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Mental disorders include a wide range of conditions that affect mood, perception, emotion, and behavior. Most common among mental disorders are mood disorders, such as major depression, and anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But there’s another category of mental disorders—personality disorders—that can interfere with a person’s ability to function well […]