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What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental condition that some people develop after a shocking, terrifying, or dangerous event. Studi...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), once called shell shock or battle fatigue syndrome, is a serious condition that can develop after a person ha...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that causes repeated unwanted thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or the urge to do somethi...

Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy

Doctors must rule out any possible physical illness as the cause of the child's symptoms before a diagnosis of MSP can be made. If a physical cause...

What is Domestic Abuse?

Women can abuse men. It’s when the abuser keeps their partner financially dependent by controlling the money. LGBTQ people: Abusers may go after th...

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is a condition found in children who may have had grossly negligent care and don’t form healthy emotional attach...

Mental Health and Pica

Pica is the persistent eating of substances such as dirt or paint that have no nutritional value. Given the risk of medical complications (such as ...

Ganser Syndrome

Most people with this condition also have a personality disorder, usually antisocial personality disorder or histrionic personality disorder. Peopl...

Bulimia: Symptoms, Treatments, and Prevention

Bulimia, also called bulimia nervosa, tends to start in late childhood or early adulthood. The fact that bulimia tends to run in families also sugg...

Food Addiction

But normal- weight people may also struggle with food addiction. Compulsive overeating is a type of behavioral addiction meaning that someone can b...

Mental Health and Dissociative Amnesia

The primary symptom of dissociative amnesia is the sudden inability to remember past experiences or personal information. Although there are no lab...

What is Borderline Personality Disorder?

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness. This can lead to things like divorce, separation from family and friends, and se...