• Panic Disorder: When Fear Overwhelms

    Do you sometimes have sudden attacks of anxiety and overwhelming fear that last for several minutes? Maybe your heart pounds, you sweat, and you feel like you cant breathe or think clearly. Do these attacks occur at unpredictable times with no apparent trigger, causing you to worry about the possibility of having another one at…

  • Attention/Intention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: What You Need to Know

    Have you experienced challenges with concentration, impulsivity, restlessness, and organization throughout your life? ADHD can harm an individual’s social relationships and work and school performance. ADHD is a developmental disorder associated with an ongoing pattern of inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity. Symptoms of ADHD: Some people with ADHD mainly have symptoms of inattention, while others mostly have symptoms of hyperactivity/impulsivity. Some…

  • Bipolar Disorder

    Do you have periods of time when you feel unusually “up” (happy and outgoing, or irritable), but other periods when you feel “down” (unusually sad or anxious)? During the “up” periods, do you have increased energy or activity and feel a decreased need for sleep, while during the “down” times you have low energy, hopelessness,…

  • Understand Narcissistic Personality Disorder: What it is and How it Works

    Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance. They need and seek too much attention and want people to admire them. They may lack the ability to understand or care about the feelings of others. But behind this mask of extreme confidence, they…

  • Understanding Dissociative Disorder

    Dissociative disorders are mental disorders that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity. People with dissociative disorder escape realities in ways that are involuntary and unhealthy and cause problems functioning in everyday life. They usually develop as a reaction to trauma and help keep difficult memories at bay. …