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I’d like to see some more mental illnesses covered in the “Mental Disorders” category. Right now, a lot of mental illness articles are just floating around, and aren’t consolidated anywhere. It would be nice to see them with their own category. Here are some categories we could make: Anxiety Disorders (subcategories OCD, PTSD, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder) Bipolar Disorder Schizophrenia and Psychosis Personality Disorders ANXIETY DISORDERS (To be distinguished from “Stress Anxiety and Crisis Management,” this article would focus on disordered levels of stress, and anxiety disorders that do not have their own category, such as GAD.) This could be a subcategory of “Mental Disorders” or of “Stress Anxiety and Crisis Management.” http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-Generalized-Anxiety-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Reduce-Generalized-Anxiety-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Travel-when-You-Have-an-Anxiety-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Anxiety http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Anxiety http://www.wikihow.com/Heal-Anxiety-and-Find-a-Life-Worth-Living http://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-Anxiety Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-With-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-With-Someone-That-Has-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder-(O.C.D.) http://www.wikihow.com/Know-if-You-Have-OCD http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-from-OCD-with-OCD-Treatment http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Habits-and-OCD-(Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder) http://www.wikihow.com/Manage-OCD http://www.wikihow.com/Help-Someone-with-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Befriend-Someone-With-OCD http://www.wikihow.com/Explain-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder-to-a-Friend http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder-in-Children Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) http://www.wikihow.com/Live-with-Someone-Who-Has-PTSD http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Having-PTSD-(Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder) http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-You-Have-PTSD http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-With-Rape-Related-Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Meditation-to-Treat-PTSD http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-PTSD http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-PTSD-and-Manic-Depression http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-Complex-PTSD http://www.wikihow.com/Minimize-Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-if-a-Child-Has-Been-Traumatized-by-an-Event Social Anxiety http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Social-Anxiety-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Social-Anxiety http://www.wikihow.com/Bring-Severe-Social-Anxiety-Under-Control http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Debilitating-Social-Anxiety http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Support-for-Social-Anxiety http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-a-Social-Phobia http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Through-the-Day-With-Social-Anxiety http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Productive-With-Social-Anxiety http://www.wikihow.com/Raise-Awareness-for-Social-Anxiety-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Earn-Money-when-You-Have-Social-Anxiety Panic Attacks Panic attacks are the result of Panic Disorder. http://www.wikihow.com/Help-Someone-Having-a-Panic-Attack http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-With-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Calm-Yourself-During-an-Anxiety-Attack http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Anxiety-and-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-a-Panic-Attack-Due-to-Fear-of-Sickness http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-With-Anxiety-and-Panic-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-Panic-Attacks-Naturally http://www.wikihow.com/Reduce-the-Severity-of-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Panic-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Control-and-Eliminate-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-Panic-Attacks-While-in-School http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Panic-Attacks-As-a-Child-or-Teenager http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Panic-Attacks-Quickly-and-Easily http://www.wikihow.com/Relieve-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-Panic-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Self-Hypnosis-to-Stop-Anxiety-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-Anxiety-Attacks http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Panic-Attacks-With-Online-Mindfulness-Therapy http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Having-Panic-Attacks-About-School http://www.wikihow.com/Help-Treat-Panic-Anxiety-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-Mild-Anxiety-Attacks This could also support agoraphobia, which does not yet have enough articles to warrant a subcategory.

