Problems & Disorders

People with anger control problems (ACP) often quickly react in aggressive ways when they feel insulted, wronged, or injured, especially when they think they are being treated unfairly.

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Anorexia nervosa, commonly called anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by an excessively low body weight.

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), formerly referred to as attention-deficit disorder (ADD), is a problem characterized by an inability to focus one’s attention; an inability to control impulses, behaviors, and emotions; and a recurring feeling of restlessness.

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Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, is a problem characterized by excessively energetic moods called mania or manic episodes, which are more intense and very different than normal excitement.

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Body dysmorphic disorder is a problem characterized by a person’s obsessive concern with a part of the body that he or she thinks is severely flawed or deformed.

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Borderline personality disorder is characterized by emotion dysregulation, meaning quick, frequent, and painful mood swings that are beyond the control of the person with the problem.

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Depression, or unipolar depression, is a problem characterized by an extremely sad mood that lasts for a long period of time and a lack of interest or pleasure in doing things that usually makes a person happy.

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The repeated use of drugs or alcohol can cause many problems, such as physical and psychological addiction, family difficulties, legal complications, health problems, difficulties at work, and troubled relationships.

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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by an excessive number of unmanageable worries that don’t go away by themselves and last for a minimum of six months.

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People who have impulse control disorders cannot avoid doing things that might bring harm to themselves or others.

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by uncontrollable, disturbing thoughts and urges, called obsessions, that make a person feel extremely anxious.

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Panic disorder is a problem characterized by extremely powerful feelings of fear and anxiety that quickly overwhelm a person.

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A specific phobia is an intense fear of something identifiable, like an object, animal, situation, or place.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a problem that occurs after a person experiences a life-threatening event that makes him or her feel extremely frightened and vulnerable.

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A schema is a strongly held belief that a person has about himself or herself, about other people, or about the world in general, and the belief can be either positive or negative in nature.

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Schizophrenia is a disorder characterized by severely disorganized thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

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People with low self-esteem often think of themselves in very critical ways, such as “I’m not good enough,” “I’m a failure,” or “I’ll never amount to anything.”

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“Stress” is often defined as a state of general arousal or heightened experience that causes mental strain, emotional anxiety, fear, physical tension, exhaustion, and illness, as well as behaviors related to these symptoms.

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