Explanation – Neuropsychiatric disorders are a complex group of conditions that involve both neurological (brain) and psychiatric (mental) symptoms. They affect the way we think, feel, and behave, and can significantly impact our daily lives.

Neuropsychiatric disorders include disorders such as autism, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and intellectual disability in childhood. It also includes mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorder, addictions, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder.

And traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, epilepsy, stroke. Neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s dementia and Parkinson’s disease that appear in old age.

However, Malaria is not a neuropsychiatric disorder. It is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by a parasite that infects red blood cells. While malaria can cause fever, chills, and flu-like symptoms, it is not classified as a neuropsychiatric disorder.

Source: Forum IAS