Abstract

Mental health is a serious issue globally. According to [686], direct spending on mental health illnesses exceeded $225 Billion US Dollars in the United States in 2019, which is about 5.5% of all health spending in the country. According to Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 [687], there are a long list of mental health disorders. The primary categories are shown in Figure 16.1, including neurodevelopmental disorders (autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder belong to this category), trauma- and stressor-related disorders (post-traumatic stress disorder is a well-known example in this category), neurocognitive disorders (major and mild neurocognitive disorders due to Alzheimer's diseases are well-known examples), substance-related and addictive disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, bipolar and related disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, dissociative disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, feeding and eating disorders, elimination disorders, sleep-wake disorders, sexual dysfunctions, gender dysphoria, disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders, personality disorders, and paraphilic disorders.

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