Mood (affective) disorder is a classification of mental health conditions where a disturbance in a person’s mood is the main underlying feature. There are various types of mood disorders which can be caused by a plethora of reasons; including but not limited to a response to a medical condition, or substance-induction.

Anxiety disorders are a classification of mental health conditions characterized by escalated feelings of anxiety or fear. The feelings from anxiety disorders may be identified by symptoms including a significant increase in a person’s heart rate as well as shakiness amongst other symptoms.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurodevelopmental mental disorder. This condition when noticed in children could linger into adulthood if necessary intervention is not employed.
It is characterized by excessive activity, problems paying attention, or troubles controlling behavior (s) which is not age-appropriate.

Learning Disorders are neurologically-based processing problems. These problems may affect the child’s ability to receive, process, analyze or store information – making it difficult for the individual to learn at the same pace as others. It is important to note that they have nothing to do with a person’s intelligence.

Conduct disorder is an intense behavioral disorder which is displayed mostly in childhood or adolescent years. It is characterized by a persistent pattern of behavior in which basic rights of others or age-appropriate norms are violated.

Substance abuse has become a pandemic in the United States. In 2014, over 20.2 million adults in the U.S had a substance use disorder. Sadly, the numbers have grown since then with adolescents comprising of significant percentages of the statistics.

An adjustment disorder is a condition which occurs when a person is unable to adjust to or cope with a particular stress / major life event. Typical symptoms include; feeling sad, hopeless or trapped. loss of self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, acting rebellious or impulsive etc.

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves. Schizophrenic people have serious issues understanding realities. This condition is characterized by false beliefs, confused thinking, hearing voices (voices no one else hears) and frequent demotivation.

Co-Occurring Disorders occurs when an individual is diagnosed with more than one mental health condition. Substance abuse is one of the most pre-eminent conditions in most co-occurring disorders.