Worry refers to the thoughts, images and emotions of a negative nature in which vague mental attempts are made to avoid anticipated potential threats. As an emotion it is experienced as anxiety or concern about a real or imagined issue, often’Read more
Bipolar disorder, formerly manic depression, is a mental disorder with periods of depression and periods of elevated mood. Symptoms associated with bipolar disorder differ in line with the varying nature of the condition’ Read more
Binge eating is a pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrollable eating. It is sometimes a symptom of Binge eating disorder or compulsive overeating disorder. During such binges, a person rapidly consumes an excessive’ Read more
Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health, or physical fitness, refers to a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon, and’Read more
Bereavement is a multifaceted state of loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, and philosophical dimensions’ Read more