Orthorexia Nervosa or ON is an eating disorder that involves an obsessive interest in healthy eating. Unlike other eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, orthorexic people rarely target losing weight. But their main focus is on food quality rather than quantity. People with orthorexia nervosa tend to avoid foods…
Other specified feeding or eating disorder or OSFED, is a catch-all category developed for those who do not fit into the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder. Individuals diagnosed with OSFED show symptoms similar to those specified eating disorders, but one or two key features…
What is Pregorexia? Pregnancy is a risk incident for all women, so they will experience various difficulties throughout gestation. Pregorexia is a condition where pregnant ladies experience extreme fear for the pregnancy weight gain and fear to experience changes in the body during the pregnancy. As a result of the…
Prader Willi Syndrome is one of the very rare genetic disorders that brings various physical, mental, and behavioral changes. The main reason behind all the complications of this disease is uncontrolled hunger. So these patients are unable to control their body weight related to their age and height. Patients who suffer…
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears that lead you to make repetitive patterns of behavior. In addition, you can have only obsessions or compulsions only and still OCD. With OCD, you may or may not understand your obsessions are not reasonable, and you can try to ignore…
Eating disorders are not just about eating too much or too little. Instead, they are serious psychological illnesses that cause disturbances in a person's everyday diet. For example, binge eating disorder, or BED, is an overeating disorder in which a person eats a huge amount of food over a short…
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder is recently classified under one of the eating disorders, where this disorder fails to meet the desired nutritional requirements of the body. As time goes, this disorder can lead to malnutrition and energy deficiencies. ARFID is significantly distinct from anorexia nervosa as there is no…
Pica is related to persistent eating of dirt, paint, and similar substances which have no nutritional value in them. Research suggests the prevalence rate of the condition be about 4 to 26 percent in different institutionalized groups. In other populations, the prevalence is not discreetly estimated. Symptoms If…
Conversion disorder, also called functional neurological symptom disorder, is a condition in which you show psychological stress by physical methods. The condition was named to describe a health problem that starts as a mental or emotional crisis - a scary or stressful incident of some sort. - And it turns…
Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and often avoid places or situations that can cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless, and confused. With agoraphobia, you are afraid of the actual or perceived situation, such as using public transportation, being in open…
Factitious disorder is a severe mental disorder in which someone misleads others, appears sick, gets sick on purpose, or self-mutilation. Factitious disorder symptoms can range from mild to severe. Man can make symptoms or even fake medical tests to convince others that treatment, such as surgery with a high degree…
Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of the perceived need to save them. Man with hoarding disorder is suffering at the thought of how to get rid of the items. As a result, excessive accumulation of subjects regardless of the actual value occurs. Hoarding…
Drug addiction, also referred to as substance use disorder, is dependent on legal or illicit drugs or medication. Keep in mind that alcohol and nicotine are legal substances but are also considered drugs. When you are addicted, you cannot control your drug use, and you can continue using the drug…
Insomnia is a common sleep disorder. If you have, you may have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or both. As a result, you can get too little sleep or have a poor-quality sleep. You may not feel refreshed when you wake up Symptoms of insomnia include: Lying awake for a…