Adolescent Depression

Depression in adolescents is quite similar to that of adults. Teens suffering from psychotic depressions may report hallucinations. Other common signs are a decline in academic achievements, behaviora...

Agoraphobia

Agoraphobia is a common phobia or 'anxiety disorder' characterised by an irrational fear of being in places away from familiar settings.

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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...

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...