Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is a mental condition that can interfere with a person's concentration and spark hyperactivity and impulsiveness. It is due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, thus affecting normal brain function. Many people...
Bipolar disorder is typically first suspected based on its symptoms. Bipolar disorder causes periods of abnormally high (manic) mood followed by periods of abnormally low mood (depression). Because abnormally low mood is also indicative of other...
A form of depression, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects people during the winter months and eases off during the spring and summer. Individuals with SAD feel down and have little energy during the months with little sunlight. SAD is...
There are many different types of pediatric sleep disorders. In general, children can suffer from most of the same disorders adults do. The difference is that children often do not have the language or awareness to express their sleep problems....
Attention deficit disorder was the term previously used in the diagnoses of children with ADD. The diagnostic term has sense been changed and the correct diagnostic term for these children is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. A...
Working with someone diagnosed with major depressive disorder may be challenging at times. It is important to remember that people with major depression are not always depressed and most times feel normal, but when they are depressed their...
People with a sleep-related eating disorder display abnormal eating habits during sleep hours. Also known as NS-RED, or nocturnal sleep related eating disorder, people with this affliction consume food while they're sleeping. Sufferers find...
The liver synthesizes components of digestion and blood clotting factors and serves to store energy and detoxify the blood. Its significance often under recognized the liver and biliary tract cannot be artificially synthesized, bypassed, or...
Electrical activity in nerve and muscle cells occurs because of the flow of ions--electrically-charged particles--between the inside and outside of the cell membrane. Electricity is vital to the functioning of the brain, nerves and muscles,...
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, auditory processing disorders refer to a specific range of disorders related to how the central nervous system uses auditory input. Diagnosing auditory processing disorders in...
According to the Mayo Clinic, between 5 percent and 15 percent of Americans suffer from temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, disorders. The TMJ is the joint that connects the main part of the skull to the jawbone, and is active when we speak and chew....
The ability to diagnose mental health disorders such as anxiety disorders and depression should be left to doctors and mental health professionals such as psychologists and social workers. However, it's important to understand your own mental...
Gastroparesis, or slow digestion, is a digestive disorder that can strike anyone, including the young, old and those who are healthy. Diagnosing digestive disorders can be tricky, due to the vague and sometimes overlapping symptoms of each...
Vitamin B-12 levels are checked to assist in diagnosing blood or metabolic disorders. These disorders may impact the body's ability to absorb this vital nutrient. Vitamin B-12 deficiencies can occur for a variety of reasons including following a...
ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a term used to describe a disorder with symptoms of inattentiveness, hyperactivity or both. The Dore method is a program for tackling a broad spectrum of learning difficulties and ADHD through...
According to the ALZA Corp., a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs to treat ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, almost 8 million adults were diagnosed in the United States with the condition as of 2009. The cause of the disorder...
There are three main oppositional behavior disorders, known as disruptive behavior disorders in the DSM-IV-TR: conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and disruptive behavior disorder not otherwise specified. If your child or teen is...
If your child begins exhibiting a dramatic change in dietary habits, slow stomach digestion could be to blame. Delayed gastric emptying, or gastroparesis, refers to a disorder that causes the stomach to digest too slowly. The disorder could last a...
Dual diagnosis refers to people who are suffering from a mental illness as well as being a substance abuser. Drug Rehab reports that about half of people with a mental disorder use alcohol or drugs as well. Being dually diagnosed is essential to...
Wide varieties of medical procedures are used for the brain. These tools aim to diagnose illnesses, study the maturation of the brain and to treat certain conditions. Currently, some of them are mainly used in medical research, but these methods...
Diagnosing mental health symptoms can be a difficult and daunting task. Clinicians rely on self-reports from patients who may give inaccurate, vague or exaggerated descriptions of their symptoms. Many diagnoses are similar, and symptoms often...
Diagnosing disease is mostly a process of knowing what is "normal" and recognizing what is not. A doctor recognizes a disease by seeing a pattern formed by symptoms and findings during a physical examination. Laboratory tests can confirm these...
Attention deficit disorder is a mental disorder that is common in children, but attention deficit disorder can also occur in adults. Symptoms of adult attention deficit disorder are different from symptoms of childhood attention deficit disorder....
Rare skin disorders are often very perplexing to patients. Patients often search for information about how to diagnose the symptoms they have. They may have a rash or lesion on the skin they have never seen on anyone else before. The symptoms may...
Sleep problems can be diagnosed by recognizing and identifying a set of specific symptoms. Daytime fatigue is an obvious symptom and is almost universal for sleep disorders. Each sleep disorder, however, has its own unique set of symptoms....
Autism is a complex disorder that affects the neurobiological system. Although it is typically called a developmental disorder because it can cause delays in some developmental milestones, it can have lifelong effects. Autism typically affects...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2003, 7.8 percent of children between the ages of 4 and 17 in the U.S. were diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD. In terms of gender, ADHD is diagnosed...
Personality disorders are diagnosed when the ways in which a person perceives, reacts and relates to others appears inflexible and impairs his ability to function socially. Depressive personality disorder fits this description, and while...
Bipolar disorder, also known also as manic depression, affects nearly 5.7 million people over the age of 18 each year, according to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. It is a mental illness that causes extreme shifts in moods---one day a...
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