Obsessive-compulsive disorder   A woman visits her dermatologist, complaining of extremely dry skin and seldom feeling clean. She showers for two hours every day. A lawyer insists on making coffee several times each day. His colleagues do not realize that he...

Bipolar Disorder What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is a medical illness that causes extreme shifts in mood, energy, and functioning. These changes may be subtle or dramatic and typically vary greatly over the course of a person’s life...

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Dual Diagnosis and Integrated Treatment of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorder What are dual diagnosis services? Dual diagnosis services are treatments for people who suffer from co-occurring disorders -- mental illness and substance abuse. Research has...

Tourette's Syndrome Tourette’s disorder, or Tourette’s syndrome (TS) as it is frequently called, is a neurologic syndrome. The essential feature of Tourette’s are multiple tics that are sudden, rapid, recurrent, non-rhythmic, stereotypical, purposeless movements or...