This page organizes these key therapeutic methods into distinct categories, offering a comprehensive overview that guides you to the right approach for your needs. Whether you’re a mental health professional, a student, or someone seeking personal development, exploring these categorized therapies will help you make informed decisions for well-being and transformation.
Contents
- 1 Anxiety Disorders
- 2 Mood Disorders
- 3 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 4 Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
- 5 Dissociative Disorders
- 6 Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
- 7 Feeding and Eating Disorders
- 8 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 9 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 10 Personality Disorders
- 11 Conduct Disorders
- 12 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 13 Paraphilic Disorders
- 14 Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder involves chronic worry about everyday events, often leading to physical symptoms like restlessness and fatigue.
Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder is marked by sudden, recurrent panic attacks with intense fear and physical symptoms like chest pain and shortness of breath
Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder causes overwhelming fear of social situations, leading individuals to avoid interactions due to fear of embarrassment or judgment.
Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia involves fear of being in places where escape might be difficult, often resulting in avoidance of public spaces and social situations.
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Separation Anxiety Disorder leads to excessive fear and distress when separated from attachment figures, often disrupting daily life.
Selective Mutism
Selective Mutism is characterized by the inability to speak in certain social situations despite being able to speak in others, often related to anxiety.
Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder
Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder occurs when medication use or withdrawal leads to significant anxiety symptoms, affecting mental and physical well-being.
Mood Disorders
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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
PMDD causes severe mood swings, irritability, and physical symptoms in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, significantly impacting daily life.
Medication-Induced Depressive Disorder
DMDD is characterized by chronic irritability and severe temper outbursts that are disproportionate to the situation, affecting children and adolescents..
Depressive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition
PMDD causes severe mood swings, irritability, and physical symptoms in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, significantly impacting daily life.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Major Depressive Disorder involves persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a loss of interest in daily activities, affecting overall functioning.
Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)
Persistent Depressive Disorder is a chronic, long-term form of depression lasting for at least two years, with symptoms less severe than MDD.
Bipolar I Disorder
Bipolar I Disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings, including manic episodes that may lead to impulsive behavior and depressive episodes causing intense sadness. (Manic & Depressive Episodes)
Bipolar II Disorder
Bipolar II Disorder includes recurring mood swings between depressive episodes and hypomanic episodes, with less severe mania compared to Bipolar I. (Hypomanic & Depressive Episodes)
Cyclothymic Disorder
Cyclothymic Disorder involves chronic mood fluctuations with periods of mild depression and hypomania, lasting for at least two years.
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
DMDD is characterized by chronic irritability and severe temper outbursts that are disproportionate to the situation, affecting children and adolescents..
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is marked by intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) aimed at reducing anxiety..
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
BDD involves excessive preoccupation with perceived flaws in physical appearance, often leading to compulsive behaviors like mirror checking or grooming.
Hoarding Disorder
Hoarding Disorder involves persistent difficulty discarding items, regardless of value, leading to clutter that impairs living spaces and daily functioning.
Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)
Trichotillomania is characterized by the compulsive urge to pull out one’s hair, leading to noticeable hair loss and significant distress.
Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder
Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder is characterized by repetitive picking of one’s skin, leading to lesions and distress, often as a response to urges or tension.
Medication-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder
Medication-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder is triggered by the use of certain medications, leading to obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors as side effects.
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is characterized by intrusive memories, flashbacks, and heightened anxiety following exposure to a traumatic event.
Acute Stress Disorder
Acute Stress Disorder is characterized by anxiety, dissociation, and intrusive symptoms occurring shortly after a traumatic event, lasting from three days to a month.
Adjustment Disorders
Adjustment Disorders involve emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to a stressful life event, causing significant distress or impairment in functioning.
Reactive Attachment Disorder
Reactive Attachment Disorder is a condition in which a child struggles to form healthy emotional bonds with caregivers, often due to neglect or inconsistent caregiving during early childhood.
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder is a condition in which a child displays overly familiar or inappropriate behavior with strangers, often due to severe neglect or inconsistent caregiving during early childhood.
Dissociative Disorders
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a condition characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identity states or personalities, often linked to traumatic experiences or severe stress.
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Amnesia is a condition characterized by an inability to recall important personal information, usually related to a traumatic or stressful event, without any underlying medical cause.
Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder is a condition marked by persistent feelings of detachment from oneself (depersonalization) or a sense of unreality about the world around you (derealization), often causing distress or impairment.
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
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Somatic Symptom Disorder
Somatic Symptom Disorder is characterized by the presence of physical symptoms that cause significant distress or impairment, where the symptoms are not fully explained by a medical condition.
Illness Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondriasis)
Illness Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondriasis) is characterized by excessive worry about having or developing a serious illness, despite few or no symptoms and reassurance from medical professionals.
Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder)
Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) is characterized by neurological symptoms, such as paralysis or seizures, that cannot be explained by medical conditions.
Factitious Disorder (Including Munchausen Syndrome)
Factitious Disorder (Including Munchausen Syndrome) is a condition where individuals intentionally produce or exaggerate physical or psychological symptoms to assume the sick role, often without any external incentives like financial gain.
Feeding and Eating Disorders
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Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight, a distorted body image, and severe restriction of food intake, leading to significant weight loss and health complications.
Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder marked by recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors, such as vomiting or excessive exercise, to prevent weight gain.
Binge-Eating Disorder
Binge-Eating Disorder is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food in a short period, accompanied by a lack of control, and often followed by distress or guilt.
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder characterized by a limited variety of foods consumed, leading to nutritional deficiencies, weight loss, or significant distress.
Pica
Pica is an eating disorder characterized by the persistent consumption of non-food substances, such as dirt, chalk, or hair, over a period of at least one month, which can lead to health complications.
Rumination Disorder
Rumination Disorder is a condition in which an individual repeatedly regurgitates and re-chews food, often without nausea or disgust, and may either re-swallow or spit it out, leading to potential nutritional and health issues.
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterized by challenges in social communication, repetitive behaviors, and restricted interests, with a wide range of severity and symptoms across individuals.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by persistent patterns of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that interfere with daily functioning and development.
Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)
Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder) is a condition characterized by limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior, affecting areas such as reasoning, problem-solving, and daily life skills.
Communication Disorders
Communication Disorders are a group of conditions that affect an individual’s ability to communicate effectively, including challenges with speech, language, and social communication.
Specific Learning Disorder
Specific Learning Disorder is a condition characterized by difficulties in acquiring and applying academic skills, such as reading, writing, or mathematics, despite having average or above-average.
Motor Disorders
Motor Disorders are a group of conditions characterized by impairments in the development and coordination of motor skills, affecting physical movements and control, such as in Tourette Syndrome.
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterized by distorted thinking, hallucinations, delusions, and impaired functioning, often leading to difficulties in distinguishing reality from fantasy.
Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizoaffective Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by a combination of symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions, along with mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania.
Schizophreniform Disorder
Aversion Therapy reduces Schizophreniform Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by symptoms of schizophrenia, such as delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking, that last for at least one month but less than six months.
Brief Psychotic Disorder
Brief Psychotic Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by sudden onset of psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech, lasting for at least one day but less than a month, often triggered by stress.
Delusional Disorder
EDelusional Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by the presence of persistent, false beliefs (delusions) that are not due to other medical or psychiatric conditions, with individuals often maintaining normal functioning outside of their delusional beliefs.
Medication-Induced Psychotic Disorder
Medication-Induced Psychotic Disorder is a condition where psychotic symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, are triggered by the use of certain medications, typically as a side effect, and resolve once the medication is discontinued.
Catatonia Associated With Another Mental Disorder (Catatonia Specifier)
Catatonia Associated with Another Mental Disorder (Catatonia Specifier) refers to a set of motor and behavioral symptoms, such as immobility, mutism, or excessive movement, that occur in conjunction.
Personality Disorders
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition characterized by intense mood swings, unstable relationships, fear of abandonment, impulsive behavior, and a distorted self-image, often leading to emotional distress.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by a disregard for the rights of others, manipulative behavior, deceitfulness, impulsivity, and a lack of remorse for harmful actions.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Aversion Therapy reduces Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by an inflated sense of self-importance, a need for excessive admiration, a lack of empathy.
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Histrionic Personality Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by excessive emotionality, attention-seeking behavior, and a strong desire to be the center of attention, often accompanied by dramatic or exaggerated expressions of emotions.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control, leading to rigid thinking, difficulty delegating tasks, and a strong focus on rules and details.
