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The 4therapy.com Conditions Area has an extensive amount of information about conditions and disorders, including the latest news, research and insights from experienced therapists. To get more information on a particular condition, select that condition from the list below.
ADHD
While ADHD is usually diagnosed in childhood, many of the attention-related symptoms can last (often undetected) throughout adolescence into adulthood. Learn more about ADHD in children,adolescents and in adults.
Adjustment Disorder
Learn more about how certain disruptive life-changes or "stressors" in a person's life can sometimes feel so overwhelming that he/she experiences symptoms of Adjustment Disorder affecting both their emotions and behavior.
Alzheimer's and Dementia
Alzheimer's disease causes a continuing decline in an individual's thought processes that eventually affects all areas of functioning. Dementia is characterized by a long-lasting loss of intellectual ability. Learn more about Alzheimer's disease and Dementia.
Anxiety Disorders and Phobias
There are important differences between normal fears and worry and the symptoms associated with anxiety disorders and phobias. Learn more about Agoraphobia, Anxiety Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobias, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Attachment Disorder
Disrupted and anxious attachment not only leads to emotional and social problems, but also results in biochemical consequences in the developing brain. Infants raised without loving touch and security have abnormally high levels of stress hormones, which can impair the growth and development of their brains and bodies.
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression, is characterized by wide, extreme mood swings from severe highs (mania), followed by episodes of distinct lows (depression). Learn more about Bipolar Disorder, Cyclothymia, and Manic Episode.
Children's Conditions
As many as one in ten children and adolescents have mental health problems severe enough to disrupt how they function emotionally, socially, mentally, and academically. Learn more about children’s conditions including: ADHD, Autism, Conduct Disorders, Depression, and Learning Disorders.
Depression
In contrast to the normal emotional experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood states, clinical depression is persistent and can interfere significantly with an individual's ability to function. Learn more about depression, including: Child/Adolescent Depression, Elderly Depression, Long-term Depression, Postpartum Depression, and Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are not about dieting or vanity. They're complex psychological disorders in which an individual's eating patterns are developed--and then habitually maintained--in an attempt to cope with other problems in their life. Learn more about Anorexia Nervosa, Binge-Eating, Bulimia Nervosa, Compulsive Eating, Obesity, and Pica.
Learning Disorders
Learning disorders can affect the ability to understand or effectively use spoken or written language, do mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, or direct attention. Although usually recognized in childhood, learning disorders can be lifelong conditions.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Learn more about OCD, and how its symptoms can result in an individual becoming trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are distressing and extremely difficult to overcome.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders are characterized by pervasive and inflexible patterns of inner experience and behavior. Learn more about Avoidant Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Schizoid Personality Disorder, and Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Millions of women suffer from PMS, and each month experience symptoms that are extreme and dramatically impair their ability to function at home and at work. Learn more about PMS and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD).
Schizophrenia
Learn more about Schizophrenia, the most common psychotic condition, and how its symptoms can have a devastating effect on all aspects of human thought, emotion, and behavior.
Sexual Conditions
Although it rarely affects physical health, experiencing a sexual condition can take a heavy psychological toll. Learn more about sexual conditions that can affect men and women, including such topics as the inability to fully enjoy sexual expression.
Sleep Disorders
If you have trouble getting to sleep, sleeping through the night, if you wake up too early, have a hard time waking up at all, or if you are very tired during the day, you may have a sleep disorder. Learn more about Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, and Narcolepsy.
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse can have devastating consequences that affect all areas of an individual's life. Learn how to detect the signs of a problem and how to get help.
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