Mental Health
Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession
Orthorexia is a rigid fixation on healthy or 'pure' eating. How it differs from anorexia, OCD and ARFID, why it develops, and how treatment works.
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Acute Stress Disorder: What Happens After a Traumatic Event
Acute stress disorder covers severe trauma reactions from 3 days to 1 month after an event.
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Misophonia: When Everyday Sounds Trigger Intense Reactions
Misophonia explained: common trigger sounds, what brain research suggests, how it differs from hyperacusis, and what CBT and everyday strategies can offer.
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Prolonged Grief Disorder: When Grief Doesn’t Ease
Prolonged grief disorder explained: how it differs from typical grief, depression and PTSD, what the DSM-5-TR criteria require, and which therapies help.
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Persistent Depressive Disorder: Living With Long-Term Low Mood
Persistent depressive disorder means low mood for two years or more.
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Panic Disorder: Understanding Panic Attacks
How panic attacks differ from panic disorder, why the fear cycle keeps going, how clinicians rule out look-alikes, and what CBT and medication offer.
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Somatic Symptom Disorder: When the Body Carries the Stress
Somatic symptom disorder means real physical symptoms plus excessive worry.
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Binge Eating Disorder: Beyond Overeating
Binge eating disorder means lost control, distress and weekly episodes, not weak willpower.
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Insomnia Disorder: When Sleeplessness Becomes Chronic
Insomnia disorder means poor sleep at least three nights a week for three months.
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Dissociative Identity Disorder Explained
Dissociative identity disorder is rooted in childhood trauma and marked by memory gaps more than dramatic switches.
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Antisocial Personality Disorder: Myths and Facts
Antisocial personality disorder isn't shyness or the same as psychopathy.
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Types of Phobias: Understanding Irrational Fears
Specific phobias explained: the five DSM-5-TR types, why needle fears can cause fainting, how phobias differ from panic or OCD, and how exposure works.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder: Winter Blues or More?
Seasonal affective disorder is depression that returns each fall or summer.
