Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
A disorder characterized by persistent sadness or loss of interest or pleasure that significantly interferes with daily life.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Recurrent, unexpected episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms such as a racing heart, sweating, or shortness of breath.
Panic Disorder
A trauma-related disorder involving intrusive memories, avoidance, negative mood or thoughts, and increased arousal following a traumatic event.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
A disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and/or disorganized thinking or behavior lasting at least six months.
Schizophrenia
A person becomes excessively preoccupied with perceived flaws in their appearance that are minor or not observable to others.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
A disorder marked by severe, frequent temper outbursts and persistent irritability that are much more intense than expected for the individual's age and the situation.
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Excessive fear or distress about being separated from an attachment figure, including worries that something bad will happen to them
Separation Anxiety Disorder
A disorder involving intense and persistent grief following the death of a loved one, including strong yearning and difficulty moving forward with life.
Prolonged Grief Disorder
A person has one or more persistent delusions while generally maintaining relatively preserved functioning and without prominent hallucinations or disorganized behavior.
Delusional Disorder
A disorder involving repeated ingestion of substances that are not typically considered food, such as dirt, hair, or paper.
Pica
A chronic depressed mood lasting at least 2 years in adults, often described as feeling persistently “down” or hopeless.
Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)
An intense, persistent fear of a particular object or situation, such as animals, heights, needles, or flying.
Specific Phobia
Trauma-related symptoms—including intrusion, avoidance, dissociation, and increased arousal—that occur from 3 days to 1 month after a traumatic event.
Acute Stress Disorder
A disorder characterized by a sudden onset of psychotic symptoms lasting at least one day but less than one month, followed by a return to previous functioning.
Brief Psychotic Disorder
A disorder involving repeated pulling out of one's hair, resulting in hair loss, along with repeated attempts to decrease or stop the behavior.
Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)
A disorder involving significant mood changes, irritability, or other symptoms that regularly occur during the premenstrual phase and improve shortly after menstruation begins.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
Fear or anxiety about situations where escape may be difficult or help may not be available if panic-like symptoms occur.
Agoraphobia
A child shows unusually familiar or overly friendly behavior toward unfamiliar adults, often without appropriate hesitation.
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
A psychotic disorder with symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia, but the disturbance lasts at least 1 month and less than 6 months.
Schizophreniform Disorder
Recurrent skin picking that causes skin damage, along with repeated attempts to decrease or stop the behavior.
Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder
A long-term pattern of numerous periods of hypomanic and depressive symptoms that do not meet full criteria for manic, hypomanic, or major depressive episodes.
Cyclothymic Disorder
A child consistently fails to speak in certain social situations despite being able to speak in other settings.
Selective Mutism
A childhood disorder involving emotionally withdrawn behavior toward caregivers and difficulty seeking or responding to comfort.
Reactive Attachment Disorder
A disorder involving symptoms of schizophrenia along with a major mood episode, such as depression or mania.
Schizoaffective Disorder
Repeatedly bringing previously swallowed food back into the mouth, where it may be rechewed, re-swallowed, or spit out.
Rumination Disorder