• Depression: Characterized by a depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, and markedly diminished interest or pleasure in nearly all activities most of the day. Other persistent characteristics might include feelings of guilt or worthlessness, insomnia, and diminished ability to concentrate.
• Anxiety Disorders: Anxiety that can be excessive and overwhelming, resulting in a fear of everyday situations, such as school.
• Bipolar Disorder: Bipolar disorder (also known as manic disorder) is a condition that causes dramatic mood swings that go back and forth, from very “high” and/or irritable to sad and depressed. There may be periods of normal mood in between.
• Conduct Disorder: Refers a group of behavioral and emotional problems, such as physical aggression, property destruction, lying, stealing, truancy (skipping school), and other serious rule violations.
• Eating Disorders: Characterized by extremes in eating behavior or extreme feelings of concern about body weight or shape. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by starvation and dramatic weight loss. Bulimia nervosa is characterized by binge eating, followed by vomiting or purging. Binge eating is characterized by eating excessive amounts of food, with feelings about inability to control how much or what is eaten.
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Characterized by unwanted and recurrent thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Repetitive behaviors (e.g. handwashing, counting, checking, cleaning, etc.) are often done with the hope of stopping thoughts or getting rid of them.
• Psychotic Disorders: Characterized by abnormal perceptions and thoughts, such as delusions and hallucinations. Delusions refer to false beliefs, such as thinking that you are being plotted against. Hallucinations refer to hearing, seeing, or feeling something that is not there. Schizophrenia is a type of psychotic disorder.
• Suicidality: Refers to the thoughts and behaviors related to intent to end one’s own life.
