| • | Addiction
Learn about drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse. |
| • | Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antisocial personality disorder, like other personality disorders, is a longstanding pattern of behavior and experience that impairs functioning and causes distress. |
| • | Anxiety
People with generalized anxiety disorder can have physical and psychological symptoms in addition to suffering from nagging worries and anxiety. |
| • | Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)
According to some estimates, as many as two and a half million Americans suffer from manic depressive illness, also called bipolar disorder. |
| • | Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder is characterized by poor self-image, a feeling of emptiness, and great difficulty coping with being alone. |
| • | Conversion Disorder
A conversion disorder is a relatively uncommon mental disorder in which a person has physical symptoms that no medical condition, physical examination or testing can explain. |
| • | Delusional Disorder
Delusional disorder is classified as a psychotic disorder, a disorder where the person has trouble recognizing reality. |
| • | Dementia
Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a multitude of symptoms that all have some element of memory loss. |
| • | Depression
Depression, which affects about 17.6 million Americans each year, is more than just the everyday blues and can be debilitating for sufferers. |
| • | Dysthymia
Dysthymia, also called dysthymic disorder, is a form of depression. It is less severe than major depression, but usually lasts longer. |
| • | Eating Disorders
Eating disorders range from a single, mild illness in adolescence to a lifelong disorder, which is either persistent or fluctuates. |
| • | Hypochondriasis
Hypochondriasis is a persistent fear of having a serious medical illness. |
| • | Obsessive-Compulsive
People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder get caught up in uncontrollable rituals and rumination. |
| • | Panic
A person with panic disorder experiences sudden rushes of fearfulness accompanied by physical symptoms such as labored breathing (hyperventilation), rapid heart beat (palpitations), and dizziness. |
| • | Phobias
Phobias are actually quite common in our society. In many cases, phobias do not pose any significant restrictions or disruptions to a person's life. |
| • | Post-Traumatic Stress
Post-traumatic stress disorder is used to describe a broad pattern of emotional and behavioral symptoms that arise as a result of direct exposure to or participation in intensely frightening, often violent events or circumstances. |
| • | Schizophrenia
These psychotic illnesses or brain disorders are characterized by an impaired perception of reality, often coupled with mood disturbances. |
| • | Somatization Disorder
A person with somatization disorder is chronically preoccupied with numerous "somatic" (physical) symptoms over many years. These symptoms, however, cannot be explained fully by a non-psychiatric diagnosis. |
| • | Stress
Stressed? Frazzled? Fried? Find fast solutions to those overwhelming problems in our special stress reduction area. |
