Antisocial personality disorder (APD or ASPD) facts A personality disorder (PD) is a persistent pattern of internal experience and behavior that markedly differs from what people consider normal within the person's own culture. Mental health professionals group personality disorders into clusters A, B, and C based on the dominating symptoms. According to the Diagnostic and...
What are the top ten phobias as per therapists? Phobias are very common and treatable mental health conditions. As per research from therapists below are the top ten phobias Social phobia: Social anxiety disorder is fear of social interactions. It can make everyday activities challenging, stressful and anxiety provoking. Claustrophobia: This is the fear of...
Asperger's syndrome defintion and facts Asperger's syndrome was formerly characterized as a distinct autism spectrum disorder; the DSM-5 in May 2013 combined the diagnosis with autistic disorder into one condition called autism spectrum disorder or ASD. People with Asperger's syndrome have normal to above-average intelligence but typically have difficulties with social skills and often have...
Generalized anxiety disorder facts Readers Comments 45 Share Your Story The most common anxiety disorders are specific phobias. Specific phobias are an excessive fear of a specific object or situation, such as spiders (arachnophobia), heights (acrophobia), flying, or closed spaces (claustrophobia). Anxiety disorders are the most common category of psychiatric diagnoses. The most common anxiety...
Abuse, trauma, and mental health facts* Suffering trauma can have long-term effects on your emotional, mental, and physical health. *Abuse, trauma, and mental health facts written by Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD Experiencing abuse or trauma may put your mental health at risk for anxiety, fear, drug and/or alcohol abuse, depression, eating disorders, self-injury, and...
Anorexia nervosa facts Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric condition, which is part of a group of eating disorders. The cause of anorexia has not been definitively established, but self-esteem and body-image issues, societal pressures, and genetic factors likely each play a role. Anorexia affects females far more often than males and is most common in...
Facts you should know about separation anxiety disorder Infants show stranger anxiety by crying when someone unfamiliar approaches. Separation anxiety as a normal life stage first develops at about 7 months of age, once object permanence has been established. It is at its strongest at 10-18 months of age and usually subsides by 3 years...
Facts you should know about borderline personality disorder Borderline personality disorder is characterized by unstable ways of seeing oneself, behaving, feeling, and relating to other people that interferes with the one’s ability to function. Borderline personality disorder is a personality disorder of emotional dysregulation that is characterized by the sufferer consistently exhibiting abnormal self-image, ways...
Body dysmorphic disorder facts* *Body dysmorphic disorder facts medical author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental illness characterized by a preoccupation with minor or imaginary physical flaws, usually of the skin, hair, and nose. The cause of body dysmorphic disorder is not well understood. Symptoms include excessive anxiety and stress...
Bath salts facts Share Your Story Bath salts as drugs of abuse refer to a white powder or crystalline substance that has no bathing or other cosmetic use. The active ingredients in bath salts tend to be similar chemically and in their effects to stimulants like cocaine and amphetamines. Some have hallucinogenic effects. The occurrence...