mental disorder
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.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
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.
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.
What it is for: Naming conditions so they can be recognised, treated, researched and accommodated.
It can be 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.
Distinguishing features
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 it looks like
No visible appearance; symptoms are experiences and behaviours reported and observed over time. Appearance must never be used to infer a disorder.
How it is recognised
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
Related models
is a kind of - health conditions
is assessed by - professions
is confused with - behaviour is not disorder
is accommodated under - rights to adjustments
In practice
Families and kinds
mood disorders
anxiety disorders
psychotic disorders
neurodevelopmental disorders
neurocognitive disorders such as dementia
substance use disorders
eating disorders
Identifiers
ICD-11 code chapter 6 codes such as 6A70 WHO classification
DSM-5-TR code numeric codes US classification
Standards and regulation
WHO ICD-11
Mental health law on detention and treatment
Disability and equality law
Health data protection law
Failure modes and hazards
Armchair diagnosis of people by an agent
Stigmatising language
Missing a crisis that needs urgent help
Disclosing someone mental health information
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Classification How disorders are defined.
Definitions come from classifications, not impressions.
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.
Evidence-based care and support exist for most disorders.
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.
Recognising crisis and signposting help is the most important thing an agent can do.
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.
People with mental disorders have rights and deserve respectful language.
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
What the second pass must settle
- 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?