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Bipolar disorder: People with bipolar disorder experience unusual changes in their mood, energy, and activity levels. This affects their ability to continue with their daily life. Periods of high mood are called manic phases, while the depressive periods cause a low mood.

Major depression: A person with major depression has a consistently low mood and loses interest in events and activities they used to enjoy. They may feel long periods of sadness or extreme sadness.

Seasonal affective disorder: The reduced amount of daylight during the winter, fall, and early spring months may trigger this type of major depression.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): People who suffer from OCD have obsessions and compulsions. They experience constant stressful thoughts (obsession) and have a powerful urge to perform repetitive acts to try to relieve the thoughts (compulsion). Handwashing, counting, and turning switches on and off are common compulsions.

Panic disorder: A panic disorder causes regular panic attacks that involve sudden, overpowering emotions of helplessness and fear or a feeling of inescapable disaster or death. Panic attacks can happen when a person has high levels of anxiety, but some people experience them repeatedly with no obvious triggers.

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): GAD involves excessive fear or worries that interfere with everyday life. A spell of anxiety symptoms doesn’t need a specific trigger. They may feel excessive anxiety when engaging in everyday situations that don’t pose a direct danger, such as appointments or chores.

Phobias: Phobias are intensely personal and doctors don’t even know every type. There may be thousands and something that seems usual for one person may be a severe problem that controls daily life for another. Some phobias are:

• Simple phobias involve an extreme level of fear of specific objects, animals, or scenarios. A fear of spiders is a common one.
• Social phobia is sometimes known as social anxiety. It is a fear of being judged by others.
• Agoraphobia refers to a fear of situations where getting away might be difficult such as in an elevator or a moving train. It is not the fear of being outside.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): PTSD can occur after a person witnesses or experiences an extremely stressful or traumatic event during which serious personal harm occurred or was threatened, or they believed their life or other people’s lives were in danger. Events that may trigger PTSD include:

• A violent personal assault
• Natural or man-made disaster
• Sexual assault
• Accidents
• Military combat

Personality disorders are conditions in which a person is significantly different from other people in the way they think, perceive, feel, or relate to others. Distorted beliefs about other people and changes in how a person feels can lead to odd behavior, which can upset other people. The most common are:

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD): Individuals with ASPD appear to be uncaring and don’t show remorse for their actions. A person with this disorder may act destructively, carelessly, and unsafely without feeling guilty when they hurt people. A psychopath is a person whose actions toward others tend to chow calculation, manipulation and deviousness. They also tend to not feel emotion and imitate having empathy for others. It is a severe form of ASPD.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD): BPD usually begins in the late teens or early 20s. A person with BPD has trouble controlling their emotions which may cause them to:

• Take unnecessary risks
• Have extreme mood swings
• Have spells of anger, depression or anxiety

A person with BPD is more likely to have other mental health issues, such as depression, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts.

Narcissistic personality disorder: A person with a narcissistic personality disorder has an unreasonably high sense of their own importance. They seek attention and want people to admire them, while they seem unable to understand or care about other people’s feelings.

Paranoid personality disorder (PPD): PPD is one of a group of conditions called “Cluster A” personality disorders. People with PPD also suffer from paranoia, a constant mistrust and suspicion of others.

Schizoid personality disorder: People with this disorder tend to be detached, inaccessible, and indifferent to social relationships. They don’t want or enjoy close relationships, even with family. It is not the same thing as schizophrenia.

Psychotic disorders are severe mental disorders that cause abnormal perceptions and thinking, and a loss of touch with reality. Two of the main symptoms are hallucinations and delusions. Hallucinations are false perceptions such as seeing, hearing, or feeling something that isn’t there. Delusions are false beliefs, such as believing that the dog is sending secret messages or believing that someone is plotting against you.

Schizophrenia: The term “schizophrenia” refers to a spectrum of disorders. They display psychotic features and other severe symptoms. Schizophrenia is a type of psychotic disorder.

People with bipolar disorder may also experience some psychotic symptoms.

SUD is a mental health disorder that can affect a person’s brain and behavior. This leads to an inability to control their use of substances such as:

• Alcohol–Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
• Opioids–Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
• Prescription medications
• Illegal and legal drugs