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Section sizes

Section size for Mental disorder (59 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	9,708	9,708
Definition	8,754	11,707
Nervous illness	2,953	2,953
Classifications	5,756	9,068
Dimensional models	3,312	3,312
Disorders	1,772	17,691
Anxiety disorder	820	820
Mood disorder	1,685	1,685
Psychotic disorder	574	574
Personality disorder	3,763	3,763
Eating disorder	1,811	1,811
Sleep disorder	2,183	2,183
Sexuality related	223	223
Other	4,860	4,860
Signs and symptoms	23	12,468
Course	4,191	4,191
Disability	8,254	8,254
Risk factors	1,318	17,456
Genetics	3,418	3,418
Environment	5,144	5,144
Drug use	2,814	2,814
Chronic disease	1,101	1,101
Personality traits	1,510	1,510
Causal models	2,151	2,151
Diagnosis	6,231	12,499
Criticism	4,764	4,764
Potential routine use of MRI/fMRI in diagnosis	1,504	1,504
Prevention	5,455	5,455
Management	1,671	10,276
Lifestyle	884	884
Therapy	3,378	3,378
Medication	1,645	1,645
Other	2,698	2,698
Epidemiology	11,624	11,624
History	50	11,330
Ancient civilizations	1,990	1,990
Europe	13	2,593
Middle Ages	1,124	1,124
Eighteenth century	606	606
Nineteenth century	395	395
Twentieth century	455	455
Europe and the United States	3,366	3,366
Africa and Nigeria	3,331	3,331
Society and culture	1,421	53,878
Mental illness in the Latin American community	7,409	7,409
Religion	3,437	3,437
Movements	5,820	5,820
Cultural bias	7,346	7,346
Laws and policies	5,495	5,495
Perception and discrimination	159	22,950
Stigma	6,691	6,691
Media and general public	8,319	8,319
Violence	7,781	7,781
Mental health	2,457	2,457
Other animals	5,953	5,953
See also	392	392
References	28	28
Further reading	3,960	3,960
External links	1,532	1,532
Total	197,482	197,482

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