Behavioral disorders
Behavioral disorders involve a pattern of disruptive behaviors and cause problems in school, at home and in social situations.
Behavioral Disorders include:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- Conduct Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Anxiety Disorder
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- Learning Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
Behavioral disorders may involve:
- Bullying
- Inattention
- Hyperactivity
- Impulsivity
- Defiant behavior
- drug use
- criminal activity
Mental Illness
Mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling or mood. Such conditions may affect someone's ability to relate to others and function each day. Each person will have different experiences, even people with the same diagnosis.
A mental health condition isn’t the result of one event. Research suggests multiple, linking causes. Genetics, environment and lifestyle influence whether someone develops a mental health condition. A stressful job or home life makes some people more susceptible, as do traumatic life events like being the victim of a crime. Biochemical processes and circuits and basic brain structure may play a role, too.
Intellectual disability
Someone who has an intellectual disability will have trouble learning and functioning in everyday life. This person could be 10 years old, but might not talk or write as well as a typical 10-year-old. He or she also is usually slower to learn other skills, like how to get dressed or how to act around other people.
But having an intellectual disability doesn't mean a person can't learn. Ask anyone who knows and loves a person with an intellectual disability! Some kids with autism, cerebral palsy or down syndrome may be described as having an intellectual disability, yet they often have a great capacity to learn and become quite capable kids.
Just like other health problems, an intellectual disability can be mild (smaller) or major (bigger). The bigger the disability, the more trouble someone will have learning and becoming an independent person.