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Adjustment Disorder
Adjustment disorder is an abnormal and excessive reaction to a life stress, such as starting school, getting divorced, or experiencing grief.
Eating Disorders
The term "eating disorders" encompasses a group of problems that fall into two broad categories—overeating (binging), and undereating (anorexia)—sometimes referred to as "starving or st...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder in which people have thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder in which people have thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions.
Personality Disorder
Personality disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions in which chronic behavior patterns cause serious problems with relationships and work.
Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizoaffective disorder is a mental condition that causes both a loss of contact with reality (psychosis) and mood problems.
Schizoaffective disorder is a mental condition that causes both a loss of contact with reality (psychosis) and mood problems.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses, and to behave normally...
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses, and to behave normally...
Anxiety Disorders
The anxiety disorders are a group of mental disturbances characterized by anxiety as a central or core symptom.
Mood Disorders
Mood disorders are mental disorders characterized by periods of depression, sometimes alternating with periods of elevated mood.
Hallucinations
Hallucinations involve sensing things that aren't there while a person is awake and conscious.
Psychosis
Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, usually including false ideas about what is taking place or who one is (delusions) and seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations.
Conduct Disorder
Conduct disorder is a disorder of childhood and adolescence that involves chronic behavior problems, such as: Defiant, impulsive, or antisocial behavior; Drug use; Criminal activity.
Reactive Attachment Disorder in Children
Reactive attachment disorder is a problem with social interaction that occurs when a child's basic physical and emotional needs are neglected, particularly when the child is an infant.
Depressive Psychosis
Major depression with psychotic features is a condition in which a person experiences depression along with reduced contact with reality (psychosis.
Major depression with psychotic features is a condition in which a person experiences depression along with reduced contact with reality (psychosis.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of anxiety disorder. It can occur after you've seen or experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of anxiety disorder. It can occur after you've seen or experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death. Topics
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