How does it feel to have this disorder? What is schizophrenia? It is a condition which affects thinking, feeling and behaviour and causes people to have abnormal experiences. It is most likely to start between the ages of 15 to 35 and will affect about 1 in every 100 people during their lifetime. What schizophrenia is …
How does it feel to have this disorder? 10-15 in every 100 women become depressed after having a baby. This means you have a low mood and other symptoms for at least 2 weeks, and may last for weeks or months. These may include: feeling anxious or irritable not sleeping even when your baby sleeps poor …
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? We can all be obsessive about certain things at times, but if: you get awful thoughts coming into your mind, even when you try to keep them out you have to touch or count things or repeat the same action like washing over and over you may have Obsessive Compulsive …
Introduction A sudden illness, an accident or an assault, or a natural disaster – these are all traumatic experiences which can upset and distress us. They arouse powerful and disturbing feelings in us which usually settle in time, without any professional help. This leaflet may be useful if: you have been through a traumatic experience and …
Introduction For many of us, cannabis is a way to relax – 2 million people in the UK smoke it and half of all 16 to 29 year olds have tried it. But research suggests that it can cause problems in some vulnerable people. How does cannabis work? When smoked, cannabis from the lungs goes into …
Bipolar disorder is a condition in which your mood can swing very high, or very low, for weeks or months. It used to be called Manic Depression. Your mood can be: low with intense depression and despair high or ‘manic’ with elation, over-activity or anger a ‘mixed state’ with symptoms of depression and mania. Bipolar disorder is less common than depression. …
Introduction Bereavement is our experience of grief when someone we care about has died. It isn’t just one feeling but a range of different emotions. We feel them most in the months – often up to 2 years, sometimes longer – after the death. After this, although life is very different, most people manage to come to …
What is anxiety? Anxiety is the feeling of fear that we get when faced with threatening or difficult situations. It is a normal response when faced with danger as it makes us more alert and gives us energy to deal with problems. But if the anxiety is too strong or is there all the time, then …
IntroductionDepression is very common – one in five people become depressed at some point intheir lives. Anyone can get low, but someone is said to be suffering from depressionwhen these feelings don’t go away quickly or become so bad they interfere with theireveryday life.Depression can last for a few months. You can get better, only …
Introduction ‘Attention deficit (ADD)’, ‘attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)’, ‘hyperkinetic disorder’ and ‘hyperactivity’ are various terms used by people and professionals. These differences in terminology can sometimes cause confusion. All the above terms describe the problems of children who are hyperactive and have difficulty concentrating. What are attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and hyperkinetic disorder? ADHD is a …
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