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The Encyclopedia of Mental Illness and Disorders

Table of Contents (Index)

INTRODUCTION

ADDICTION - GENERAL

PHYSICAL ADDICTION

Alcohol Addiction (AUD)
Drug Addiction
Nicotine Addiction

PSYCHOLOGICAL ADDICTION

Codependency (Co-Dependent Behavior)
Gambling Addiction
Sexual Addiction

ANXIETY DISORDERS

Complex (Chronic) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)

ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)

BIPOLAR DISORDER (BP)

CHILDHOOD DISORDERS

Asperger Syndrome (AS)
Autism (ASD)
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD)
Conduct Disorder
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Rett Syndrome

DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS

Clinical (Severe) Depression
Dysthymic Disorder – Dysthymia (Dysthemia)
Postpartum Depression
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Unipolar Disorder

DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER (DID)

EATING DISORDERS

Anorexia Nervosa
Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Bulimia Nervosa

IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS (ICD)

Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)
Kleptomania
Pyromania
Trichotillomania (TTM)

MENTAL HEALTH – GENERAL

PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)
Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD)
Borderline Personality Disorder
Dependent Personality Disorder
Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD)

PHOBIAS

Hypochondria (Hypochondriasis)
Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia or Agoraphobia
Specific Phobia

SCHIZOPHRENIA AND SCHIZOID DISORDERS

Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD)
Schizophrenia
Schizotypal Personality Disorder

SELF-INJURY (SI)

SUICIDE

REFFERENCE KEY

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Being the Ultimate Perfectionist

                                                           By Michele Soloway Sexton

I am the ultimate perfectionist.  Yes, me.  I even got a fortune cookie one time that said, "You have a yearning for perfection," do you believe that?"  Even Confucius knows it!

But it's a real battle for me.  I expect things from myself that I would never expect from anyone else, and it really messes with my bipolar disorder, because, well, no one's perfect, and no one can live with that kind of stress.

So I was talking to someone about it lately, and they told me, "It's ok to strive for perfection, as long as you don't expect to arrive at perfection."

It's ok to make mistakes.  That's what I've been learning.  If you don't learn that, you'll be bound up in fear (another thing that's bad for our bipolar disorder). 

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