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Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness characterized by incoherent or illogical thoughts, bizarre behavior and speech, and delusions or hallucinations, such as hearing voices. The age of onset is typically
Suicide and Cyclothymic Disorder.
American Psychological Association refers cyclothymic disorder as a mood disorder characterized by periods of hypomanic symptoms and periods of depressive symptoms that occur over the course of at least 2 years.
Bipolar-II Disorder.
APA refers bipolar II disorder, as a disorder in which the individual fluctuates between major depressive and hypomanic episodes; and cyclothymic disorder. The former official name for bipolar disorders, manic-depressive
Bipolar-I Disorder.
APA refers Bipolar disorder as a serious mental illness in which common emotions become intensely and often unpredictably magnified. Individuals with bipolar disorder can quickly swing from extremes of happiness,
Misconceptions about Personality- Discover 7 Attributes that are Not Personality
What is Personality? Personality can be defined as the consistent pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving that differentiates one individual from another. Psychologists have explored and expanded on this definition
Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder- A mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness and other symptoms of a major depressive episode. But without accompanying episodes of mania or hypomania or mixed episodes of
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) is a childhood condition of extreme irritability, anger, and frequent, intense temper outbursts. DMDD symptoms go beyond a being a “moody” child—children with DMDD experience severe
Dissociative Identity Disorders.
People with dissociative identity disorders (DID) may adopt as many as 100 new identities, all simultaneously coexisting, although the average number is closer to 15. In some cases, the identities
Conversion Disorders.
The term conversion has been used off and on since the Middle Ages (Mace, 1992) but was popularized by Freud, who believed the anxiety resulting from unconscious conflicts somehow was
Illness Anxiety Disorder.
Illness anxiety disorder was formerly known as “hypochondriasis,” which is still the term widely used among the public. In illness anxiety disorder, physical symptoms are either not experienced at the
Somatic symptoms Disorder
A few individuals, the preoccupation with their health or appearance becomes so great that it dominates their lives. Their problems fall under the general heading of somatic symptoms disorder. Soma
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder- PTSD & Acute Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event. It is natural to feel afraid during and after a