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SPECIALTIES
What are psychotic disorders?
Psychotic disorders are mental health conditions that impair an individual’s ability to distinguish reality from illusion. These disorders can significantly disrupt relationships, careers, and overall emotional well-being.
Key Features of Psychosis:
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Hallucinations: Hearing voices, seeing things, or feeling sensations that aren’t real
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Delusions: Strong, irrational beliefs despite evidence to the contrary (e.g., paranoia, grandiosity)
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Disorganized Thinking: Confused speech, erratic behavior, or difficulty staying focused
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Social Withdrawal: Avoiding relationships, work, or daily activities
Psychotic symptoms may develop gradually or appear suddenly. Early detection is essential to treatment success.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects focus, energy control, and behavior. It is categorized into three types:
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Inattentive Type: Difficulty focusing, missing details, and frequently losing items.
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Hyperactive-Impulsive Type: Restlessness, interrupting others, and making impulsive decisions.
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Combined Type: The most common form, featuring a mix of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity.
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Our expert team provides personalized care to help manage ADHD symptoms, improving focus, reducing impulsivity, and enhancing daily life.
Understanding ADHD
What is depression?
Depression is not just sadness—it’s a complex mental health condition that can impact every aspect of life, from work and relationships to physical health. It can present in various forms, including:
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Persistent sadness, lack of interest in daily activities, and deep feelings of hopelessness.
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Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia): A long-term, lower-grade depression that lasts two years or more.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Depression triggered by seasonal changes, most often in winter months.
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Peripartum Depression: Occurs during or after pregnancy, affecting emotional and physical well-being.
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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD): An intense form of PMS causing emotional and physical distress.
Anxiety disorders are characterized by persistent, excessive fear or worry that disrupts daily life. While occasional anxiety is normal, chronic anxiety can be debilitating without treatment. Common symptoms include:
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Restlessness or feeling constantly “on edge”
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Racing thoughts or difficulty concentrating
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Irritability and emotional sensitivity
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Muscle tension or physical discomfort
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Trouble sleeping or disrupted sleep patterns
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Ongoing fatigue or low energy
Understanding anxiety
disorders
What are personality disorders?
Personality disorders involve long-term patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that differ significantly from cultural expectations. These patterns are often rigid, deeply ingrained, and lead to distress or difficulty functioning in daily life.
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They are commonly grouped into three diagnostic clusters, each with distinct characteristics:
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Cluster A (Odd, Eccentric): Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal Personality Disorders.
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Cluster B (Dramatic, Emotional, Erratic): Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), Histrionic Personality Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder.
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Cluster C (Anxious, Fearful): Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD), Dependent Personality Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.
A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions like a racing heart, fast breathing, and sweating. Panic attacks can be very frightening. When these attacks occur, you may think you're losing control, having a heart attack, or even dying. Panic attacks by themselves aren't dangerous or harmful to your health; frequent attacks can lead to a decrease in your quality of life and other issues.
Understanding panic attacks
What is substance
abuse?
A problematic pattern of substance use that affects your health and well-being. Substances change how your brain functions over time. They release dopamine, a chemical in your brain that makes you feel good - until the substance wears off. Some of the most common substances include, but are not limited to:
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Alcohol
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Opioids
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Marijuana
These addictions can range from mild to extremely severe, but this mental health condition can be treated and overcome.
A phobia is when you have an intense or overpowering fear and anxiety when you think about or encounter certain:
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situations
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animals
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people
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medical procedures or blood
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food
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envirmonents
Phobias can vary from person to person, and there are other things people sometimes develop phobias of. The effects of phobias are much more severe than ordinary fears because phobias consistently and overwhelmingly disrupt your life.
Understanding phobias
What is PTSD, Stress, and Acute stress?
Trauma-related disorders are mental health conditions that develop in response to extremely stressful or life-threatening events. This category includes several conditions:
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): PTSD can arise after a traumatic event, causing disruptions in sleep, relaxation, concentration, and daily functioning. It affects about 8 million adults in the U.S. annually. PTSD is not limited to soldiers—anyone who experiences trauma, such as an accident, assault, or natural disaster, can develop it.
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Acute Stress Disorder (ASD): Similar to PTSD but shorter in duration. Symptoms appear immediately after the traumatic event and last between three days to one month. If they persist, it may evolve into PTSD.
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Adjustment Disorders: These develop in response to stressful life events like divorce, job loss, illness, or the loss of a loved one. Symptoms include sadness, frequent crying, withdrawal from activities, loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, neglecting responsibilities, difficulty focusing, and suicidal thoughts.
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Each of these conditions can deeply affect daily life, and professional help is often necessary for recovery.