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Symptoms could include:
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Impatient
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Sensitive to Criticism
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Disregard For Others
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Easily Frustrated
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Difficulty Paying Attention
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Fear of Disapproval
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Exaggerates Emotions
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Volatile Mood
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Tends to be Intolerant of Frustration
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Attention Seeking Behavior
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Inappropriate Sexual Behavior
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Dependent Attachment
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Dominated By Others
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Dresses Seductively
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People with this disorder are usually able to function at a high level and can be successful socially and at work. Symptoms include:Acting or looking overly seductiveBeing easily influenced by other peopleBeing overly concerned with their looksBei...
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DSM-IV-TRlists eight symptoms that form the diagnostic criteria for HPD: Center of attention: Patients with HPD experience discomfort when they are not the center of attention. Sexually seductive: Patients with HPD displays inappropriate sexuall...
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Mood disorders are mental disorders characterized by periods of depression, sometimes alternating with periods of elevated mood.While many people go through sad or elated moods from time to time, people with mood disorders suffer from severe or pr...
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Detailed information on the most common types of mood disorders, including major depression, manic depression (bipolar disorder), dysthymia, seasonal affective disorder, and suicide
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While many other factors influence the level of these chemicals, such as hormones, heredity, drugs, and alcohol, three neurotransmitters—dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin—have been studied in relation to food, and this research h...
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Most people have mood changes now and then. One day they may feel cranky and the next day, they feel great. But with an affective disorder, mood changes aren't so simple. These disorders can cause great emotional pain, and can greatly disrupt your life. Affective disorders can be treated. Talk to your health care provider or a mental health professional. He or she can help.
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Affective disorders are disorders of your mood. They include depression and bipolar disorder (also called manic-depression). These disorders are often treated with medications and therapy. Your health care provider can give you more information about the treatments that are appropriate for you.
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Colds and the flu can be passed from one person to another, but did you realize that emotions can be passed just as easily?
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One of the best ways to respond to other people's emotions is to "reflect" their mood back to them.
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For many women, the "baby blues" pass quickly. For others, the feelings of sadness don't ease and may become worse.
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An obsession is an unwelcome, uncontrollable, and persistent idea, thought, image, or emotion that a person.cannot help thinking even though it creates significant distress or anxiety.Obsessive ideas seem unnatural or alien to those who have them,...
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What separates obsessive-compulsive disorder from more common behaviors? A description of OCD and common treatment methods.
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Do you hate being criticized even when you know you've made a mistake? If so, it's no wonder -- criticism can make people feel incompetent, angry and just plain awful.
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Acting out is defined as the release of out-of-control aggressive or sexual impulses in order to gain relief from tension or anxiety. Such impulses often result in antisocial or delinquent behaviors.
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A defense mechanism whereby an individual expresses feelings through behavior rather than word.The term"acting out" was first coined to describe the behavior exhibited by a patient in expressing inner feelings about his or her psychoanalyst in a p...
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