Mental illness

Joker, the product of an unknown type of mental illness.

A mental illness or mental disorder is a 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.

One could acquire a mental illness from birth, or from trauma, whether physical or mental.

List of mental illnesses

This is a list of mental illnesses along with characters who have or had them.

Alcoholism

• Question

Phobia

• Brainiac (Mysophobia)
• Sun Boy (Nyctophobia)

Drug Addiction

• Bane (venom)
• Roy Harper, Jr. (Heroin)
• Hourman (Miraclo)
• Perry White (tobacco)
• Penguin (tobacco)

Dissociative identity disorder

• Two-Face
• Duela Dent
• Al Desmond
• Oscar Heely

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

• Martian Manhunter (Chocolate cookies)
• Sweet Tooth
• Niles Caulder

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

External Links

• Mental illness at the DC Database
• Mental illness at Wikipedia