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.
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.
Blood tests are used to diagnose bleeding disorders, which make an individual more likely to bleed spontaneously and after surgery or injury.
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.