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Mental Health Library
Depression
Major depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. Depression causes people to lose pleasure in daily life and can complicate other medical conditions.
Anxiety
Most people experience feelings of anxiety before an important event such as a big exam, business presentation or first date. Anxiety disorders, however, are illnesses ...
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common reasons children are referred for mental health services.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a traumatic event.
Bipolar Disorder
Contrary to how it is sometimes used in conversation, a diagnosis of bipolar disorder does not mean a person is highly emotional but rather refers to someone..
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a disorder of emotion regulation affecting millions of people. Up until a few decades ago, those diagnosed with the disorder ...
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
To understand this particular personality disorder, it is important to define what makes someone a narcissist. “Narcissist” is a common phrase used to describe those who are self-absorbed or vain,..
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociation is a mental process that causes a lack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memory and sense of identity. Dissociation seems to fall on a continuum of severity.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a type of behavior disorder. It is mostly diagnosed in childhood. Children with ODD are uncooperative, defiant, and hostile toward peers,..
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental illness characterized by a persistent preoccupation with at least one perceived defect or flaw in a person’s physical appearance, ..
Panic Disorder
Panic disorder is characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain,
Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
Social Anxiety Disorder, sometimes called social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme fear or anxiety in one or more...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer intensely from recurrent unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or rituals (compulsions), which they feel they cannot control.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antisocial personality disorder, sometimes called sociopathy, is a mental disorder in which a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others.
Adjustment Disorder
Adjustment disorders are stress-related conditions. Work problems, going away to school, an illness, death of a close family member or any number of life changes can cause stress.
Substance Use Disorder (Drug Addiction)
Substance use disorder, also called drug addiction, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to ..
Anorexia
Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of weight.
Co-dependency
Co-dependency is a learned behavior that can be passed down from one generation to another. It is an emotional and behavioral condition that affects an individual’s ability to have a healthy, ..