Health topics
Mental and behavioural health
Conditions affecting mood, thinking, behaviour and neurodevelopment, with links to clinically distinct diagnoses.
Overview
About mental and behavioural health
Mental and behavioural conditions include different diagnostic groups with distinct causes and care pathways. The term does not imply that neurodevelopmental differences are identical to mood or psychotic disorders. Assessment, support and treatment are adapted to the individual, and urgent safety concerns deserve immediate professional attention.
Mood and psychotic disorders
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Major depressive disorder
Major depression is a mental-health disorder involving sustained low mood or loss of interest with other symptoms and functional effects. It is more than a brief period o
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder involves episodes of depression and mania or hypomania with significant changes in mood, energy, sleep and activity. It differs from ordinary day-to-day
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder that can affect perception, thought processes, motivation and daily functioning. Symptom patterns and recovery trajectorie
Postpartum depression
Condition→Postpartum depressionDepression after childbirth, baby-blues distinction, screening, safety assessment and treatment.
Neurodevelopment and related conditions
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Delirium and substance-related states
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Delirium
Condition→DeliriumAcute fluctuating inattention and confusion from medical, medication, metabolic or withdrawal causes; diagnose the trigger and treat supportively.
Delirium tremens
Condition→Delirium tremensSevere alcohol withdrawal with delirium, autonomic overactivity and seizure risk requiring urgent monitored treatment.
For diagnosis, treatment information and clinical sources, see the individual condition references. This page is a topical directory, not a clinical care guide.