Articles about Diagnosis

Often misunderstood as a single limitation, intellectual disability reflects a complex developmental condition that shapes how individuals learn, adapt, and navigate dail...

Other Specified Bipolar and Related Disorder is used when clinically significant bipolar-spectrum symptoms cause distress or impairment but do not meet full criteria for ...

“No Diagnosis or Condition” is used when a comprehensive assessment finds no mental disorder, recognising that individuals may seek support for life challenges, personal ...

Delusional Disorder involves fixed, false beliefs held with strong conviction despite contrary evidence. Functioning is often otherwise intact, making the condition subtl...

Factitious Disorder is a serious mental health condition where individuals deliberately create or exaggerate symptoms to assume the patient role, without external reward....

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder characterised by severe food restriction unrelated to body image, often driven by sensory sensitiv...

Dependent Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of excessive reliance on others for care, marked by submissive behaviour, impaired decision-making, and an enduring ...

Encopresis is a childhood condition marked by repeated faecal soiling beyond developmental expectations, most often linked to chronic constipation rather than behavioural...

Communication Disorders encompass a range of conditions that impair the ability to understand, produce, or use language and speech, often affecting social, academic, and ...

Other Specified Anxiety Disorder is a diagnostic category for clinically significant anxiety that does not meet full criteria for a specific disorder, allowing clinicians...

Other Specified Depressive Disorder is a clinical category used when significant depressive symptoms cause distress or impairment but do not align with standard diagnosti...

Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder (DSED) is a trauma-related condition caused by early caregiving disruption, leading to indiscriminate sociability, weak boundaries...