This involves fearing and avoiding places or situations that might cause panic and feelings of being trapped, helpless, or embarrassed.
AGORAPHOBIA
An eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted body image, leading individuals to severely restrict their food intake and often become dangerously underweight.
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Feeling sad or low, having less energy and feeling fatigued, having an "empty" mood, and avoiding your usual activities for long periods of up to two years.
Persistent Depressive Disorder
A mental health condition in which people experience a variety of symptoms following exposure to a traumatic event.
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is characterized by an extensive preoccupation with perfectionism, organization and control.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER
The disorder is characterized by extreme shyness and sensitivity to criticism from others.
AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER
Fear of heights.
Specific Phobia - ACROPHOBIA
A disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that are inappropriate for a person's age.
ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
Extreme feelingings of sadness, having no energy and feeling fatigued, having an "empty" mood, and avoiding your usual activities for short periods with gaps of symptoms up to two months.
Major Depressive Disorder
An ongoing difficulty throwing away or parting with possessions because a person believes that they need to save them.
HOARDING DISORDER
This personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of.
DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER
This personality disorder is characterized by having an unreasonably high sense of ones own importance. They lack empathy, seek too much attention and want people to admire them.
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
This usually involves a persistent feeling of anxiety or dread about everyday problems.
GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)
An eating disorder characterized by a cycle of binge eating followed by behaviors aimed at preventing weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting, excessive exercise, or the use of laxatives.
BULIMIA NERVOSA
Involves more severe Manic Episodes
Bipolar I
A mental health condition characterized by obsessions and compulsions that interfere with daily life.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
This personality disorder is characterized by a desire to remain socially withdrawn from others and feelings of indifference toward other people.
SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER
This personality disorder is marked by unstable emotions, a distorted self-image and an overwhelming desire to be noticed. People with this disorder often behave dramatically or inappropriately to get attention.
HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
This disorder often include physical symptoms that might feel like a heart attack, such as trembling, tingling, or rapid heart rate.
PANIC DISORDER
A neurodevelopmental condition characterized by challenges in social communication, restricted interests, and repetitive behaviors.
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)
Involves less severe Manic episodes with more frequent, severe depression.
Bipolar II
A condition marked by the presence of two or more distinct personalities within one individual.
DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER
People with this disorder are distrustful of others to the extent that it makes it hard to form relationships and function in daily life.
PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER
This personality disorder is characterized by unstable moods and emotions, relationships, and behavior. During an episode, a person may act impulsively, engage in risky behaviors, switch moods quickly, have higher levels of anger, appear numb, or experience paranoia.
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
With this disorder everyday interactions cause significant anxiety, self-consciousness, and embarrassment because an individual fears being scrutinized or judged negatively by others.
SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
Culturally, eating disorders are more prevalent in what societies?
Western cultures
One of the possible causes for Bipolar disorder.
Genetic Factors, neurotransmitters - norepinephrine and serotonin, environmental Factors - trauma.
A temporary state where a person has amnesia and travels or ends up in an unexpected place.
Dissociative Fugue
People with this personality disorder are often described as odd or eccentric and usually have few close relationships.
SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
This personality disorder is characterized by a lack of empathy and regard for other people. People with antisocial personality disorder have little or no regard for right or wrong.
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER