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Depression
Depression
Stress and anxiety
Stress and anxiety
Sleeping difficulty
Chronic and persistent difficulty in either (1) falling asleep (initial insomnia), (2) remaining asleep through the night (middle insomnia), or (3) waking up too early (terminal insomnia). All types of insomnia can lead to daytime drowsiness, poor concentration, and the inability to feel refreshed and rested in the morning.
Inhibited sexual desire
Inhibited sexual desire
Suicide and suicidal behavior
Suicide and suicidal behavior
Psychosis
Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, typically including delusions (false ideas about what is taking place or who one is) and hallucinations (seeing or hearing things which aren't there).
Seasonal affective disorder
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that occurs in relation to the seasons, most commonly beginning in winter.
Grief
Grief
Bipolar affective disorder
Bipolar affective disorder is a mood disorder characterized by mood swings from mania (exaggerated feeling of well-being, stimulation, and grandiosity in which a person can lose touch with reality) to (overwhelming feelings of sadness, anxiety, and low self-worth, which can include suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts).
Compulsive gambling
Compulsive gambling is the inability to resist impulses to gamble, leading to severe personal or social consequences.
Social phobia
Social phobia is a persistent and irrational fear of situations that may involve scrutiny or judgment by others, including parties and other social events.
Phobia - simple/specific
A phobia is a persistent and irrational fear of a particular type of object, animal, activity or situation.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism
Dependent personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder is a chronic condition involving over-reliance on others to meet emotional and physical needs.
Personality disorders
Personality disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions marked by chronic behavior patterns that cause serious problems with relationships and work.
Paranoid personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder is a psychiatric condition characaterized by extreme distrust and suspicion of others.
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoaffective disorder includes elements of both psychosis and mood disorder. Psychotic symptoms mean a loss of contact with reality, and may include hallucinations (hearing voices or seeing things that are not present), and delusions (false, fixed beliefs). Symptoms of mood disorder include very low or very high mood with sleep disturbances, changes in energy and appetite, disrupted concentration, and generally poor daily function. Schizoaffective illness features a close interconnection between these 2 sets of symptoms.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric illness that can occur following a traumatic event in which there was threat of injury or death to you or someone else.
Panic disorder
Panic disorder involves repeated, unpredictable attacks of intense fear accompanied by severe anxiety symptoms in the body that may last from minutes to hours. (See also .)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by a pattern of frequent, persistent worry and , about several different events or activities. The symptoms last at least 6 months.

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