Diseases

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a complex and multidimensional psychiatric disorder that leads to impairments in an individual’s perception of reality. Frequently misunderstood in society, this disorder is not limited solely to psychotic...
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Separation Anxiety Disorder

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is an anxiety disorder defined by excessive and developmentally inappropriate fear experienced in situations where the individual is separated, or anticipates separation, from attachment figures. According...
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a chronic and disabling psychiatric disorder within the spectrum of anxiety disorders, characterized by exaggerated and distorted perceptions of physical defects in appearance. The individual...
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Hoarding Disorder

Hoarding Disorder

Hoarding Disorder is a chronic and progressive psychiatric disorder characterized by persistent difficulty discarding possessions of little or no value, which can render living spaces dysfunctional. Defined as an independent...
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and functionally impairing psychiatric disorder that develops after exposure to, witnessing, or learning about a traumatic event involving actual or threatened death, serious...
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Bipolar I Disorder

Bipolar I Disorder

Bipolar I Disorder is a severe psychiatric illness characterized by extreme mood fluctuations, involving episodes of both mania and major depression. Sometimes referred to in society as “manic-depressive illness,” this...
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Bipolar II Disorder

Bipolar II Disorder

Bipolar II Disorder is a serious and chronic psychiatric illness characterized by sharp mood fluctuations, in which depressive episodes and hypomanic periods alternate. The fundamental difference from Bipolar I Disorder...
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Cyclothymic Disorder

Cyclothymic Disorder

Cyclothymic Disorder is a chronic psychiatric illness characterized by mild mood fluctuations, often remaining unnoticed. Defined as part of the bipolar spectrum, this condition involves alternating periods of hypomanic and...
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