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Dual diagnosis means someone has both a mental illness and a substance use problem...
People with borderline personality disorder may exhibit extreme behaviour, such as repeated self-mutilation or taking overdoses of medication...
Bipolar disorder is a type of psychosis, which means the person?s perception of reality is altered. It is characterised by extreme mood swings...
People with body dysmorphic disorder constantly worry about the way they look...
Anxiety disorders are common mental health problems that affect many people...
The most important thing is to recognise the signs and symptoms and seek support...
Paranoia is the irrational and persistent feeling that people are ‘out to get you’ or that you are the subject of persistent, intrusive attention by others...
Munchausen syndrome is a mental disorder in which the patient fakes illness to gain attention and sympathy...
Without treatment, frequent and prolonged panic attacks can be severely disabling...
People with schizophrenia do not have 'split personalities' and they are not intellectually disabled...