HAB-ANTIBULLYING & MENTAL HEALTH - Registered Charity number 1185297
WE SUPPORT ANYONE ACROSS THE UK IN NEED OF SUPPORT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE LEICESTER BASED
MENTAL HEALTH
There are four main types of mental health
These are
mood disorders (such as depression or bipolar disorder)
anxiety disorders.
personality disorders.
psychotic disorders (such as schizophrenia)
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What is a mood disorder?
A mood disorder is defined as someone who has disrupted emotions and moods. These can be severe lows and highs.
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Major depressive disorder — prolonged and persistent periods of extreme sadness
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Bipolar disorder — also called manic depression or bipolar affective disorder, is depression that includes alternating times of depression and mania
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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) — a form of depression most often associated with fewer hours of daylight in the far northern and southern latitudes from late fall to early spring
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Cyclothymic disorder — a disorder that causes emotional ups and downs that are less extreme than bipolar disorder
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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder — mood changes and irritability that occur during the premenstrual phase of a woman's cycle and go away with the onset of menses
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Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) — a long-term (chronic) form of depression
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Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder — a disorder of chronic, severe and persistent irritability in children that often includes frequent temper outbursts that are inconsistent with the child's developmental age
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Depression related to medical illness — a persistent depressed mood and a significant loss of pleasure in most or all activities that are directly related to the physical effects of another medical condition
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Depression induced by substance use or medication — depression symptoms that develop during or soon after substance use or withdrawal or after exposure to a medication.
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It is important to get medical support and advice, talking therapy and medication are often used to help.