Schizotypal Personality Disorder: Understanding Eccentric Thinking
Schizotypal personality disorder explained: everyday signs, how it differs from schizophrenia, schizoid and avoidant patterns, causes, and treatment options.
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Mental health is where most people first meet psychology: a diagnosis they or someone they love has just received, a symptom that will not go away, a pattern that suddenly has a name. This section explains anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD, personality disorders and the conditions that sit between them in plain language, grounded in current research rather than reassurance.
Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession
Orthorexia is a rigid fixation on healthy or 'pure' eating.
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.
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.
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.
Persistent Depressive Disorder: Living With Long-Term Low Mood
Persistent depressive disorder means low mood for two years or more.
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.
Somatic Symptom Disorder: When the Body Carries the Stress
Somatic symptom disorder means real physical symptoms plus excessive worry.
Binge Eating Disorder: Beyond Overeating
Binge eating disorder means lost control, distress and weekly episodes, not weak willpower.
Insomnia Disorder: When Sleeplessness Becomes Chronic
Insomnia disorder means poor sleep at least three nights a week for three months.
Dissociative Identity Disorder Explained
Dissociative identity disorder is rooted in childhood trauma and marked by memory gaps more than dramatic switches.
Antisocial Personality Disorder: Myths and Facts
Antisocial personality disorder isn't shyness or the same as psychopathy.
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.