Gambling disorder affects about one percent of Americans, who are unable to stop gambling despite the damage to their psyches, wallets, families, and jobs.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that causes problems with perception, thought processing, and emotional responsiveness.
Suicide, whether spontaneous or planned, is a tragic act that has many long and far-reaching impacts.
Severe mood swings and extreme irritability are just two characteristics of personality disorders.
Everyone feels anxiety at times, but a person whose anxiety interferes with living a normal life may have an anxiety disorder, and it can be treated.
Childhood depression affects about 5 percent of American children and adolescents. There are many effective treatment options for children and their families.
Blood tests are used to diagnose bleeding disorders, which make an individual more likely to bleed spontaneously and after surgery or injury.
People with binge eating disorder eat an unusually large quantity of food during a short time period and feel a lack of control when it happens.
A chronic, recurring disorder characterized by continued alcohol use despite harmful consequences.
Highly addictive and often dangerous, stimulants increase alertness, attention and energy, while also elevating blood pressure, heart rate and breathing.