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Developmental disorders are disorders that occur at some stage in a child's development, often retarding the development. These may include psychological or physical disorders.

alcohol (acute alcohol intoxication, drunkenness, alcohol dependence, alcoholic hallucinosis, Alcohol withdrawal, delirium tremens, Korsakoff's syndrome, alcohol abuse) · opioids (opioid overdose, opioid dependency) · sedative/hypnotic (benzodiazepine overdose, benzodiazepine dependence, benzodiazepine withdrawal) · cocaine (cocaine dependence) · general (Intoxication/Drug overdose, Drug abuse, Physical dependence, Rebound effect, Withdrawal)

Schizophrenia, schizotypal
and delusional

Psychosis (Schizoaffective disorder, Schizophreniform disorder, Brief reactive psychosis) · Schizophrenia (Disorganized schizophrenia, Delusional disorder, Folie à deux) · Personality disorder (Schizotypal personality disorder)

Mood (affective)

Mania · Bipolar disorder (Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymia) · Depression (Major depressive disorder, Dysthymia, Seasonal affective disorder)

Neurotic, stress-related
and somatoform

Anxiety disorder/ adjustment disorder	phobic anxiety disorders: Agoraphobia · Social anxiety/Social phobia (Anthropophobia) · Specific phobia (Claustrophobia) Panic disorder/Panic attack · Generalized anxiety disorder · OCD · stress (Acute stress reaction, PTSD)

Somatoform disorder	Somatization disorder · Body dysmorphic disorder · Hypochondriasis · Nosophobia · Da Costa's syndrome · Psychalgia · Conversion disorder (Ganser syndrome, Globus pharyngis) · Neurasthenia

Dissociative disorder	Dissociative identity disorder · Psychogenic amnesia

Physiological/physical
behavioral

Eating disorder	Anorexia nervosa · Bulimia nervosa · Rumination syndrome

Nonorganic sleep disorders	Nonorganic hypersomnia, Nonorganic insomnia · Parasomnia (REM behavior disorder, Night terror) · Nightmare

Sexual dysfunction	Erectile dysfunction · Premature ejaculation · Vaginismus · Dyspareunia · Hypersexuality · Female sexual arousal disorder

Postnatal	Postpartum depression · Postnatal psychosis

Adult personality
and behavior

Personality disorder · Impulse control disorder (Kleptomania, Trichotillomania, Pyromania) · Factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome) · Ego-dystonic sexual orientation · Paraphilia (Voyeurism, Fetishism)

Mental disorders
diagnosed in childhood

Mental retardation

X-Linked mental retardation (Lujan-Fryns syndrome)

Psychological development
(developmental disorder)

Specific	speech and language (expressive language disorder, aphasia, expressive aphasia, receptive aphasia, Landau–Kleffner syndrome, lisp) · Scholastic skills (dyslexia, dysgraphia, Gerstmann syndrome) · Motor function (developmental dyspraxia)

Pervasive	Autism · Rett syndrome · Asperger syndrome

Behavioral and emotional

ADHD · Conduct disorder (ODD) · emotional disorder (Separation anxiety disorder) · social functioning (Selective mutism, RAD, DAD) · Tic disorder (Tourette syndrome) · Speech (Stuttering, Cluttering) · Stereotypic movement disorder

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	Receptive aphasia (in medicine)
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Developmental disorder

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