Glossary for Behavioral disorders

• Addiction: Any of various addictions to substances or activities.
• Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency: A rare inherited disorder characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme called adenlyosuccinate lyase which generally results in psychomotor retardation and autistic behavior.
• Agoraphobia: Fear of unfamiliar surroundings
• Alcohol abuse: Excessive use of alcohol ranging from binge drinking to severe alcoholism
• Alcoholism: Alcoholism is the compulsive urge to drink alcohol despite knowing the negative impact on one's health.
• Alzheimer's Disease: Dementia-causing brain disease mostly in seniors and the elderly.
• Anorexia Nervosa: A disorder where a distorted sense of body image leads to self-starvation to the point of death in some cases.
• Anxiety: A feeling of apprehension, and fear without apparent stimulus that is associated sometime with somatic responses
• Asperger syndrome: A neuropsychiatric disorder mainly involving the inability to understand and becoming involved in social interaction.
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Behavioral disorder with hyperactivity and/or inattention.
• Autism: Childhood mental condition with social and communication difficulties.
• Behavioral symptoms: Symptoms of personal behavior.
• Behavioural disorders: Disorders that affect a persons behaviour
• Binge eating disorder: Excessive overeating but without purging
• Bipolar disorder: Cycles of mania and depression; commonly called "manic-depression".
• Bulimia nervosa: Eating disorder with binging (overeating) and purging (vomiting).
• Child health conditions: Any medical conditions typically afflicting children.
• Chromosome 17 ring: A rare chromosomal disorder where genetic material from one or both ends of chromosome 17 is missing and the two broken ends have rejoined to form a ring. The resulting type and severity of symptoms is determined by the amount and location of genetic material missing.
• Chromosome 2, monosomy 2q37: A very rare chromosomal disorder where a part of the long arm of chromosome 2 is missing which results in various birth defects and abnormalities. The features of the disorder are determined by the exact size and location of the deletion.
• Conduct Disorder: Behavioral disorder with antisocial behaviors
• Depression: Various syndromes with excessive anxiety, phobias, or fear.
• Depressive disorders: Depression or its various related conditions.
• Drug abuse: Addiction to any of various illicit drugs.
• Dysthymia: Mild form of depression
• Eating disorders: Various mental disorders impairing normal eating or appetite.
• Emotional disorders: A disorder of emotions
• Encephalitis lethargica: A rare brain disease characterized by fever, headache, lethargy and reduced physical and mental responses. The disease occurred as an epidemic in the 1920's but now occurs sporadically - the exact cause is still not known.
• Gambling addiction: Addiction to gambling activities.
• Generalized anxiety disorder: Excessive anxiety and worrying.
• Heckenlively syndrome: A rare syndrome characterized by eye anomalies, behavioral problems and abnormal amino acid metabolism.
• Hyperactivity conditions: Medical conditions causing or characterized by hyperactivity.
• Hypothalamic hamartomas: A benign congenital tumor that develops on or near the hypothalamus.
• MPS 3 C: A rare inherited biochemical disorder characterized by the accumulation of mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) due to deficiency of an enzyme called acetyl-CoA:alpha-glucosamide N-acetyltransferase. Mucopolysaccharide levels build up and are then deposited in various tissues.
• MPS 3 D: A rare inherited biochemical disorder characterized by the accumulation of mucopolysaccharides (glycosaminoglycans) due to deficiency of an enzyme called N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase. Mucopolysaccharide levels build up and are then deposited in various tissues.
• Mental health conditions: Medical conditions related to mental health, emotions, behavior, personality, psychology, psychiatry, and so on.
• Mental illness: Any psychological syndrome
• Mood disorders: Disorders that affect a persons mood
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Behavioral disorder with obsessive thoughts and compulsive acts.
• Panic disorder: It is a severe medical condition characterized by extremely elevated mood.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder: Stress following a traumatic event.
• Psychiatric disorders: Any condition that affects ones mind
• Psychological disorders: Any condition that affects ones mind
• Rett's syndrome: Autism-like behavioral syndrome in infant girls
• Social phobia: Excessive anxiety in social situations.
• Specific phobias: Irrational fears of specific situations, actions or items.
• Tourette Syndrome: A neurological disorder involving vocal and movement tics where where uncontrollable movements or verbal utterances are made.
• Tuberous sclerosis, type 1: A rare genetic disorder with a variety of abnormalities such as seizures, mental retardation, skin lesions and nodules in various body tissues and organs.

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