Mental Health: Overview
Depersonalization Disorder
08/08/07, HealthwiseAnorexics
01/01/03, PDR.netAnorexics don't eat; but that doesn't mean they lack an appetite. Indeed, anorexics often display an obsessive interest in food. A typical anorexic will read about food, shop for, cook, and constantly think about food, in fact, will do everything wi
Depression - Topic Overview
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Suicidal Thoughts or Threats
12/08/08, HealthwiseSuicide occurs almost twice as often as murder. Each year, about 32,000 people in the United States die by suicide. In the United States:1
Bipolar Disorder - Topic Overview
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - Topic Overview
06/25/08, HealthwiseObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of mental illness that causes repeated unwanted thoughts. To get rid of the thoughts, a person does the same tasks over and over. For example, you may fear that everything you touch has germs
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) - Topic Overview
08/08/08, HealthwiseSeasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that affects a person during the same season each year. If you get depressed in the winter but feel much better in spring and summer, you may have SAD.
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens - Topic Overview
05/14/07, HealthwiseWhen children older than age 6 or teens have bipolar disorder, they have mood swings with extreme ups and downs. When they are up, they have brief, intense outbursts or feel irritable (mania) several times almost every day. When they are
Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder - Topic Overview
09/16/08, HealthwiseA panic attack is a sudden, intense fear or anxiety that may make you short of breath or dizzy or make your heart pound. You may feel out of control. Some people believe they are having a heart attack or are about to die. An attack us
Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity
01/01/03, PDR.netYou see their photos everywhere: gaunt models strutting the latest in fashion, skinny socialites dining in trendy restaurants, svelte young actresses partying till dawn at the newest club. No wonder American women seem obsessed with their weight. B
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