Mental health
23 pharmacist-reviewed conditions in mental health.
- Mental health
Addiction
Addiction is a chronic brain disease that causes a person to compulsively use a substance or engage in an activity despite the harm it causes to the person’s life, relationships, responsibilities, …
- Mental health
Alcohol Dependence
Alcohol use disorder is the repeat and chronic abuse of alcohol.
- Mental health
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa - often called simply “anorexia” - is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss.
- Mental health
Anxiety
Anxiety disorders are the most common emotional disorder and affect more than 25 million Americans.
- Mental health
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood mental condition that can last into adolescence and adulthood.
- Mental health
Binge Eating
Binge-eating disorder (BED) is a serious and potentially life-threatening eating disorder in which people frequently consume unusually large amounts of food and feel unable to stop eating.
- Mental health
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness or manic depression, is a mental illness that causes unusual and dramatic shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, the ability to think clea…
- Mental health
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition in which a person has long-term patterns of unstable emotions, moods, and behavior.
- Mental health
Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa - often called simply “bulimia” - is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by regular cycles of overeating (bingeing) and purging.
- Mental health
Depression
Depression is a disorder of the brain.
- Mental health
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is a complex illness characterized by intense and, at times, uncontrollable craving for a drug, as well as compulsive drug seeking and use that persist even in the face of devastatin…
- Mental health
Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to your everyday diet, such as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating.
- Mental health
Food Addiction
Addiction is a chronic brain disease that causes a person to compulsively use a substance or engage in an activity despite the harm it causes to the person’s life, relationships, responsibilities, …
- Mental health
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety disorders are the most common emotional disorder and affect more than 25 million Americans.
- Mental health
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to do repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
- Mental health
Panic Disorder
Panic disorder is a type of anxiety disorder.
- Mental health
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event such as mugging, rape, torture, being kidnapped or held captive, child abuse, car accident…
- Mental health
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally.
- Mental health
Sex Addiction
Addiction is a chronic brain disease that causes a person to compulsively use a substance or engage in an activity despite the harm it causes to the person’s life, relationships, responsibilities, …
- Mental health
Social Anxiety Disorder
Social anxiety is the fear of interaction with other people that brings on self-consciousness and feelings of being negatively judged and evaluated.
- Mental health
Stress
Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life.
- Mental health
Suicide Prevention
Suicide, taking your own life, is a tragic reaction to stressful life situations.
- Mental health
Tobacco Addiction
Tobacco is a plant grown for its leaves, which are smoked, chewed, or sniffed.