People with psychotic disorders lose contact with reality and experience a range of extreme symptoms that usually includes: Hallucinations—hearing or seeing things that are not
People with personality disorders experience patterns of behavior, feelings, and thinking that can: Interfere with a person’s life Create problems at work and school Cause
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition in which a person has long-term patterns of unstable or turbulent emotions. These inner experiences often
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness. People who have it go through unusual mood changes. They go from very happy, “up,” and active to
Persistent Depression is a serious medical illness that involves the brain. It’s more than just a feeling of being “down in the dumps” or “blue”
Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is a type of depression. Some people experience a serious mood change during the winter months when there is less
Self-harm refers to a person’s harming their body on purpose. About 1 in 100 people hurts himself or herself in this way. More females hurt
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that makes people lose more weight than is considered healthy for their age and height. Persons with this disorder
Binge eating is when a person eats a much larger amount of food in a shorter period than he or she normally would. During a
Bulimia is an illness in which a person binges on food or has regular episodes of overeating and feels a loss of control. The person
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