What is PTSD? Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an emotional reaction to traumatic experiences such as rape, bombings, torture, the death or disappearance of family or friends or witnessing [...]

What is Anorexia Nervosa? Anorexia nervosa is characterized by lack of eating. A person who suffers from anorexia nervosa makes themselves not eat for long periods of time. They [...]

What is Bulimia? Bulimia nervosa is also characterized by shame and feelings of guilt when they eat. However those who suffer from bulimia end up vomiting, using laxatives or [...]

What is ADHD? This is characterized  (bur not limited to)  Trouble concentrating/paying attention Distracted easily Trouble having linear thoughts Going on tangents Scattered thinking Thinking a thought and not [...]

What is Borderline Personality Disorder ?   Borderline personality disorder is characterized by rapidly shifting moods like bipolar but the difference is that borderline moods shift within seconds or minutes [...]

What is Social Anxiety? Characterized by great fear of social situations, being in public or being in any sort of “spotlight”. It is characterized by Avoiding social situations/the public [...]

What is OCD? The two key features of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder are: Obsessions: which are thoughts that do not stop, preoccupy the persons mind the majority of the time, and [...]

What is Panic Disorder? Usually accompanies anxiety therefore it is co-morbid but can be independent of it. It is characterized by: feelings of intense fear, trouble breathing, trouble walking, [...]

You may have an anxiety disorder if you feel nervous and afraid when you are not in any danger. This means you think you are losing control; you feel [...]

What is Depression? Characterized by: A low mood for most of the time for at least 2 weeks Suicidal thoughts/plans/ideas, fantasizing about death and dying, fascination with death and [...]

What is bipolar disorder? Many people have misconceptions about bipolar disorder. Bipolar is characterized by states of mania: which is extreme energy lasting for days or weeks on end, [...]

What is schizophrenia? If the symptoms of psychosis last longer than 3 months, one has schizophrenia. The two main features of schizophrenia are hallucinations – seeing objects, people, things [...]

What is Psychosis? Is the premature state to schizophrenia, however psychosis is not a state of being like schizophrenia is. A diagnosis of psychosis is given when symptoms last [...]