Mood Disorders
This mood disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, loss of interest, and a lack of energy for at least two weeks.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
This disorder involves excessive worry about daily activities that is difficult to control, often accompanied by physical symptoms like restlessness and fatigue.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
This disorder involves repeated, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that an individual feels compelled to perform.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Individuals with this disorder may exhibit a pervasive disregard for others' rights, often engaging in deceit, manipulation, and impulsivity.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
A person experiences overwhelming fear when giving a presentation and avoids all social gatherings because they are afraid of being judged.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
A person with this mood disorder experiences extreme mood swings, ranging from very high energy and euphoric states to deep depression.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
This disorder involves sudden and recurrent panic attacks, often without warning or a clear trigger.
What is Panic Disorder?
A person with this disorder may have an irresistible urge to pull out their hair, often from the scalp, eyebrows, or eyelashes.
What is Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)?
This personality disorder is characterized by extreme emotional instability, impulsivity, and intense, unstable relationships.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
After witnessing a traumatic car accident, a person has frequent nightmares, avoids driving, and startles easily at loud noises weeks later.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
$300: This type of depression can occur after giving birth and typically includes severe mood swings, fatigue, and feelings of hopelessness.
What is Postpartum Depression?
Individuals with this disorder have an intense fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult or help unavailable.
What is Agoraphobia?
This disorder involves repeatedly picking at one's skin, leading to lesions or scars.
What is Excoriation Disorder (Skin-Picking Disorder)?
A person with this disorder has an excessive need for admiration and a lack of empathy, often seeking constant praise and attention.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
A college student keeps washing their hands over 30 times a day due to a fear of contamination, even though they know it's excessive.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
A type of depressive disorder characterized by a chronic, low-level depression that lasts for at least two years.
What is Dysthymia (also known as Persistent Depressive Disorder)?
This anxiety disorder is characterized by persistent and excessive fear of social situations due to concerns about being judged or embarrassed.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
The condition of hoarding, characterized by persistent difficulty parting with possessions due to a perceived need to save them, falls under this category.
What is Hoarding Disorder?
This disorder is marked by social detachment, restricted emotional expression, and a lack of interest in relationships.
What is Schizoid Personality Disorder?
Someone believes they are being followed and monitored by secret agents, even though there's no evidence. They have trouble trusting anyone.
What is Paranoid Schizophrenia or Delusional Disorder?
This disorder is a form of bipolar disorder that includes manic episodes that are not as severe as those in full bipolar I disorder
What is Bipolar II Disorder?
The fear of specific objects or situations, such as heights or spiders, falls under this disorder.
What is Specific Phobia?
This disorder involves persistent preoccupation with perceived flaws or defects in physical appearance, often leading to repetitive behaviors.
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
People with this disorder are often preoccupied with orderliness, perfectionism, and control, sometimes to the detriment of relationships.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)?
A person switches between extreme happiness and depression in short periods, and has impulsive behavior, unstable relationships, and intense fear of abandonment.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?