Mental Health Articles

• Psychiatry
  Depression
  Mental Health
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Anxiety
  Child Development
   

  Biological psychiatry

  Biological psychiatry, or biopsychiatry is an approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorder in terms of the biological function of the nervous ... > more
• Eating Disorders
  Eating Disorder Research
  Nutrition Research
  Diet and Weight Loss
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  Psychiatry
   
  

  Eating disorder

  An eating disorder is a compulsion in which the main problem is a person eats in a way which disturbs their physical health. The eating may be too excessive (compulsive over-eating), too limited ... > more
• Psychiatry
  Anxiety
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Behavior
  Depression
  Mental Health
   

  Neurosis

  In modern psychology, the term neurosis, also known as psychoneurosis or neurotic disorder, is a general term that refers to any mental imbalance that causes distress, but does not interfere with ... > more
• Autism
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Child Development
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
   

  Autistic spectrum

  The autistic spectrum (sometimes referred to as the autism spectrum) is a developmental and behavioral syndrome that results from certain combinations of characteristically autistic traits. Although ... > more
• Stress
  Mental Health Research
  Healthy Aging
  Mental Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Workplace Health
   
  

  Stress (medicine)

  Stress is a medical term for a wide range of strong external stimuli, both physiological and psychological, which can cause a physiological response called the general adaptation syndrome. ... > more
• Psychiatry
  Mental Health Research
  Depression
  Mental Health
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
   

  Biological psychiatry

  Biological psychiatry, or biopsychiatry is an approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorder in terms of the biological function of the nervous system. It is interdisciplinary in its ... > more
• Schizophrenia
  Bipolar Disorder
  Psychiatry
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Mental Health
  Depression
   
  

  Psychosis

  Psychosis is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state in which thought and perception are severely impaired. Persons experiencing a psychotic episode may experience hallucinations, hold ... > more
• Anxiety
  Psychiatry
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
  Mental Health Research
   

  Panic attack

  A panic attack is a period of intense, often temporarily disabling sense of extreme fear or psychological distress, typically of abrupt onset. Though it is often a purely terrifying feeling to the ... > more
• Psychiatry
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Child Psychology
  Anxiety
  Child Development
  Perception
   

  Emotional detachment

  Emotional detachment can mean two different things. In the first meaning, it refers to an inability to connect with others on an emotional level, as well as a means of coping with anxiety by avoiding ... > more
• Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Sleep Disorders
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Sleep deprivation

  Sleep deprivation is an overall lack of the necessary amount of sleep. A person can be deprived of sleep by their own body and mind, insomnia, or actively deprived by another individual. Sleep ... > more

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