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It depends on the case weather or not if affects the parents and how much it affects them. In most cases though I'd say the person with the disorder suffers far more.
A person who suffers from erratic behavior, as in Bipolar Disorder.
A person can inherit a tendency toward a mental disorder.
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as part of normal development or culture (from wikipedia)Someone who abuses someone is doing something culturally unacceptable to another person, or it wouldn't be classified as abuse. So they would have some mental disorder, at least until the normal development of culture changes.Based on the standards of 150 years ago, everyone suffers from mental disorder.
The somnambulism is a disorder no matter how old is a person which suffers from it.
You just did. I discovered Susan suffers from a mild case of Kleptomania when her husband takes the credit card away. A kleptomaniac is a person who has a mental disorder that causes them to compulsively steal small things.
Hospitalization would be recommended for anyone whose mental disorder is so severe that the person in question is dangerous to himself or others.
Munchausen syndrome - a type of factitious disorder, or mental illness, in which a person repeatedly acts as if he or she has a physical or mental disorder when, in truth, he or she has caused the symptoms.
sociopath
Someone who is born on the autism spectrum/has autism spectrum disorder/is autistic. Often used in an offensive manner towards autistic people.
A mood disorder is a mental health condition characterized by persistent changes in mood, such as depression or mania. These mood changes can significantly impact a person's emotional state, energy levels, and daily functioning. Mood disorders include conditions like major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and cyclothymic disorder.
Yes, Bipolar disorder is a mental illness.