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Bipolar Disorder (Bipolar disorder is also known as manic depression.) http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Help-in-Living-With-Bipolar-Disorder-(Manic-Depression) http://www.wikihow.com/Seek-Help-for-Bipolar-Disorder-(Manic-Depression) http://www.wikihow.com/Manage-Your-Bipolar-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Diagnose-Bipolar-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Friends-with-a-Bipolar-Teenager http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-a-Bipolar-Family-Member http://www.wikihow.com/Know-if-You-Have-Bipolar-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-Bipolar-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Discipline-Your-Bipolar-Child http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-Bipolar-Disorder-Naturally http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-from-Bipolar-Disorder-and-Depression http://www.wikihow.com/Explain-Bipolar-Disorder-to-Others http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-Bipolar-Disorder-and-Depression http://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-a-Depressive-Episode-if-You’re-Bipolar http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-Someone-Is-Bipolar http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Bipolar-Disorder-As-a-Teen http://www.wikihow.com/Explain-Bipolar-to-a-Child http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-a-Bipolar-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Talk-to-Your-Teachers-About-Your-Bipolar-Disorder-if-You-Are-a-Teen http://www.wikihow.com/Help-Someone-Suffering-With-Bipolar-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Minimize-Bipolar-Mood-Swings http://www.wikihow.com/Let-People-Know-That-You’re-Bipolar http://www.wikihow.com/Sleep-During-a-Manic-(Bipolar)-Episode http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-Bipolar-Depression-in-Teens-and-Young-Children http://www.wikihow.com/Sleep-with-Bipolar-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Spot-a-Manic-Depressive-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-Bipolar-Depression-in-Younger-Children http://www.wikihow.com/Blend-in-when-You-Are-Bipolar http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Bipolar-Child-to-Take-Medication http://www.wikihow.com/Date-a-Bipolar-Man http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-Bipolar-Disorder-in-Adults http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-PTSD-and-Manic-Depression http://www.wikihow.com/Live-with-Manic-Depressive-Symptoms Schizophrenia Delusions and Psychosis http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-You-Have-Schizophrenia http://www.wikihow.com/Live-with-Someone-with-Schizophrenia http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-Schizophrenia http://www.wikihow.com/Support-Somebody-Living-With-Schizophrenia http://www.wikihow.com/Minimize-Symptoms-of-Schizophrenia http://www.wikihow.com/Talk-to-a-Schizophrenic http://www.wikihow.com/Live-with-Schizophrenia http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-Paranoid-Schizophrenia http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Delusional-Disorders http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-Schizophrenic-Symptoms http://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-Psychosis http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-and-Treat-Postpartum-Psychosis http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-Somebody-Whom-Is-Having-a-Psychotic-Episode http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-Psychotic-Depression http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-Delusion-and-Paranoia Personality Disorders (Should we make any subcategories here?) http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-Borderline-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Diagnose-and-Treat-Borderline-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Know-if-Someone-Has-a-Dependent-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Act-Toward-Someone-with-Multiple-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Someone-With-Antisocial-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Obsessive-Compulsive-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-Paranoid-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Obsessive-Compulsive-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-Paranoid-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Know-if-You-Have-DID-or-Dissociative-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Someone-With-Paranoid-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Narcissistic-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Schizoid-Personality-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Live-with-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Help-Paranoid-People http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Suspicion-and-Paranoia http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-a-Control-Freak http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Your-Paranoia http://www.wikihow.com/Determine-if-Someone-Is-a-Sociopath http://www.wikihow.com/End-a-Narcissistic-Relationship http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-the-Symptoms-of-Martyr-Syndrome http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-a-Sociopathic-Friend http://www.wikihow.com/Live-with-Someone-with-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Work-With-a-Controlling-Person http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-a-Sociopath http://www.wikihow.com/Protect-Yourself-from-a-Psychopath http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-a-Narcissist http://www.wikihow.com/Live-With-a-Neurotic http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Being-a-Narcissistic-Extension http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Depersonalization-Disorder-Naturally http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-a-Child-Has-Reactive-Attachment-Disorder http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-Long‐Term-with-a-Narcissistic-Husband http://www.wikihow.com/Heal-from-Narcissistic-Abuse http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-if-Your-Partner-is-a-Sociopath http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-Anti-Social-People http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Egomaniacs

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Wow, how right you are Ella!

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One thing I’d like to point out is that the DSM groups personality disorders into three clusters. Cluster A includes paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal. Cluster B includes antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic. Cluster C includes avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive. What if we organize this section as:`- Mental Disorders

  • Personality Disorders
    • Cluster A Personality Disorders
    • Cluster B Personality Disorders
    • Cluster C Personality Disorders
      `Also, in regards to the articles about dissociative identity disorder (DID), this disorder is classified as a dissociative disorder rather than a personality disorder, so I wouldn’t group these ones here. (Perhaps under the main “Mental Disorders” category since there aren’t enough articles about DID to make a standalone sub-cat?) I’m in full support and would love for this to be eventually carried out.
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This sounds like a great idea! Nice job on that list- looks like a lot of work.

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@Illneedasaviour You seem to know more about DID than I do, so yeah, we can put it under Mental Disorders.:slight_smile:(It probably showed up in my search because it used to be named Multiple Personality Disorder.) The cluster idea is a nice one. I don’t think that most wikiHow editors would understand it, though, so perhaps we could refer to the clusters by what they include? Personality Disorders -Paranoid Schizoid and Schizotypal Disorders -Antisocial Borderline Histrionic and Narcissistic Disorders -Avoidant Dependent and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders (wow that’s long) You really know your stuff!

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@MissLunaRose I’ve been a student of psychology for 3 years and just recently finished a class on psychopathology:slight_smile:I think your idea makes a lot of sense! We have categories with pretty long names, so that shouldn’t be too big of an issue.

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That’s really neat! This’ll help the category look neat and make it easy for editors to know how to organize the articles. (Hopefully nobody will confuse OCD for OCPD.):slight_smile:This should make it a lot easier to navigate mental illnesses and personality disorders on wikiHow.

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@MissLunaRose http://www.wikihow.com/index.php?title=Category:Mental-Disorders&viewMode=text there you go!!:smiley: