Alcohol abuse / Alcohol dependence / Alcoholism

Alcohol abuse, as described in the DSM-IV, is a psychiatric diagnosis describing the use of alcoholic beverages despite negative consequences. Alcohol abuse is sometimes referred to by the less specif...

Alcohol and Driving

Alcohol impairs your ability to concentrate and slows your reaction time – when you drive after drinking, these things can be fatal for you, others in the vehicle you are driving, and people on the ro...

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease affects the brain’s tissues and gradually destroys an individual’s ability to reason, remember, imagine and learn. It is marked by abnormal plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of b...

Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that was first described in 1868 and is found most commonly found among teenage girls, and to a certain extent, also in men. Patients with anorexia harbor low se...

Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety is the abnormal fear or reaction towards any stress which the person can normally handle. A patient is anxious or apprehensive and may show signs like sweating, palpitation, dry mouth, dizzine...