Anxiety
This distinguishes normal anxiety from pathological anxiety and becomes a concern when it is excessive, persistent, and disrupts one’s life.
What is an Anxiety Disorder?
This broad group of disorders involves extreme disturbances in mood and emotion, ranging from deep sadness to extreme elation.
What are Mood Disorders?
This disorder is characterized by intrusive thoughts that lead to repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing distress.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
This term refers to an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from cultural expectations and causes distress or impairment in functioning.
What is a personality disorder?
A discrete period of intense fear or discomfort that peaks within about 10 minutes, accompanied by symptoms like accelerated heart rate, trembling, and dizziness.
What is a Panic Attack?
This subtype of depression occurs seasonally — typically during certain times of the year, like fall or winter.
What is Seasonal-pattern depression?
Persistent difficulty discarding possessions, regardless of their actual value, is a hallmark of this disorder.
What is Hoarding Disorder?
This disorder is characterized by a blatant disregard for the rights of others — lying, manipulation, impulsivity, irresponsibility, often criminal behavior, and a lack of remorse.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
This anxiety disorder involves intense fear and avoidance of situations where escape might be difficult or help might not be available.
What is Agoraphobia?
This episode is marked by an almost euphoric or extremely irritable mood and behaviors such as excessive talking, spontaneous conversations with strangers, and hostile or argumentative comments.
What is a Manic Episode?
These are strongly held beliefs that contradict reality and persist even when clear evidence disproves them.
What are Delusions?
This disorder is marked by an inflated, often unjustified, sense of self-importance, fantasies of success or power, entitlement to special treatment, arrogant behavior, and a lack of empathy.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
People with this disorder often worry about routine, everyday things, even though their concerns are unjustified.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Once a dedicated weekend tennis player, Pete now avoids the court entirely and no longer feels enjoyment in the game. This loss of interest in previously pleasurable activities is a key symptom of this mood disorder.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
Lucy spends hours each day examining her face in the mirror, convinced that her nose is deformed, even though others see nothing unusual. She avoids social events because she fears people will notice this “flaw.”
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
Donald becomes visibly upset when the conversation is not focused on them. At a group dinner, they interrupt others with exaggerated stories and dress in an overly revealing way to draw attention. They quickly shift from laughing to crying whenever people stop engaging with them.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
These are actions people use to reduce anxiety in certain situations (like sitting near an exit or avoiding eye contact), but they can actually maintain and reinforce anxiety over time.
What are Safety Behaviors?
Although it is not classified as a disorder in the DSM-5, this outcome occurs at significantly higher rates among individuals with mental disorders—particularly mood disorders.
What is Suicide?
Joe believes that a secret government agency is controlling his thoughts through hidden devices in his home. He also hears voices commenting on his actions, even when he’s alone. These symptoms have persisted for several months and interfere with his daily life.
What is Schizophrenia?
Kash has been dating their partner for only a few weeks but already says, “You’re my whole world.” When their partner doesn’t reply to a text for an hour, Kash panics, accuses them of not caring, and threatens to end the relationship. Later that same day, Kash apologizes and begs them not to leave, saying they can’t live without them.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?