Patients from throughout West Palm Beach who suffer from Psychiatric Disorders will find effective and compassionate care with Mark Agresti, MD. Dr. Agresti sees patients at his practice located in Palm Beach, Florida.
Adjustment Disorders
In psychiatry, adjustment disorder (AD) is a psychological response to an identifiable stressor or group of stressors that cause(s) significant emotional or behavioral symptoms that do not meet criteria for anxiety disorder, PTSD, or acute stress disorder. The condition is different from anxiety disorder, which lacks the presence of a stressor, or post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder, which usually are associated […]
- Adjustment Disorder Unspecified
- Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
- Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
- