What Is a Psychiatric Disability?

Mental disability refers to the state of various mental disorders that have not been cured for more than one year, and there are cognitive, emotional and behavioral disorders that affect daily life and participation in activities. Schizophrenia accounts for the largest proportion of mental disabilities.

Mental disability

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Mental disability refers to various types

Mental disability can be caused by the following mental illnesses:

(1) Schizophrenia;

(2) emotional and reactive mental disorders;

(3) mental disorders caused by organic and physical diseases;

(4) mental disorders caused by psychoactive substances;

(5) Children and adolescent mental disorders;

(6) Other mental disorders.

(1) Severe (level 1): Three or more of the five items are rated as 2 points.

(2) Moderate (secondary): One or two of the five scores are rated as 2 points.

(3) Mild (Level 3): Two or more of the five items are rated as 1 point.

The list is as follows:

Social function assessment items are normal or have mild abnormalities.

Personal life self-care ability 0 points 1 point 2 points

Family life function performance 0 points 1 point 2 points

Care and responsibility for the family 0 points 1 point 2 points

Occupational work ability 0 points 1 point 2 points

Social activity ability 0 points 1 point 2 points

"Note":

No mental disability: five items with a total score of 0 or 1.

Level of mental disability:

Adaptation to serious obstacles; life can not take care of themselves, ignore their basic physical and psychological requirements. Can't engage with people, can't work, and can't learn new things. Requires comprehensive and extensive support from the environment, long-term life, and full supervision by others.

Mental Disability Level 2:

Adapt to severe behavior disorders; most of my life can not take care of myself, I basically do not interact with people, I only interact with caregivers, understand simple instructions of the caregivers, and have a certain learning ability. Can perform simple labor under supervision. Be able to express your basic needs and occasionally participate in social activities; you need extensive support from the environment, and most of your life still needs care from others.

Mental Disability Level 3:

Moderate obstacles to adapting to behaviors; not being able to take care of myself completely in life, can communicate with people simply, and can express one's emotions. Able to engage in simple labor independently and learn new things, but the learning ability is significantly worse than ordinary people. Passive participation in social activities, occasionally active participation in social activities; the environment needs to provide partial support, that is, the required support services are regular, short-term needs, and some of the life needs to be taken care of by others.

Mental Disability Level 4:

Mild obstacles to adaptive behavior; basic self-care in life, but the self-care ability is worse than ordinary people, and sometimes ignore personal hygiene. Can communicate with people, can express their emotions, have a poor ability to appreciate the emotions of others, can perform general work, and have a lower ability to learn new things than ordinary people; occasionally need environmental support, under normal circumstances, life does not require care .

[Literary extension]

Literary "mental disability" refers to the existence of a psychologically explicit or implicit defect. Usage is about the same as "mental illness". "Psychological disability" is mainly used for literary derogation and has a strong emotional color.

The literature that appeared for the first time in literary intentions could no longer be found, but it is certain that it is a new literary vocabulary that took shape only in the late 20th century.

The literary extension of "mental disability" is a typical product of the "wave of generalization of vocabulary" at the end of the 20th century. It emerged from the further emphasis on psychological description in contemporary literature.