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Hyper-somnolence disorder, Narcolepsy
Sleep disorders (or sleep-wake disorders) involve problems with the quality, timing, and amount of sleep, which result in daytime distress and impairment in functioning. Sleep-wake disorders often occur along with medical
Sleep-Wake Disorders: Insomnia Disorder.
Sleep Disorders. Sleep disorders (or sleep-wake disorders) involve problems with the quality, timing, and amount of sleep, which result in daytime distress and impairment in functioning. Sleep-wake disorders often occur along
Eating Disorders.
Eating disorder is defined as a psychological disorder centering on the avoidance, excessive consumption or purging of food. It is also said regarding eating disorder that it is a type
Personality Disorder Characterized by Anxious or Fearful Behavior: Avoidant, Schizotypal
Avoidant Personality Disorder. Anxious (Avoidant) Personality Disorder is a condition characterized by extreme shyness, feelings of inadequacy, and sensitivity to rejection. These individuals feel inferior to others. This disorder is
Dependent & Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder.
Dependent Personality Disorder. Dependent personality disorder- one of a group of conditions called anxious personality disorders, marked by feelings of nervousness and fear. DPD also marked by helplessness, submissiveness, a
Personality Disorder Characterized by Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic Behavior: Histrionic & Narcissistic
Histrionic Personality Disorder. Histrionic personality disorder, often abbreviated as (HPD), is a type of personality disorder in which the affected individual displays an enduring pattern of attention- seeking and excessively
Personality Disorder Characterized by Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic Behavior: Antisocial & Borderline
Antisocial Personality Disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is a type of chronic mental illness in which a person’s ways of thinking, perceiving situations and relating to others are abnormal and destructive.
Personality Disorder Characterized by Odd or Eccentric Behavior: Paranoid, Schizoid
Three personality disorder- paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal share common features that resemble some of the psychotic symptoms seen in schizophrenia. These odd or eccentric personality disorders are described next. Paranoid
Personality Disorders and Gender Differences.
A personality disorders is a type of mental disorder in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving. A person with a personality disorder has
Delusional Disorder.
Delusions are beliefs that are not generally held by other members of a society. The major feature of delusional disorder is a persistent belief that is contrary to reality, in
Schizoaffective Disorder.
Schizoaffective Disorder is an uninterrupted illness featuring at some time a major depressive episode, manic episode, or mixed episode concurrently with characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia (e.g., delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, catatonic behavior).
Schizophreniform Disorder.
American Psychological Association refers Schizophreniform disorder as a disorder whose essential features are identical to those of schizophrenia except that the total duration is between 1 and 6 months (i.e.,