Characters with Mental Disorders

A  mental disorder or  psychiatric disorder is a  mental or  behavioral pattern or  anomaly that causes  distress or  disability, and which is not  developmentally or  socially normative. Mental disorders are generally defined by a combination of how a person  feels,  acts, thinks or  perceives. This may be associated with particular regions or functions of the  brain or rest of the  nervous system, often in a social context<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">. The recognition and understanding of  mental health<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> conditions have changed over time and across cultures and there are still variations in definition, assessment and  classification<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, although standard guideline criteria are widely used. In many cases, there appears to be a  continuum<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> between mental health and mental illness, making diagnosis complex.