Mood Disorders
This disorder requires at least two weeks of depressed mood or loss of pleasure, along with symptoms such as fatigue, sleep changes, and thoughts of death.
What is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)?
Excessive and uncontrollable worry occurring more days than not for at least six months, accompanied by muscle tension, restlessness, and sleep disturbance.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
A chronic mental illness lasting at least six months, featuring delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and social or occupational dysfunction.
What is Schizophrenia?
Marked by unstable moods, relationships, and self-image, along with impulsive and self-harming behaviors.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
This disorder features restricted food intake, intense fear of gaining weight, and distorted body perception.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
This key symptom of depression refers to the diminished ability to feel pleasure or interest in once-enjoyable activities.
What is Anhedonia?
Characterized by recurrent, unexpected attacks of intense fear peaking within minutes, often followed by persistent concern about additional episodes.
What is Panic Disorder?
A firmly held false belief that persists despite clear contradictory evidence.
What is a Delusion?
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy for others.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)?
Binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors like vomiting, fasting, or excessive exercise, occurring weekly for at least three months.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
A mood disorder defined by at least one manic episode lasting a week or more, often alternating with episodes of depression.
What is Bipolar I Disorder?
This disorder involves excessive, irrational fear of a specific object or situation that leads to avoidance and lasts at least six months.
What is Specific Phobia?
A sensory perception, often auditory, that occurs without an external stimulus.
What is a Hallucination?
This disorder involves social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to criticism, despite a desire for relationships.
What is Avoidant Personality Disorder?
Recurrent episodes of uncontrolled eating without compensatory behaviors, accompanied by distress and guilt.
What is Binge-Eating Disorder?
A distinct period of elevated or irritable mood and increased energy lasting at least one week, featuring inflated self-esteem and decreased need for sleep.
What is a Manic Episode?
A disorder featuring intrusive thoughts and/or repetitive behaviors performed to reduce anxiety, often consuming excessive time.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Reduced emotional expression, speech, or motivation commonly seen in schizophrenia and related disorders.
What are Negative Symptoms?
A long-standing pattern of disregarding and violating the rights of others, often beginning before age 15, and associated with deceitfulness and lack of remorse.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
A pattern of problematic substance use causing impairment, characterized by at least two symptoms such as tolerance, withdrawal, or craving.
What is Substance Use Disorder (SUD)?
This chronic mood condition involves at least two years of fluctuating hypomanic and depressive symptoms that never meet full diagnostic criteria.
What is Cyclothymic Disorder?
Developing after exposure to trauma, this disorder includes intrusion, avoidance, negative mood, and arousal symptoms lasting over one month.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
This symptom involves incoherent or tangential communication reflecting disorganized thought processes.
What is Disorganized Speech?
An excessive need to be cared for that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and difficulty making independent decisions.
What is Dependent Personality Disorder?
The physiological and psychological symptoms that occur when a person reduces or stops prolonged substance use.
What is Withdrawal?