OVERVIEW
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a mental condition which people have an inflated sense of their own importance. It often involves a pattern of self-centered, arrogant...
Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) occurs when a person feels extreme anxiety about physical symptoms such as pain or fatigue. The person has intense thoughts,...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder is one of the most common anxiety disorders and affects approximately 3.1% of the American adult population. With 6.8 million reported...
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a mental condition in which a person is preoccupied with:
Rules
Orderliness
Control
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder that’s characterized...
Delusions are fixed beliefs that do not change, even when a person is presented with conflicting evidence. Delusions are considered "bizarre" if they are...
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) controls several basic functions, including:
heart rate
body temperature
breathing rate
digestion
sensation
You don’t have to think consciously about...
OVERVIEW
Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is a condition that was formerly called sleep myoclonus or nocturnal myoclonus. It is described as repetitive limb movements...
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) controls several basic functions, including:
heart rate
body temperature
breathing rate
digestion
sensation
You don’t have to think consciously about these systems for them to...
Overview
Rumination syndrome is a condition in which people repeatedly and unintentionally spit up (regurgitate) undigested or partially digested food from the stomach, rechew it,...
Illness anxiety disorder (previously called hypochondriasis, a term that has been abandoned because of its pejorative connotation) most commonly begins during early adulthood and...
Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) occurs when a person feels extreme anxiety about physical symptoms such as pain or fatigue. The person has intense thoughts,...
Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety
Before understanding the causes, symptoms and other roots associated with the disorder, understanding the term anxiety is the first step. It refers to...
A person who has experienced or witnessed a life-threatening, terrifying or otherwise deeply traumatic event may, in some cases, develop acute stress disorder (ASD),...
Colony collapse disorder (CCD), disorder affecting honeybee colonies that are characterized by sudden colony death, with a lack of healthy adult bees inside the...
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) was formerly called multiple personality disorder. It is a mental illnesses that involves disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity...
An autoimmune disease is a condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body.
The immune system normally guards against germs like bacteria and...
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development.
Inattention means a...
BIPOLAR DISORDER
Overview about Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as maniac depression, brings extreme mood swings which include high and...
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development.
Inattention means a...
BIPOLAR DISORDER
Overview about Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as maniac depression, brings extreme mood swings which include high and low moods and changes in...
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a mental condition in which a person is preoccupied with:
Rules
Orderliness
Control
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder that’s characterized...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder is one of the most common anxiety disorders and affects approximately 3.1% of the American adult population. With 6.8 million reported...
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) was formerly called multiple personality disorder. It is a mental illnesses that involves disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity...
DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER (DID)
INTRODUCTION
Dissociative identity disorder, formerly referred to as multiple personality disorder, is characterized by a person's identity fragmenting into two or more...
Illness anxiety disorder (previously called hypochondriasis, a term that has been abandoned because of its pejorative connotation) most commonly begins during early adulthood and...
OVERVIEW
Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is a condition that was formerly called sleep myoclonus or nocturnal myoclonus. It is described as repetitive limb movements...
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) was formerly called multiple personality disorder. It is a mental illnesses that involves disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity...
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a mental condition in which a person is preoccupied with:
Rules
Orderliness
Control
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder that’s characterized...
An autoimmune disease is a condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body.
The immune system normally guards against germs like bacteria and...
