Changes: Mental illness

Latest revision as of 05:28, 30 August 2019

A mental illness or mental disorder was a psychological condition in which a person may have behaved in a somewhat inappropriate manner, be harmful to themselves or others, or found themselves obsessive or addicted to something.

One could acquire a mental illness from birth, such as autism or ADHD, or from trauma, such as PTSD or Stockholm Syndrome, whether due to physical or mental trauma.

List of mental illnesses[]

This is a list of mental illnesses along with characters who have or had them, or whom are suspected of having them.

Alcoholism[]

Question
Harvey Bullock (possibly; likely an ex-smoker as well, given his oral fixation)

Phobia[]

Brainiac (Mysophobia)
Sun Boy (Nyctophobia)

Drug Addiction[]

Dissociative identity disorder[]

Obsession[]

Riddler (riddles)
Rorschach (justice)
Amy Zahn (feminism)
Penguin (birds)
Catwoman (cats)
Two-Face (the number two)
Poison Ivy (plants)

Schizophrenia[]

The Joker (possibly)

Possession related mental illness[]

I.E. Mental instability caused by possession by a disembodied sentient or symbiote

Hal Jordan (Parallax)

Chocoholics[]

Intellectual disability[]

Twisty
Bizarro
Shaggy Man
Solomon Grundy (although this is likely because he’s a corpse)

Unknown mental illness[]

Joker (possibly schizophrenia or juvenile dementia)

Stockholm Syndrome- Harley Quinn

Autism Spectrum Disorder- The Riddler

Kleptomania- Catwoman, Penguin

Bipolar Disorder- Two-Face

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder- Bruce Wayne (possibly), Dick Grayson (possibly), Jason Todd (possibly), Tim Drake (possibly)

Narcissism- Batman, Joker

Sociopathy- Joker, Penguin

Psychopathy- Joker

Insanity Disorder- Riddler, Joker, Scarecrow, Mad Hatter

Eating Disorders- Penguin, Sweet Tooth

References[]

↑ As seen in The Wild Cards.

External Links[]

Mental illness at the DC Database
Mental illness at Wikipedia

[1] As seen in The Wild Cards.

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-A '''mental illness''' or '''mental disorder''' is a [[Psychology|psychological]] condition in which a person may behave in a somewhat inappropriate manner, be harmful to themselves or others, or find themselves obsessive or addicted to something.
+A '''mental illness''' or '''mental disorder''' was a [[Psychology|psychological]] [[medical condition|condition]] in which a person may have behaved in a somewhat inappropriate manner, be harmful to themselves or others, or found themselves obsessive or addicted to something.
-One could acquire a mental illness from birth, such as autism or ADHD, or from trauma, such as PTSD or Stockholm Syndrome, whether due tophysical or mental trauma.
+One could acquire a mental [[illness]] from birth, such as autism or ADHD, or from trauma, such as PTSD or Stockholm Syndrome, whether due to physical or mental trauma.
 ==List of mental illnesses==
 This is a list of mental illnesses along with [[character]]s who have or had them, or whom are suspected of having them.