Oppositional Defiant Disorder What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)? ODD is a type of childhood disruptive behavior characterized by frequent tantrums, angry outbursts, refusal to follow rules or obey authority…
Insomnia What is insomnia? Insomnia is a sleep disorder that involves difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or both. Insomnia affects your quality of sleep and in the long term can…
Eating Disorders What are Eating Disorders? Eating disorders are characterized by severe and persistent disturbance in eating behaviors and associated distressing thoughts and emotions about food and body weight. Eating…
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by persistence pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity that interferes with an individual’s normal…
Schizophrenia and all other forms of psychosis What is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects a person’s ability to think, act and behave in a normal way. It…
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)is a mental disorder that is characterized by recurrent and persistent urge or thought (obsessions) that causes the individual significant…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? PTSD is a mental health disorder that often results from an exposure to a traumatic event such as actual or perceived…
Panic Disorder What is panic disorder? Panic Disorder is a condition in which a person gets frequent and sudden panic attacks. Panic attack involves a sudden surge of intense fear…
Anxiety What is Anxiety? Anxiety can simply be described as the body’s alarm system that warns us of an imminent threat or danger. This alarm system can sometimes malfunction and…
Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition marked by extreme mood swings such as emotional highs often referred to as mania or hypomania and emotional lows often referred to as depression
Depression Symptoms depressive episode includes: depressed mood, lack of interest in activities you once enjoyed feeling guilty or worthless, decreased ability to have pleasure fatigue or loss of energy poor…