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Throughout history, mental disorders have been regarded with fear, bias, and ignorance.  Though medicine has drastically improved for the mentally ill in the last century, mainstream society still has a relatively uninformed and biased view against individuals with mental disorders.  This is particularly harmful because every year up to ¼ of Americans fit the criteria for being mentally ill.
Media has done its best to show us the crazy sides of the mentally ill, but how crazy is crazy?  If ¼ of the population is "crazy", how dangerous is society?  This list counts down the most life-interfering disorder, and explores how the individuals fit into our life.
Note: There are many other disorders, some similar to the disorders mentioned.  All information is received from the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision".

10. Type One Bipolar Disorder
What It Is
Bipolar disorder has been talked about a lot.  It has received vast media coverage and most individuals have at least a general idea of what it is.  Bipolar disorder makes an individual switch between two main moods: mania (emotions like happiness and anger) and depression (emotions like sadness and guilt).  Unlike the media interpretation, Bipolar disorder's mood swings actually take a long time.  Each swing lasts about a week on average, with a few days' transition in between.  Bipolar has been known to cause psychosis in some patients, but for the most part it manifests in irrational actions, heightened emotions, and lack of sleep during mania; and tiredness, aches, and lethargy during depression.  Patients often have very little self control and are at the mercy of their moods.
How It Fits
2.6% of the adult population is bipolar.  The disorder is genetic, and is generally easy to treat with medications.  In some cases therapy isn't needed.  The biggest risk is unmedicated patients, who are often a harm to themselves (unmedicated bipolar disorder has a 25% suicide rate) and sometimes to those around them.

9. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

What It Is
OCD is another widely known disorder, but few understand it.  Firstly, OCD isn't an obsession with cleanliness.  It can manifest in being clean, but that's only one aspect.  Obsessive-Compulsive patients are often plagued with recurring thoughts, worries, and fears that can only be relieved by repeating tasks (cleaning, touching surfaces, making noises, etc.)  Obsessive-Compulsive individuals can realize their fears are unreasonable, but the anxiety will keep mounting unless they relieve them by their repetitive tasks.
How It Fits
1% of adults have OCD.  Psychiatrists haven't figured out the cause of OCD yet, some think it may be caused by environments, others by chemicals in the brain. The treatment varies per patient, but is generally manageable through psychotherapy and certain medications.  OCD patients are not really dangerous to others, but their lives can be difficult and their behaviors may seem odd.

8. Factitious Disorder

What It Is
Factitious Disorder is an obsession with being sick.  Unlike hypochondria, in which patients actually think they are ill, individuals with Factitious Disorder intentionally make themselves sick or play sick for attention.  They often tell elaborate stories about medical complications, visit hospitals, tamper with their medications, and inflict harm upon themselves for attention.
How It Fits
Factitious Disorder is rare in adults, and occurs in less than .5% of the population.  The disorder stems from past trauma.  There is no cure or treatment for the disorder, though psychotherapy can be effective in limiting the behavior.  Most individuals with the disorder are not receptive to treatment.

7. Schizoaffective Disorder

What It Is
Schizoaffective Disorder is a bizarre combination of severe Bipolar Disorder and mild Schizophrenia.  Patients will have manic and depressive mood swings, and, as a third swing, will lose touch with reality.  Most often, Schizoaffective patients will experience low emotional responses in the third, psychotic phase.  They can become delusional, and sometimes may hallucinate.  The psychotic swing is mild in comparison to most psychotic disorders, however, and can often go unnoticed, leading to a misdiagnosis of severe Type One Bipolar.
How It Fits
.5% of Americans have Schizoaffective Disorder.  Psychiatrists believe the disorder is genetic and chemical.  The disorder is relatively easy to treat with combinations of medicines.  Most people with the disorder can function normally in society as long as they are medicated.  Like Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder has a very high suicide rate when untreated.

6. Depersonalization Disorder

What It Is
Depersonalization Disorder gives individuals a sense that they are not in their body.  Individuals will feel like they aren't their physical self, or that their life is some sort of movie or dream.  They struggle to form connections with people because they don't feel as if anything is real.  They have the ability to logically know they are ill, but cannot shake the feeling of detachment.
How It Fits
Depersonalization is also very rare, effecting less than .5% of the population.  It is caused by traumatic events.  The reason depersonalization is so "crazy" is because there are no treatments.  No medications are effective on the disorder, and psychotherapy seems to only help some patients, but not all.  Some people will feel detached from reality for the rest of their life after a traumatic event.

5. Trichotillomania

What It Is
Possibly one of the most physically disruptive disorders, Trichotillomania is an obsession with pulling out hair.  Individuals with this disorder will constantly pull out body hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes.   Patients get overwhelming urges to pull at their hair, only reaching relief when they've done it.  Individuals will go to great lengths to hide their bald spots, but for some the disorder becomes too bad to cover up.
How It Fits
Trichotillomania is also very rare.  No one knows what causes it, but it is possible to overcome through psychotherapy.  Some cases benefit from medication.  People who have the disorder may be feared because of their appearance, and it's not uncommon for them to be featured on daytime talk shows.

4. Specific Phobia

What It Is
It seems strange that Phobias rank so high up on the list, but they are where they are because they can be so interfering with lives.  Most people think a phobia is just an unease or mild fear of an object; actually, a phobia is an unmanageable terror of everyday things.  There are many subcategories and specific names for different Phobias, but they all fall under the same disorder.  Phobic individuals will go to extreme lengths to avoid their unreasonable fears.  They can experience physical symptoms such as racing pulses and strained breathing if exposed to their fear.
How It Fits
Phobias are incredibly common, effecting 8.7% of people.  They are caused by traumatic childhood events- most of the time patients can't remember the event.  The most common techniques for treating phobias are exposure therapy (in which the patient must confront their fear slowly and with the guidance of a psychiatric professional) and hypnotherapy (which helps patients to remember the cause of the fear).  Patients are able to recover, and even untreated patients may blend in to normal society.

3. Antisocial Personality Disorder

What It Is
Amongst the most basic, common, but dangerous disorders, antisocial disorder is also known as sociopathy and psychopathy.  Individuals with this disorder either have no empathy, leading to no morals, or no emotion at all.  The ones who have emotion, but no empathy, are extremely dangerous.  They make excellent liars, are often charismatic, and feel no remorse for any harm they cause anyone.  Their brains simply can't make the connections to evoke empathy.  Because of this, they can do terrible things without a care.  As you might imagine, most Antisocial patients become involved in crime.  A majority of serial killers have been diagnosed with this disorder.   Some individuals, especially the emotionless ones, are able to fit in to society without causing any harm, but can never relate to people on the same level normal individuals can.
How It Fits
1% of Americans have Antisocial Personality Disorder, but only 50% are treated.  A majority of people with the disorder end up involved in crime.  There is no cure for the disorder, and the only treatment for it is to teach the patients to act normal, although they'll still never be able to grasp ethics or even emotion.

2. Dissociative Identity Disorder

What It Is
DID, formerly Multiple Personality Disorder, is a very severe disorder caused by severe trauma.  An individual with this disorder will split his/her personality into two or three different identities and cycle between them.  A 50 year old man may think he's a 6 year old girl, and spend his time playing with dolls and wearing dresses.  This disorder has also had a lot of media coverage but is very misunderstood.  Individuals with this disorder rarely take on more than three identities, and it's almost impossible to make them aware that they have it.  They cannot live normal lives because they may switch identities at any point, sometimes staying an identity for years, sometimes for hours.
How It Fits
This disorder is also very rare.  It can only be found in about .1% of Americans.  There are no medications to fix the disorder, but hypnotherapy can be useful in merging the identities.  Patients cannot live in normal society unless they have gone through extensive therapy and their identities have been merged.  Otherwise, they live in psychiatric institutions or they are constantly cared for by family and friends.

1. Schizophrenia

What It Is
Schizophrenia, in short, is a loss of reality.  Symptoms include inappropriate (or few) emotions, paranoia, obsession with media, false beliefs about the body, beliefs of being famous or powerful, auditory and visual hallucinations, and catatonia (a completely unaware and unresponsive state).  Unmedicated schizophrenics can't tell what is in their head and what is real, leading them to act strangely.  There are different levels in the loss of reality, some are able to function normally for short periods of time.
How It Fits
For such a severe disorder, a giant 1% of Americans have it.  This means that for every 100 people, one is schizophrenic.  Schizophrenia is very genetic, and is often treatable with medication.  Most medicated Schizophrenics are able to function completely normally, as long as they take medication every day.  The disorder will never go away and skipping just one day of medication can jeopardize the patient's sanity.  The crime rates of schizophrenics are actually not as high as other disorders, but the individuals are much more troubled and much farther from reality.

