Information about Mental Health

NameAlternate Name
abnormal grieving pathological grieving, unresolved grief
abuse and neglect
abuse during pregnancy
abuse of spouse or partner domestic abuse
abuse, elder domestic abuse, elder abuse, institutional abuse
adolescent conduct disorder acting out, antisocial behavior, recurring, severe behavior problems
alcohol dependence alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcoholism
Alzheimer's disease organic brain syndrome
amphetamine addiction methamphetamine addiction
anorexia nervosa anorexia
antisocial personality disorder psychopathic personality disorder, sociopathic personality disorder
anxiety disorders
attention deficit disorder ADD
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD
autism autistic spectral disorder, PDD
bipolar disorder manic depression, manic depressive disorder
body dysmorphic disorder BDD, dysmorphophobia, obsession de la honte du corps, obsession with shame of the body
borderline personality disorder
bulimia binging-purging, bulimia nervosa, eating disorder, hyperorexia
child abuse emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse
child sexual abuse child molestation
childhood disintegrative disorder dementia infantilis, disintegrative psychosis, Heller syndrome
codependency
cognitive behavioral therapy CBT, cognitive therapy
cognitive impairment cognitive disability, cognitive disorder
cognitive testing neuropsychological testing
compulsive gambling disorder pathological gambling
conduct disorder in children
conversion disorder hysterical conversion
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease subacute spongiform encephalopathy
delirium acute confusion, acute delirium
delusional disorder
dementia
depression after heart attack
depression in adolescents teenage depression
depression in children childhood depression
depression in the elderly
depression
dissociative disorder
Down syndrome trisomy 21
drug abuse and addiction substance abuse
emotional abuse mental abuse, psychological abuse, verbal abuse
emotional aspects of abortion
enuresis bedwetting, bladder incontinence, loss of bladder control, uncontrollable urination
gender identity disorder transexualism
general paresis paretic neurosyphilis
generalized anxiety disorder chronic worry, GAD
histrionic personality disorder HPD, hystrionic personality disorder
Huntington disease Huntington chorea
hypochondriasis hypochondria
impulse-control disorders severe acting out, severe social behavior problems
intermittent explosive disorder episodic dyscontrol syndrome
learning disability academic disorders, LD, learning disorder
mad cow disease and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy, new variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease
malingering
marijuana abuse cannabis abuse
memory loss amnesia
mental retardation developmentally delayed, mentally disabled, mentally handicapped, retarded, slow
mini-mental status examination mental status exam, mini-mental state exam, MMSE
multiple personality disorder dissociative identity disorder, dual personality disorder
Munchausen syndrome factitious disorder, MSP, Munchausen syndrome by proxy
narcissistic personality disorder narcissism, NPD, self-centeredness
neuro-linguistic programming NLP
normal grief bereavement, grieving, loss, mourning
obsessive-compulsive disorder obsessive-compulsive neurosis, OCD
panic disorder acute panic attacks, panic attacks
paranoid personality disorder paranoia
Parkinson's disease
passive-aggressive personality disorder
personality disorders
pervasive developmental disorder PDD
physical abuse
postpartum depression baby blues
post-traumatic stress disorder posttraumatic stress syndrome, PTSD
psychosis
psychotherapy
schizophrenia schizophrenic disorder
seasonal affective disorder SAD, seasonal depression
selective mutism elective mutism
senile cerebral amyloid angiopathy cerebral amyloid angiopathy, cerebrovascular amyloidosis, congophilic cerebral angiopathy
shaken baby syndrome child abuse
stress and children
stress and men
stress and women
stress in adolescents
stress
suicide