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Major Depressive Disorder
Persistent sadness, loss of interest, and a decrease in energy levels.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Excessive, uncontrollable worry about various aspects of life.
Bipolar Disorder
Alternating periods of mania and depression.
Panic Disorder
Recurrent unexpected panic attacks with intense fear.
Schizophrenia
Disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Presence of obsessions, compulsions, or both.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Develops after exposure to a traumatic event with symptoms like flashbacks and hypervigilance.
Social Anxiety Disorder
Intense fear of social situations and being negatively evaluated or rejected.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
A disorder with symptoms including inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Characterized by deficits in social communication and social interaction across contexts.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
A disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of exaggerated self-importance and lack of empathy.
Eating Disorders
Includes disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
Insomnia
Difficulty falling or staying asleep or non-restorative sleep.
Sleep Apnea
A disorder where breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep.
Specific Phobia
Excessive and irrational fear of or aversion to a specific object or situation.
Agoraphobia
Anxiety regarding and avoidance of places or situations from which escape may be difficult.
Panic Attacks
Sudden onset of intense fear or discomfort, reaching a peak within minutes.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Obsessed with perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Presence of two or more distinct personality states or an experience of possession.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Depression associated with late autumn and winter and thought to be caused by a lack of light.
Substance Use Disorder
A condition in which the use of one or more substances leads to a clinically significant impairment or distress.
Conduct Disorder
A pattern of behavior in children and adolescents involving aggression to people or animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness, or theft.
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Recurring violent outbursts caused by a disproportionate reaction to any provocation, real or perceived.
Delusional Disorder
A psychiatric condition marked by strong false beliefs (delusions) in something unrealistic.
Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)
An irresistible urge to pull out hair from the scalp, eyebrows, or other areas of the body.
Hoarding Disorder
Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value.
Gambling Disorder
Persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior leading to clinically significant impairment or distress.
Pyromania
An impulse control disorder involving the urge to set fires for satisfaction or relief.
Kleptomania
A failure to resist urges to steal items that you generally don't really need and that usually have little value.
Schizoaffective Disorder
A mental disorder characterized by abnormal thought processes and deregulated emotions.
Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)
A chronic form of depression where a person's moods are regularly low.
Cyclothymic Disorder
A disorder marked by numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms as well numerous periods of depressive symptoms lasting for at least two years.
Adjustment Disorder
An emotional or behavioral reaction to a stressful event or change in a person's life.
Acute Stress Disorder
Development of severe anxiety, dissociation, and other symptoms that occurs within one month after exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor.
Conversion Disorder
A condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other neurologic symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation.
Hypochondriasis
Obsession with the idea of having a serious but undiagnosed medical condition.
Factitious Disorder
Falsification of physical or psychological signs or symptoms, or induction of injury or disease, associated with identified deception.
Dissociative Amnesia
An inability to recall important personal information that would not typically be lost with ordinary forgetting.
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