The diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders is a highly specialised field and is done by a person who has adequate training in psychology or psychiatric..
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Eating disorder is a mental illness that causes physical and emotional consequences. When a person feels extremely distress or concerned about the body..
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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a sort of phenomenal depression which follows a seasonal pattern. For instance, the victim experiences classic symptoms of depression..
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Since time immemorial, men and women have paid abundant attention to the way they look. In contemporary cultures, physical appearance has come to be overloaded with meaning. ‘Beautiful..
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Separation anxiety disorder is one of the most common psychological disorders of childhood and early adolescence. It revolves around an intense and improbable fear of being separated..
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Scientists have been searching for the genetic roots of schizophrenia for decades. If a few common genetic glitches, or mutations, were linked to the disorder it could open new..
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A mental health professional diagnoses bipolar disorder based on a person's history and symptoms. The diagnosis is based not just on the current..
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In contemporary times, there are two broad and related disciplines that treat abnormal behavior, clinical psychology and psychiatry. The field of Clinical Psychology attempts to understand the..
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There are no laboratory tests to determine whether a person has somatization disorder. The doctor may suspect it when a person has multiple complaints over a period of years,..
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Usually, a doctor or a mental health professional makes a diagnosis of conversion disorder based on the person's health history and a neurological..
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