There are many beautiful animals on this great planet. Upon first glance, many of them are easily recognized by all because of the works of scientist who are constantly researching this great world Still some animals do not fit into this category. These rare creatures reside in hidden places such as the depths of the ocean or deep caves and caverns. The animals that top this list may not be the most beautiful, but they are most definitely the rarest animals that can be found on Earth.

10. Solenodon

The Solendon is a small mammal that is indigenous to Cuba and Hispanola. This creature very closely resembles the Shrew in the fact that it has a long snout and scaly tail. However, the Solenodon has a flexible snout as opposed to the Shrew. Another distinctive feature of this animal is the fact that it is extremely poisonous. The Solenodon is the only mammal that can inject its prey with rattle snake poison. So it is best to stay back if you encounter this critter, as they will bite at the drop of a hat.

9. Kakapo

The Kakapo is the only flightless parrot on this planet. While its feathered cousins travel by air, this species chooses to walk or climb from place to place. This bird can be found in New Zealand and is often referred to as the owl parrot. This creature got its nickname from the disc shape that its feathers create around the eyes. This parrot also sets precedence as being the largest breed of parrot weighing in at eight pounds.

8. Olm

The Olm is an amphibian that is indigenous to Europe, mainly to be found in Italy. This creature has a long white body with four small legs. Upon first sight it looks very similar to a small snake. This lizard spends its life in underground caves. The creature has under developed eyes and is completely blind. While the Olm cannot see that does not mean it is completely defenseless. The Olm compensates for lack of sight with extraordinary hearing and sense of smell.

7. Bumblebee Bat

The Bumblebee Bat can be found in the limestone caves of Thailand and Southeast Burma. This species of bat is very small. An adult Bumblebee bat measure only one inch from head to tail. This breed of bat has another distinguishing feature, which is its pig like snout.

6. Ichthyophis Kohtaoensis

The Ichthyophis Kohtaoensis is a rare amphibian that is native to Cambodia, Loas and Thailand. This creature has a long snake-like body with a pointed tail. This reptile has a dark gray body with a yellow belly. The one feature that makes this reptile unique is the fact that it has two muscles that control the jaw.

5. Frilled Shark

The frilled shark is an oddity in the animal world. Until the nineteenth century researchers thought this animal had died out with the dinosaurs. However, this was proven to be untrue from the accounts of fisherman and the discovery of carcasses of this creature.
This shark looks very much like an eel in the fact that it has elongated body. The Frilled Sharked has a triangular shaped head with a long gray body. This shark does not have the large distinct dorsal fins that most have.

4. Monito Del Monte

Monito Del Monte is the Spanish term for "little monkey". But this name is deceiving. The Monito Del Monte is actually a marsupial that lives in Chile and Argentina. This species of mammal was thought to be extinct over eleven million years ago. However, modern day explorers discovered this creature in the modern age.
This small marsupial has the body of a mouse with brown fur and large, pointy ears and a long tail. The distinguishing feature of this animal is its large eyes and the fact that it lives In the trees of the rain forest. The long tail helps this animals swing from the branches in order to travel.

3. Addax

The Addax is also called the screw horn Antelope. This species of Antelope resides in very few places in the Sahara desert. While they look like many other species of Antelope, upon further inspection they are actually very different. This species has square teeth like that of a cow. Also, the antlers on this species are extremely long and curved, thus the nickname of screw horn Antelope.

2. Dugong

The Dugong is a large marine animal that very much resembles the Manatee. While these creatures are in the same family called the Sirenia, they differ from the Manatee. The Dugong can be found in the waters north of Australia and into the Indio-Pacific region. The mammal has a long gray body with paddle like fins towards the head. The distinct features that this species posses is its fluked tail. The tail of this animal looks similar to a dolphin tail. Also, this creature has a mouth that flairs out at the side and is in a more down turned position, making it easy to graze on the vegetative life on the ocean floor.

1. Saola

The Saola is by far the most rare mammal on Earth. These creature are native to Vietnam and Laos. This animal grows to a height of about 3 feet. It closely resembles the goat in stature as well as some of its features. The mammal has a small tail and long pointed ears. However, this animal is diifferent in the fact that it has a very distinct pattern of white spots and stripes on its face.