Psychological Disorders

Depression 

This is the common condition that may be diagnosed when a person has been feeling down and worried - and has lost pleasure in daily activities - for more than two weeks.

"...depression is so insidious...it's impossible to ever see the end."

Bipolar disorder 

This condition is characterized by extreme swings - highs (mania) and lows (depression) - in a person's energy and activity and activity levels, which is why it was originally called manic depression.

Perinatal mental illness 

Occurring at any time during pregnancy and up to a year after giving birth, perinatal mental illnesses include PPD (postpartum depression), sometimes called postnatal depression, and postpartum psychosis.

"85% of new mothers experience the 'baby blues' "

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) 

This is a childhood disorder characterized by almost constant anger an irritability combined with regular and severe temper tantrums.

"2013 the year DMDD was recognized"

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) 

This is a form of seasonal depression linked to changing levels of light that typically starts in fall as the days shorten. It is also known as "winter depression" or "hibernation state."

Panic disorder 

Panic attacks are an exaggerated reaction to the body's normal response to fear or excitement. With panic disorder, a person regularly experiences such attacks for no obvious reason.

Specific phobias 

A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. Specific phobias manifest themselves when a person anticipates contact with, or is exposed to, the object, situation, or event they fear.

[A]

Achluophobia          Fear of darkness

Acrophobia                 Fear of heights

Aerophobia                Fear of flying

Algophobia                 Fear of pain

Alektorophobia         Fear of chickens

Agoraphobia             Fear of public spaces or crowds

Aichmophobia         Fear of needles or pointed objects

Amaxophobia             Fear of riding in a car

Androphobia                Fear of men

Anginophobia             Fear of angina or choking

Anthophobia                 Fear of flowers

Anthropophobia         Fear of people or society

Aphenphosmphobia Fear of being touched

Arachnophobia         Fear of spiders

Arithmophobia         Fear of numbers

Astraphobia                 Fear of thunder and lightning

Ataxophobia                 Fear of disorder or untidiness

Atelophobia                 Fear of imperfection

Atychiphobia                 Fear of failure

Autophobia                 Fear of being alone

[B]

Bacteriophobia         Fear of bacteria

Barophobia                 Fear of gravity

Bathmophobia         Fear of stairs or steep slopes

Batrachophobia            Fear of amphibians

Belonephobia             Fear of pins and needles

Bibliophobia                 Fear of books

Botanophobia         Fear of plants

[C]

Cacophobia                 Fear of ugliness

Catagelophobia         Fear of being ridiculed

Catoptrophobia         Fear of mirrors

Chionophobia         Fear of snow

Chromophobia         Fear of colors

Chronomentrophobia Fear of clocks

Claustrophobia         Fear of confined spaces

Coulrophobia             Fear of clowns

Cyberphobia                 Fear of computers

Cynophobia                 Fear of dogs

[D]

Dendrophobia             Fear of trees

Dentophobia                 Fear of dentists

Domatophobia         Fear of houses

Dystychiphobia             Fear of accidents

[E]

Ecophobia                 Fear of the home

Elurophobia                 Fear of cats

Entomophobia         Fear of insects

Ephebiphobia             Fear of teenagers

Equinophobia         Fear of horses

[F, G]

Gamophobia                 Fear of marriage

Genuphobia                 Fear of knees

Glossophobia         Fear of speaking in public

Gynophobia                Fear of women

[H]

Heliophobia                 Fear of the sun

Hemophobia                 Fear of blood

Herpetophobia         Fear of reptiles

Hydrophobia                 Fear of water

Hypochondria             Fear of illness

[I-K]

Iatrophobia                 Fear of doctors

Insectophobia         Fear of insects

Koinoniphobia         Fear of rooms full of people

[L]

Leukophobia                 Fear of the color white

Lilapsophobia         Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes

Lockiophobia         Fear of childbirth

[M]

Mageirocophobia         Fear of cooking

Megalophobia         Fear of large things

Melanophobia        Fear of the color black

Microphobia                 Fear of small things

Mysophobia             Fear of dirt and germs

[N]

