• A psychological disability is an invisible disability that may affect people of all ages. This type of disability is unique for each person. Limitations are not usually intellectual in nature, although the age of onset may affect the extent and type of disruption of learning and vocational goals.

• A psychological disability reflects a mental condition that interferes with a major life activity. Examples of psychological/ psychiatric disabilities include: major depression, bi-olar disorder, obsessive/compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. These exceptions include diagnoses such as gender disorders, compulsive gambling, kleptomania, pyromania, and substance abuse.
  
  Functional Limitations
  
  Affective

• Lack of affect.

• Feelings of anxiety or fear.

• Depressed mood.

• Feeling worthless.

• Inappropriate guilt.

• Irritability or outbursts of anger.

Cognitive