Mental disability

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Mental disability may refer to:

  • Developmental disability, a chronic condition due to mental or physical impairments arising before adulthood
  • Disabilities affecting intellectual abilities, medical conditions affecting cognitive ability including:
    • Intellectual disability, also known as general learning disability, a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder
    • Learning disability, where a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner
  • Mental disorder, also called mental illness or psychiatric disorder, a behavioral or mental pattern that causes impairment of personal functioning
    • Neurodevelopmental disorder, a disorder of brain function
  • Emotional and behavioral disorders, a disability classification used in educational settings

See also

  • Mental health
  • Physical disability
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