Disorders and Syndromes Articles

• Schizophrenia
  Mental Health Research
  Mental Health
  Psychiatry
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Schizophrenia

  Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by persistent defects in the perception or the expression of reality. A person experiencing untreated schizophrenia typically demonstrates ... > more
• Psychiatry
  Depression
  Autism
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Mental Health
  Bipolar Disorder
   

  Dorian Gray syndrome

  Dorian Gray Syndrome (DGS) denotes a cultural and societal phenomenon characterized by an excessive preoccupation with the individual's own appearance (dysmorphophobia) accompanied by difficulties ... > more
• Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
  Relationships
  Intelligence
  Psychiatry
   
  

  Social cognition

  Social cognition is the study of how people process social information, especially its encoding, storage, retrieval, and application to social situations. There has been much recent interest in the ... > more
• Eating Disorder Research
  Eating Disorders
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Mental Health Research
  Healthy Aging
   

  Anorexia nervosa

  Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by voluntary starvation and exercise stress. Anorexia nervosa is a complex disease, involving psychological, sociological and physiological ... > more
• Attention Deficit Disorder
  ADD and ADHD
  Sports Medicine
  Pharmacology
  Healthy Aging
  Addiction
   
  

  Methylphenidate

  Methylphenidate (MPH) is an amphetamine-like prescription stimulant commonly used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and ... > more
• Autism
  Neuroscience
  Social Psychology
  Brain Injury
  Monkeys
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Mirror neuron

  A mirror neuron is a neuron which fires both when an animal performs an action and when the animal observes the same action performed by another (especially conspecific) animal. Thus, the neuron ... > more
• Neuroscience
  Nervous System
  Psychology Research
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Thalamus

  The thalamus is a part of the brain. The two thalami are located in the center of the brain, one beneath each cerebral hemisphere and next to the third ventricle. Functionally the thalami can be ... > more
• Neuroscience
  Nervous System
  Psychology Research
  Intelligence
  Encephalitis
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Limbic system

  The limbic system is the collective name for structures in the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory. It affects motivation and is more active in ... > more
• Borderline Personality Disorder
  Behavior
  Psychiatry
  Social Psychology
  Psychology
  Mental Health
   

  Psychotherapy

  Psychotherapy is a range of techniques which use only dialogue and communication and which are designed to improve the mental health of a client or patient, or to improve group relationships (such as ... > more
• Pain Control
  Fibromyalgia
  Neuropathy
  Joint Pain
  Back and Neck Pain
  Arthritis
   

  Pain

  Pain's an unpleasant sensation which may be associated with actual or potential tissue damage and which may have physical and emotional components. According to the International Association for the ... > more

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