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- Acute Stress Disorder
- Adjustment Disorder
- Alcohol Dependence
- Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
- Bell’s Palsy
- Bipolar Disorders
- Blepharospasm
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Cataplexy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Pain
- Communication Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Conversion Disorder
- Counseling
- Creutzfeldt – Jakob Disease
- Cychlothymic Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD)
- Depersonalization Disorder (DPD)
- Depression (Major Depressive Disorder)
- Dissociative Fugue
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Dysthymic Disorder
- Eating Disorders
- EEG
- Electrocardiogram
- EMG/NCS
- Epilepsy
- Grief Counseling Resource Guide: A field Manual
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Hallucinations
- Headache
- Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD)
- Insomnia
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)
- Learning Disability
- Learning Disorders
- Lumbar Puncture
- Meningitis
- Mental Retardation
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myalgia
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
- Narcolepsy
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Pain Disorder
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Pathological Gambling
- Personality Disorder
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychogenic Amnesia
- Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Schizophrenia
- Scoliosis
- Sedative, Hypnotic or Anxiolytic Dependence
- Separation Anxiety Disorder
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Sleep Paralysis
- Sleep Studies
- Social Phobia
- Somatoform Disorder
- Specific Phobia
- Stroke
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Syncope
- Tic Disorders
- Torticollis
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trigger Point Injection
- Abuse – The Hidden Bruises
- ADD & ADHD
- ADHD – Children Who Can’t Pay Attention
- Adopted Children
- Advocating for your Child
- Alcohol and Other Drugs in Teens
- Alcoholics & Children
- Anxiety and Children
- Asperger’s Disorder
- Autism in Children
- Bedwetting
- Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
- Bullying
- Children with Conduct Disorder
- Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
- Continuum of Care for Children and Adolescents
- Day Care: Making it a Good Experience
- Depression in Children
- Discipline
- Divorce and Children
- Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) – Drinking Alcohol during Pregnancy
- Fighting and Biting
- Foster Care
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
- Grief and Children
- Helping Your Child: When to Seek Professional Help
- Home Alone
- Internet Usage Among Children
- Learning Disabilities Children
- Longterm Illness Child
- Lying & Children
- Medication-Related Weight Gain: Prevention and Management
- Mental Illnesses: Talking to Kids
- Mentally Retarded Children
- Military Families
- Military Families: Adjusting to the Coming Home
- Movies and Children
- Moving and Children
- Multiracial Children
- Music and Music Videos
- News and Children
- Normal Adolescent Development 1
- Obesity in Children and Teens
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Children
- Panic Disorder in Children and Adolescents
- Parenting: Preparing for Adolescence
- Parents with Mental Illnesses
- Pets and Children
- Pet’s Death
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychiatric Medication for Children and Adolescents Part I: How Medications are Used
- Psychiatric Medication for Children and Adolescents Part II: Types of Medications
- Psychiatric Medication for Children and Adolescents Part III: Questions to Ask
- Psychiatrist
- Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents
- Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Schizophrenia in Children
- Selective Mutism: A Guide for Teachers
- Self-Injury in Adolescents
- Separation Anxiety (Children Who Won’t Go to School)
- Separation Anxiety Disorder
- Services in School for Children with Special Needs: What Parents need to Know
- Sex (Talking to your Kids about Sex)
- Sexual Abuse of a Child
- Sleep Problems with Children
- Soiling and Bowel Control Problems
- Sports and Children
- Starting School
- Steal (Children Who Steal)
- Stress
- Substance Abuse for Treatment for Children and Adolescents: Questions to Ask
- Suicide
- Teens Driving Safely
- Terrorism and War: Talking to Children about it
- The Teen Brain: Behavior, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- Threats: When are they Serious?
- Tic Disorders
- Tourette Syndrome
- Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)
- TV & Children
- TV Violence
- Videogames and Children: Playing with Violence
- Violent Behavior in Children and Adolescents
Personality Disorder
Personality Disorder, formerly referred to as a Character Disorder, is a class of mental disorders characterized by rigid and on-going patterns of thought and action cognitive methods. The underlying belief systems informing these patterns are referred to as fixed fantasies. The inflexibility and pervasiveness of these behavioral patterns often cause serious personal and social difficulties, as well as a general impairment of functioning.
While there are many different and specific types of personality disorders, general symptoms of personality disorders include:
- Frequent mood swings
- Stormy relationships
- Social isolation
- Angry outbursts
- Suspicion and mistrust of others
- Difficulty making friends
- A need for instant gratification
- Poor impulse control
- Alcohol or substance abuse