Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders – a review of the scientific literature

Introduction: Unambiguous definition of mental disorders is difficult, mainly because the heterogeneity this group diseases and clarity line between pathology normal. The proposed by World Health Organization (WHO) widely accepted. In practice, definitions from legislation a country are also important. Aim work: purpose study to discuss basic issues diagnosis treatment disorders. Material method: A method non-systematic literature review databases such as scientific Google Scholar, PubMed, CinalHl, Scopus, Arianta, Web Science was used. Results conclusions: disorders, I use pharmacological non-pharmacological methods. Psychopharmaceuticals divided into several groups depending on their mechanism action. Their selection depends diagnosed disease entity tolerance treatment. most used drugs non-selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Non-pharmacological methods include psychotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy, deep brain stimulation, psychosurgery.