Psychiatry Health Guide

Persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest in activities. Can affect sleep, appetite, energy levels, and daily functioning.

Group of mental health conditions characterized by excessive worry, fear, and nervousness that interfere with daily activities.

Recurrent unexpected panic attacks with intense fear and physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat, sweating, and shortness of breath.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder develops after experiencing or witnessing traumatic events, causing flashbacks, nightmares, and severe anxiety.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder involves unwanted repetitive thoughts and behaviors that a person feels compelled to perform.

Mental health condition causing extreme mood swings including emotional highs (mania) and lows (depression).

Serious mental disorder affecting how a person thinks, feels, and behaves, often involving hallucinations and delusions.

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder characterized by persistent inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity affecting daily functioning.

Developmental disorder affecting communication, social interaction, and behavior with varying degrees of severity.

Serious conditions related to persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact health, emotions, and daily functioning.

Eating disorder characterized by abnormally low body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, and distorted body image.

Eating disorder involving episodes of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors like purging or excessive exercise.

Recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food with feelings of loss of control and distress.

Pattern of substance use leading to significant impairment or distress, including inability to control use despite consequences.

Physical and psychological dependence on alcohol characterized by tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, and compulsive drinking.

Chronic disease characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences to health and life.

Intense fear of social situations and being judged or scrutinized by others, leading to avoidance of social interactions.

Excessive and irrational fear of specific objects or situations such as heights, animals, or flying.

Persistent and excessive worry about various aspects of daily life, often accompanied by physical symptoms.

Type of depression related to changes in seasons, typically occurring during fall and winter months.

Severe depression occurring after childbirth, involving extreme sadness, anxiety, and exhaustion affecting mother-baby bonding.

Severe form of premenstrual syndrome causing significant mood changes, irritability, and depression before menstruation.

Persistent difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or getting quality sleep despite adequate opportunity.

Conditions affecting sleep quality, timing, or duration, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and restless leg syndrome.

Long-term patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that deviate from cultural expectations and cause distress.

Mental health disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, relationships, and self-image.

Pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy for others affecting relationships and functioning.

Persistent pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, often involving deceitfulness and impulsivity.

Conditions involving disruptions in memory, awareness, identity, or perception, often related to trauma.

Mental health condition combining symptoms of schizophrenia and mood disorders like depression or bipolar disorder.

Presence of one or more delusions lasting at least one month without other psychotic symptoms.

Condition affecting the mind involving loss of contact with reality, including hallucinations and delusions.

Period of abnormally elevated mood, energy, and activity levels, often seen in bipolar disorder.

Milder form of mania with elevated mood and increased activity but less severe than full manic episodes.

Thoughts about or preoccupation with suicide, ranging from fleeting thoughts to detailed planning.

Deliberate injury to oneself, often as a way to cope with emotional pain, anger, or frustration.

Obsessive focus on perceived flaws in physical appearance that are often unnoticeable to others.

Persistent difficulty discarding possessions regardless of value, leading to cluttered living spaces.

Hair-pulling disorder involving recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out hair from scalp, eyebrows, or other areas.

Skin-picking disorder characterized by repetitive picking at one's own skin causing tissue damage.

Emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to identifiable stressors, causing significant distress.

Natural response to loss that can sometimes develop into prolonged or complicated grief requiring professional support.

Mental health conditions triggered or worsened by significant stress, affecting emotional and physical well-being.

State of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged or excessive stress, often work-related.

Fear of places or situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or embarrassment, leading to avoidance.

Consistent inability to speak in specific social situations despite speaking in other settings, typically in children.

Excessive anxiety about separation from home or attachment figures, beyond what's expected for developmental level.

Pattern of angry, irritable mood and defiant behavior toward authority figures, typically in children.

Repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior violating the rights of others or age-appropriate societal norms.

Conditions affecting cognitive functions like memory, attention, and problem-solving, including dementia and delirium.