Necrophobia                 Fear of death or dead things

Noctiphobia                 Fear of the night

Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals

Nyctophobia                 Fear of the dark

[O]

Obesophobia          Fear of gaining weight

Octophobia                 Fear of the figure 8

Ombrophobia         Fear of rain

Ophidiophobia         Fear of snakes

Ornithophobia             Fear of birds

[P]

Papyrophobia         Fear of paper

Pathophobia                 Fear of disease

Pedophobia                 Fear of children

Philophobia                 Fear of love

Phobophobia         Fear of phobias

Podophobia                 Fear of feet

Pogonophobia             Fear of beards

Porphyrophobia        Fear of the color purple

Pteridophobia         Fear of ferns

Pteromerhanophobia Fear of flying

Pyrophobia                 Fear of fire

[Q-S]

Samhainophobia          Fear of Halloween

Scolionophobia            Fear of school

Selenophobia               Fear of the moon

Sociophobia                 Fear of social evaluation

Somniphobia         Fear of sleep

[T]

Tachophobia                 Fear of speed

Technophobia         Fear of technology

Tonitrophobia         Fear of thunder

Trypanophobia         Fear of needles or injections

[U-Z]

Venustraphobia         Fear of beautiful women

Verminophobia         Fear of germs

Wiccaphobia             Fear of witches and witchcraft

Xenophobia             Fear of strangers or foreigners

Zoophobia                 Fear of animals

Agoraphobia 

This is an anxiety disorder characterized by a fear of being trapped in any situation in which escape is difficult or rescue in unavailable if things go wrong.

"Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action."

Claustrophobia 

An irrational fear of becoming trapped in a confined space or even the anticipation of such a situation, claustrophobia is a complex phobia that can cause extreme anxiety and panic attacks.

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) 

People with this disorder experience continual unrestrained and uncontrollable worry (even when no danger is present), to the extent that day-to-day activity and functioning can become impaired.

"Women are 60% more likely to develop GAD than men"

Social anxiety disorder 

Individuals with this condition experience an overwhelming fear of being judged or of doing something embarrassing in social situations. The disorder can cause disabling self-consciousness.

Separation anxiety disorder 

This anxiety disorder can develop in children whose natural concern about being separated from their parent, primary caregiver, or home persists the age of two years.

Selective mutism 

This is an anxiety disorder in which people are unable to talk in certain social situations, but are able to speak at other times. It is usually first recognized between the ages of tree and eight years.

"It is a child suffering in silence"

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) 

This is a debilitating anxiety-related condition characterized by intrusive and unwelcome obsessive thoughts that are often followed by repetitive compulsions, impulses, or urges.

"An average person can have four thousand thoughts a day, and not all of them are useful or rational."

Hoarding disorder 

Also know as compulsive hoarding, This disorder is characterized by the excessive acquisition of, and/or the inability or unwillingness to dispose of, large quantities of objects.

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) 

In this condition a person has a distorted perception of how they look. The individual typically spends an excessive amount of time worrying about their appearance and how others view them.

Skin-picking and hair-pulling disorders 

Also known as excoriation and trichotillomania respectively, these are impulse-control disorders in which a person has recurrent, irresistible urges to pick at their skin or pull out their body hair.

Illness anxiety disorder 

Previously known as hypochondria, this condition involves a person worrying excessively about becoming seriously ill, even if thorough medical examinations reveal nothing.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 

This is a severe anxiety disorder that may develop anytime after a person experiences or witnesses a terrifying or life-threatening event, or series of events, over which they have little or no control.

Acute stress reaction (ASR) 

Also called acute stress disorder, ASR can appear quickly after an exceptional physical or mental stressor such as a bereavement, a road traffic incident, or an assault, but does not usually last long.

"80% of people with ASR develop PTSD 6 months later."

Adjustment disorder 

This is a short-term, stress-related psychological disorder that can follow a significant life event. Typically, a person's reaction is stronger, or more prolonged, than expected for the type of event.

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