Depression, also known as major depressive disorder (MDD) or clinical depression, is a common mood disorder characterised by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest or pleasure (anhedonia)
While it is natural to have these feelings during challenging or difficult times in one’s life, MDD differs as the feelings of sadness or anhedonia are persistent and intense, with symptoms being present almost every day for a period of two weeks or longer.
Anxiety is a feeling of unease such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe.This may be experienced at some point in one's life, such as during exams, job interviews or medical examinations. However, if a person were to feel anxiety over a long period of time for a variety of situations or issues, it may be indicative of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
A person may have GAD if they felt worried about a number of events or activities, found it hard to stop worrying and found that their anxiety made it difficult for them to do everyday activities.....
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterised by a person experiencing obsessions, defined as recurrent, persistent thoughts, impulses and urges that lead to distress or anxiety, and/or compulsions, defined as repetitive and excessive behaviours that the individuals feel they must perform in order to reduce anxiety or to prevent some dreaded outcome from occurring.
Insomnia is a type of sleep disorder that is characterised by individuals having difficulty falling asleep, maintaining asleep or early-morning awakening with inability to return to sleep. Insomnia disorder typically occurs at least three times per week over a duration of at least three months. depression and anxiety.For many with insomnia disorder.....
These sleep disturbances can impact one's quality of life as it may result in irritability, poor focus and concentration, memory problems, problems in coordination, frequent headaches and fatigue, while also increasing risk for depression and anxiety.For many with insomnia disorder.....
Bipolar disorder is characterised by extreme shifts in mood that range from periods of mania to depression. Mania and its less pronounced form, hypomania, are defined as periods of elevated, expansive or irritable mood, accompanied by increase in activity and energy levels which can lead to people to engage in high risk activities that may have negative long-term consequences.....
Phobia is an intense and irrational fear towards something that is unlikely to cause harm. Specific phobias are a type of anxiety disorder that is characterised by extreme fear towards a specific object or situation. Specific phobias typically fall into the five main categories of animal phobias (dogs, snakes, spiders, etc), natural environment phobias (heights, thunder, darkness, etc), blood, injury or medical phobias (needles, medical procedures, medical equipment, etc), situational phobias (flying, driving, small spaces, etc) and other phobias (choking or vomiting, loud noises, costumed characters, etc).
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a type of trauma and stressor related disorder that develop in some people that directly experience or witness a shocking, scary or dangerous event that exposed them to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violence.
In certain cases, it is possible to develop PTSD from learning that a traumatic event occurred to a close family member or friend, or from repeated exposure to aversive details of a traumatic event. Individuals with PTSD may have recurrent, involuntary and intrusive flashbacks of the event, feel like they are re-living the traumatic event, have nightmares related to the trauma experienced, and experience intense physiological and psychological distress at exposure to cues that symbolise the event.
Anorexia nervosa is a type of eating disorder that is characterised by restricted food intake that leads to extreme weight loss and very low body weight. Individuals with this condition may have an intense fear of gaining weight and develop persistent behaviour that prevents weight gain, even though they are significantly underweight. They may also have a distorted view of their weight or shape, either of their entire body, or certain parts of their body, such as their stomach, buttocks or thighs.
Erectile disorder is a type of sexual dysfunction disorder that is characterised by difficulty in obtaining or maintaining an erection during sex and a decrease in firmness of erection.
While it is natural to experience difficulties in sexual performance during stressful periods in one’s life, those with erectile disorder experience the above symptoms on most or all instances of sexual activity over a period of at least six months, and can be something that has been present since the individual became sexually active (lifelong) or after a period of typical sexual function (acquired).
Female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD) is a type of sexual dysfunction characterised by significant decrease or lack of sexual interest or arousal around sexual encounters over a period of at least six months. Symptoms of FSIAD are decrease in or lack of sexual desire, erotic thoughts or sexual fantasies, initiation of sexual activity or responsiveness to partner’s attempts to initiate sex, sexual excitement or pleasure during sex, arousal from internal or external sexual cues and genital or nongenital sensations during sex.