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Avoidant Personality Disorder is a condition characterized by extreme sensitivity to criticism, feelings of inadequacy, and a strong fear of rejection, leading to social inhibition, avoidance of interpersonal interactions, and difficulty forming close relationships.
Dependent Personality Disorder
Dependent Personality Disorder is a condition characterized by a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clingy behaviors.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorder is a condition characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspicion of others, believing that others have malicious intentions, even without evidence, often leading to social isolation and strained relationships.
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder is a condition characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a preference for solitary activities, emotional coldness, and detachment from others, often leading to social isolation and difficulty expressing emotions.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Schizotypal Personality Disorder is a condition characterized by eccentric behaviors, odd beliefs or magical thinking, social anxiety, and difficulty forming close relationships, often accompanied by distorted perceptions or unusual thinking patterns.
Conduct Disorders
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a behavioral condition in children and adolescents characterized by a pattern of defiant, argumentative, and hostile behavior toward authority figures, often leading to challenges in family.
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Intermittent Explosive Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by recurrent, impulsive outbursts of anger or aggression, disproportionate to the situation, often resulting in harm to others, property damage, or distress
Conduct Disorder
Conduct Disorder is a behavioral condition in children and adolescents characterized by persistent patterns of aggressive, deceitful, or rule-breaking behaviors, such as bullying, stealing, or violating the rights of others.
Pyromania
Pyromania is a rare impulse control disorder characterized by the deliberate and repeated setting of fires to experience a sense of pleasure, tension release, or excitement, often without any clear intention of harm or financial gain.
Kleptomania
Kleptomania is an impulse control disorder characterized by a recurrent urge to steal items, typically not needed for personal use or monetary value, driven by tension before the theft and relief or gratification afterward.
Neurocognitive Disorders
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Delirium
Delirium is a severe, short-term disturbance in attention, awareness, and cognition, often caused by underlying medical conditions, medications, or infections, and characterized by confusion, disorientation, and fluctuating levels of consciousness.
Paraphilic Disorders
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Voyeuristic Disorder
Voyeuristic Disorder is a sexual disorder characterized by the recurrent, intense urge to observe unsuspecting individuals who are naked, in the process of undressing, or engaging in sexual activity, often leading to significant distress or impairment in functioning.
Exhibitionistic Disorder
Exhibitionistic Disorder is a sexual disorder characterized by the recurrent, intense urge to expose one’s genitals to unsuspecting individuals, often causing distress or harm to others, and leading to significant social or legal consequences.
Frotteuristic Disorder
Frotteuristic Disorder is a sexual disorder characterized by the recurrent, intense urge to touch or rub against a non-consenting person, often in public settings, leading to distress, impairment, or legal issues for the individual engaging in the behavior.
Sexual Masochism Disorder
Sexual Masochism Disorder is a sexual disorder characterized by the recurrent, intense urge to derive sexual pleasure from being hurt, humiliated, or made to suffer, which causes significant distress or impairment in functioning, often affecting relationships or daily life.
Sexual Sadism Disorder
Sexual Sadism Disorder is a sexual disorder characterized by the recurrent, intense urge to inflict pain, suffering, or humiliation on another person for sexual gratification, which leads to distress, harm, or impairment in relationships and functioning.
Pedophilic Disorder
Pedophilic Disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by an adult’s recurrent, intense sexual attraction to prepubescent children, typically 13 years old or younger, which causes distress or leads to harmful behaviors, such as acting on these urges or fantasizing about them.
Fetishistic Disorder
Fetishistic Disorder is a sexual disorder characterized by the recurrent, intense sexual arousal from non-living objects or specific body parts, which causes significant distress or impairment in daily functioning or relationships.
Transvestic Disorder
Transvestic Disorder is a sexual disorder characterized by the recurrent, intense sexual arousal from dressing in clothing typically associated with the opposite gender, which causes significant distress or impairment in functioning, such as in relationships or daily activities.
Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
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Restless Legs Syndrome
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a neurological condition characterized by an irresistible urge to move the legs, often accompanied by uncomfortable sensations, particularly when at rest or during sleep, leading to difficulty falling asleep and daytime fatigue.
