Personality Disorders
- How Bipolar Disorder Works
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Gender Identity Disorder
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Passive-aggressive Personality Disorder
- Pathological Gambling
- Personality Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder
Depression
- How Depression Works It's normal to feel sad sometimes, but what if that feeling becomes debilitating? Major depression can interfere with daily life and cause secondary health problems.
- Understanding Depression In bed, you toss and turn, unable to get a good night's sleep. You feel anxious and worried. Friends tell you to "pull yourself together,\" but you feel helpless and hopeless. Learn about depression."
- Depression In-Depth Depression affects five to nine percent of women and one to three percent of men. Learn about depression risk factors, treatments and medications.
- Depression Resources Depression resources. Depression support, information and contacts.
- Major Depression Major depression is characterized as having 5 symptoms of depression for at least 2 weeks. Learn about major depression causes, symptoms, tests, treatment and prevention.
- Depression - Elderly Depression in the elderly is an illness where persistent sadness and discouragement are complicated with other medical conditions. Learn about elderly depression causes, symptoms, tests, treatment and prevention.
- Major Depression With Psychotic Features Major depression with psychotic features is depression associated with absence of contact with reality. Learn about major depression with psychotic feature causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention.
- Suicide And Suicidal Behavior Suicide and suicidal behavior are deliberate life-threatening actions often related to psychiatric illness. Learn about suicide and suicidal behavior prevention, causes, and treatment.
- Seasonal Affective Disorder Seasonal affective disorder or SAD is a form of depression relating to the seasons. Learn about seasonal affective disorder causes, symptoms, tests, treatment and prevention.
- Can depression cause heart attacks? What's even more depressing than depression itself? The fact that depression could lead to heart attacks. It's more reason you should seek help and start exercising when you get the blues.
Anxiety & Stress
- How Panic Attacks Work Out of nowhere you feel absolute terror. Your heart races and you're frantic for your breath. Everything seems unreal. Are you losing your mind? No, you're having a panic attack.
- How Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Works Formerly known as "shell shock," research into post-traumatic stress disorder began intensely after Congress requested a study of how Vietnam veterans were adjusting back to civilian life in 1983.
- How to Relieve Stress in Your Daily Life From mantra to yoga. From deep breathing exercises to plain old exercise. Get into your happy place and eliminate stress, before stress on your body and mind eliminates you.
- How Stress Works Stress is just around every corner for most of us these days. Reducing it requires you to learn the various types of stress, their different causes and how to deal with them. HowStuffWorks can help --
- What is a "nervous breakdown"? "Nervous breakdown" can mean many things. We often hear this term when someone is under a great deal of stress. What exactly does it mean? Learn about this mental condition in this article.
- Anxiety Disorders In-Depth Anxiety disorders fall into several categories and affect millions of people. Learn about the types of anxiety disorders and about diagnosis and treatment.
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is excessive, persistent, uncontrollable anxiety or worry. Learn about GAD causes, symptoms, tests, treatment and prevention.
- Panic Disorder Panic disorder or panic attacks is the repeated/unpredictable attack of fear/anxiety in the body. Learn about panic disorder symptoms, tests and treatments.
- Stress Management Stress management refers to various efforts to control and reduce the tension that occurs in stressful situations. Learn more about stress management programs, tips, and resources.
- Grief Grief is a natural reaction to significant loss or emotionally strenuous situation. Learn about grief causes, symptoms, tests, treatment and prevention.
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a psychiatric illness, may occur after a traumatic event. Learn about PTSD causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention.
- Traumatic Events A traumatic event is an experience that causes physical or emotional distress and is an event perceived to be a threat to one’s safety. Learn more about the effects of a traumatic event and how to move forward afterwards.
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Other Conditions
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- Adjustment Disorder
- Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder In-Depth
- Inhibited Sexual Desire
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- Stuttering
- Tongue Tie
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