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    Popular! Acute Stress Disorder Symptoms Top Rated
    Acute Stress Disorder is characterized by the development of severe anxiety, dissociative, and other symptoms that occurs within one month after exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor (e.g., witnessing a death or serious accident). As a response to the traumatic event, the individual develops dissociative symptoms. Individuals with Acute Stress Disorder have a decrease in emotional responsiveness, often finding it difficult or impossible to experience pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, and frequently feel guilty about pursuing usual life tasks.
    http://psychcentral.com/disorders/acute-stress-disorder-symptoms/ - 30-May-2000 - Hits: 4423 - Rate This | Details
    Popular! Addicted to Exercise Top Rated
    Even good things such as exercise can be taken to extremes. Do you know a person who works out even though they hurt more than during the normal burning sensation of a workout?
    Do you know people who will work out even if they have pulled muscles or broken bones?
    If so, read this article before yours or their next exercise program.
    http://psychcentral.com/lib/addicted-to-exercise/ - 29-Mar-2006 - Hits: 5437 - Rate This | Details
    Popular! Cyclothymic Disorder & Cyclothymia
    People with cyclothymic disorder have, for at least 2 years (1 year in children and adolescents), the presence of numerous periods with hypomanic symptoms that do not meet criteria for a hypomanic episode and numerous periods with depressive symptoms that do not meet criteria for a Major Depressive Episode. Cyclothymic disorder usually begins in adolescence or early adult life and is sometimes considered to reflect a temperamental predisposition to other bipolar-and-related disorders.
    http://psychcentral.com/disorders/cyclothymic-disorder-cyclothymia/ - 31-May-2000 - Hits: 1658 - Rate This | Details
    Popular! Delusional Disorder Symptoms Top Rated
    A description of symptoms related to Delusional Disorder, a disorder characterized by the presence of non-bizarre delusions which have persisted for at least one month. Non-bizarre delusions typically are beliefs of something occurring in a person's life which is not out of the realm of possibility.

    People who have this disorder generally don't experience a marked impairment in their daily functioning in a social, occupational or other important setting. Outward behavior is not noticeably bizarre or objectively characterized as out-of-the-ordinary.
    http://psychcentral.com/disorders/delusional-disorder-symptoms/ - 31-May-2000 - Hits: 3001 - Rate This | Details
    Popular! Dependent Personality Disorder Symptoms Top Rated
    Dependent personality disorder is characterized by a long-standing need for the person to be taken care of and a fear of being abandoned or separated from important individuals in his or her life. This leads the person to engage in dependent and submissive behaviors that are designed to elicit care-giving behaviors in others. The dependent behavior may be see as being "clingy" or "clinging on" to others, because the person fears they can't live their lives without the help of others.
    http://psychcentral.com/disorders/dependent-personality-disorder-symptoms/ - 4-Jun-2000 - Hits: 3042 - Rate This | Details
    Popular! Hypersomnolence (hypersomnia) Symptoms
    Hypersomnia (termed hypersomnolence in DSM-5) is characterized by recurrent episodes of excessive daytime sleepiness or prolonged nighttime sleep. Different from feeling tired due to lack of or interrupted sleep at night, persons with hypersomnolence are compelled to nap repeatedly during the day, often at inappropriate times such as at work, during a meal, or in conversation.

    The predominant complaint is excessive sleepiness for at least 1 month (in acute conditions) or at least 3 months (in persistent conditions) as evidenced by either prolonged sleep episodes or daytime sleep episodes that occur at least 3x per week.
    http://psychcentral.com/disorders/hypersomnia-symptoms/ - 1-Jun-2000 - Hits: 1874 - Rate This | Details
    Popular! Narcissistic Personality Disorder Symptoms
    Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of grandiosity (either in fantasy or actual behavior), an overwhelming need for admiration, and usually a complete lack of empathy toward others. People with this disorder often believe they are of primary importance in everybody's life or to anyone they meet.

    A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from the norm of the individual's culture. The pattern is seen in two or more of the following areas: cognition; affect; interpersonal functioning; or impulse control.
    http://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder-symptoms/ - 4-Jun-2000 - Hits: 4415 - Rate This | Details
    Popular! Panic Attack Symptoms
    A description of symptoms related to a panic attack, a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort. Panic attacks often occur in people who are diagnosed with Panic Disorder.
    Certain culture-specific symptoms (e.g., tinnitus, neck soreness, headache, uncontrollable screaming or crying) are not linked to panic attacks and should not count as one of the four required symptoms.
    http://psychcentral.com/disorders/panic-attack-symptoms/ - 1-Jun-2000 - Hits: 4198 - Rate This | Details