Chronic habits that erode everyday quality-of-life and normal functioning on the job, in school, within families, within an individual.
Behavioral health disorders include substance abuse, sexual addictions, gambling addictions, eating disorders, among others. In children, some common behavioral health conditions include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional deficit disorder and conduct disorder.
Behavioral health disorders sometimes co-exist with mental illnessandare treated in conjunction with psychiatric medicine and/or psychological counseling. But they are distinctly behavioral, the forces driving habits that, as one example, are linked to obesity.
Though some use the terms behavioral health and mental health interchangeably, they are not the same thing.