professions
- human behavior - behaviour is not disorder
- disability law - rights to adjustments
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.mental-disorder
- Wikidata: Q12135 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12135)
- ICD-11 code: chapter 6 codes such as 6A70 WHO classification
- DSM-5-TR code: numeric codes US classification
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Only clinical assessment establishes a diagnosis
- Checklists of warning signs, such as those for dementia, are prompts to seek assessment, not diagnoses
- Behaviour alone does not identify a disorder
- No visible appearance; symptoms are experiences and behaviours reported and observed over time. Appearance must never be used to infer a disorder.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- diagnose it, only by qualified clinicians
- treat and support it, with evidence-based care
- accommodate it, under disability and equality law
- provide general information and signposting
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Armchair diagnosis of people by an agent
- Stigmatising language
- Missing a crisis that needs urgent help
- Disclosing someone mental health information
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WHO ICD-11
- Mental health law on detention and treatment
- Disability and equality law
- Health data protection law
Context of use required Filled
- Naming conditions so they can be recognised, treated, researched and accommodated.
- mood disorders
- anxiety disorders
- psychotic disorders
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- neurocognitive disorders such as dementia
- substance use disorders
- eating disorders
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12135: mental disorder - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Mental disorder - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each disorder be a separate entry linked to ICD-11?
- How should agents recognise and respond to crisis consistently?
- The registry entry has merged symptom aliases; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
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