Medical Conditions – Connecticut Behavioral Health Associates, P.C.

Adjustment disorder

Adjustment disorder is a group of symptoms, such as stress, feeling sad or hopeless, and physical symptoms that can occur after you go through a stressful life event.
Agoraphobia

Agoraphobia is an intense fear and anxiety of being in places where it is hard to escape, or where help might not be available.
Anxiety/Panic Disorders

Anxiety disorders are the most common of emotional disorders and affect more than 25 million Americans. Many forms and symptoms may include.
Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism is a group of developmental brain disorders, collectively called autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder, also commonly known as manic depression, is a brain disorder that causes shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function.
Bulimia

Bulimia is an illness in which a person has regular episodes of overeating (bingeing) and feels a loss of control.
Conversion Disorder

Conversion disorder is a condition in which you show psychological stress in physical ways.
Dementia

Dementia is not a specific disease. It is a descriptive term for a collection of symptoms that can be caused by a number of disorders that affect the brain.
Depression

Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad. But these feelings are usually short-lived and pass within a couple of days.
Eating Disorders

An eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to your everyday diet, such as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating.
Major depression

Major depression is a mental health condition. It is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with daily life for weeks or longer.
Mild Cognitive Impairment

Mild cognitive impairment causes cognitive changes that are serious enough to be noticed by the individuals experiencing them or to other people.
Mood Disorders

While major depressive disorder can develop at any age, the average age at onset is the mid-20s.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Everyone double checks things sometimes. For example, you might double check to make sure the stove or iron is turned off before leaving the house.
Paranoid Schizophrenia

Paranoid schizophrenia is one of several types of schizophrenia, a chronic mental illness in which a person loses touch with reality (psychosis).
Pervasive Developmental Disorders

The diagnostic category of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) refers to a group of disorders characterized by delays in the development of socialization and communication skills.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

When in danger, it’s natural to feel afraid. This fear triggers many split-second changes in the body to prepare to defend against the danger or to avoid it.
Schizoaffective Disorder

Schizoaffective disorder is a mental condition that causes both a loss of contact with reality (psychosis) and mood problems.
Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected people throughout history. About 1 percent of Americans have this illness.
Social Phobia

Social phobia is a strong fear of being judged by others and of being embarrassed. This fear can be so strong that it gets in the way of going to work or school or doing other everyday things.