Anxiety and Depression
Prolonged feeling of helplessness, and sadness.
Depression
A strong, irrational feat of something specific, such as heights or social situations.
Phobias
People deliberately injure themselves.
Self-harm
These professionals handle both medical and educational matters. They may or may not of medical training.
Counselors
An outgoing dialogue between a patient and a mental health professional.
Psychotherapy
Type of depression that is intense and can last for weeks or months.
Major Depression
People with this disorder feel excessively worried and tense for no reason. They startle easily and have difficulty concentrating, relaxing, and sleeping.
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
People continue gambling despite heavy losses, even if they feel the desire to stop.
Excessive/compulsive gambling
These are medical doctors who can diagnose and treat medical disorders and prescribe medications.
Psychiatrists
Treating a group of people who have similar problems and who meet regularly with a trained counselor.
Group therapy
The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen.
Anxiety
People with this disorder experience attacks of sudden, unexplained feelings of terror. Attacks are accompanied by physical symptoms such as trembling, increased heart rate, shortness of breath, or dizziness.
Panic disorder
People uncontrollably spend money on items that they can not afford and don’t need.
Compulsive shopping
These physicians specialize in physical disorders of the brain and nervous system.
Neurologists
A treatment process that focuses on changing unwanted behavior through rewards and reinforcement.
Behavior therapy
type of depression that involves a reaction to a specific life event such as the death of a loved one, it can also take the form of anxiety that lasts much longer than normal anxiety.
Adjustment disorder
This disorder involves persistent thoughts, fears, or urges, which lead to uncontrollable repetitive behaviors.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Deliberately setting fires to feel pleasure or release tension.
Pyromania
These professionals diagnose and treat emotional and behavioral disorders through counseling. Although they are not medical doctors, some can still prescribe medicine.
Clinical psychologists
Helping a family function in more positive and constructive ways by exploring the patterns in communication and providing support and education.
Family therapy
Also know as dysthymia, which has less severe symptoms, but can persist for years.
Mild or chronic depression
This condition may develop after exposure to a traumatic event, such as a car accident or a violent attack. Symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, emotional numbness, guilt, sleeplessness, and trouble concentrating.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
The uncontrollable urge to steal
Kleptomania
These professionals provide guidance and treatment for emotional problems in hospitals, mental health clinics, and family service agencies.
Psychiatric social workers
A treatment method designed to identify correct distorted thinking patterns that can lead to feelings and behaviors that may be troublesome, self-defeating, or self-destructive.
Cognitive therapy