Posts by Lenora KM:

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a newly recognized eating disorder that can occur throughout life—in infants, children, teens and adults, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), which is…

Conduct Disorder DSM-5* is a diagnosis that is usually given to children and adolescents under the age of 18. They repeatedly violate the rights of other people, and they refuse to conform their behavior according to…

People with Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) disregard right and wrong and are often manipulative and antagonistic to others. Adults with the disorder may display a complete lack of remorse for their actions, including criminal behavior. People…

Adjustment Disorder is when stressful times in life from expected or unexpected events cause an individual to be confused and lost (disoriented) and prevents him from going on with normal, everyday life. Some of the instances…

Initial Encounter Subsequent Encounter; Sequelae When your doctor prescribed an antidepressant to help with anxiety, you began to feel better over a period of time. You figure you might as well just throw the…

You decide to wear a dress instead of your regular attire of blue jeans and a T-shirt when you meet your family for dinner one night, and your sister gives you a compliment that doesn’t really…

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is when people who have consistent issues with alcohol continue to drink to excess. A person with AUD has a strong desire for alcohol, a difficult time controlling its use, and…

The urge to steal items can’t be resisted, and they really don’t need or even want the things they steal. They can afford to buy the items, but there’s an impulse to steal, and it’s out…

You watch it on television, where a person can barely walk in his house because of stacks of papers and boxes piled on top of one another. The person sometimes can’t use the kitchen or living…

Erik Erikson was a German psychoanalyst who was influenced by Sigmund Freud. He explored three parts of identity—the ego (self), personal (the personal idiosyncrasies that differentiate one individual from another) and social/cultural (the different social roles…

Insomnia is a sleep-wake disorder, where people have trouble initiating sleep, staying asleep and by waking up early in the morning and not being able to go back to sleep. Even when individuals with the disorder…

Mental illnesses are health conditions that involve changes in thinking, emotion or behavior—or a combination of the three. They’re connected with distress and/or problems functioning in social settings, on the job or during family activities. According…