Mental Health

Anxiety is a feeling of unease, apprehension, fear or worry. Anxiety disorders include Acute Stress Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Talk about your diagnosis and treatment within this forum.

Child mental health issues include Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Asperger's Disorder, Autistic Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, childhood eating disorders, dyslexia, learning disorders, mental retardation, stuttering and depression. Discuss these any any other child mental health issues here.

Eating Disorders are physiological and/or psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake. The most common ones are Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, and you can use this forum to talk about these and other eating disorders. Share your healing journey, discuss your treatment, and give advice to others.

Depression is a mental state characterized by feelings of sadness, despair and discouragement. Mood disorders represent a loss control over emotional experiences, causing distress. In this forum you can discuss topics on Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Cyclothymic Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder.

Are you you worried you may have dementia, or have you recently been diagnosed? Or is a loved-one dealing with delirium, Dementia, and other cognitive disorders? You can ask questions, look for info and discuss coping mechanisms here.

Personality disorders are mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and behavior. They include Paranoid Personality Disorder, Schizoid Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Dependent Personality Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. Do you have a personality disorder, or do you need help coping with the personality disorder someone you know has? Join this forum!

Psychotic disorders can be defined as a severe disconnection with reality, including by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized or agitated behavior without insight. Schizophrenia, Delusional Disorder, Brief Psychotic Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder and Shared Psychotic Disorder are some of the psychotic disorders you may encounter. Talk about them on this forum.