There are over 200 classified forms of mental illnesses, the major themes of mental illnesses are:
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Anorexia Nervosa
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 may [...]
Bulimia Nervosa
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 excessively [...]
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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 following [...]
Borderline Personality Disorder
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 and [...]
Social Anxiety
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 to [...]
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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 do [...]
Panic Disorder
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, sight/vision [...]
Generalized Anxiety
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 that [...]
Depression
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 dying [...]
Bipolar Disorder
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, feeling [...]
Schizophrenia
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 that [...]