Common use of MENTAL DISORDER Clause in Contracts

MENTAL DISORDER. As defined in the 32 CFR 199.2, for the purposes of the payment of benefits, a mental disorder is a nervous or mental condition that involves a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that is associated with a painful symptom, such as distress, and that impairs a patient’s ability to function in one or more major life activities. Additionally, the mental disorder must be one of those conditions listed in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association.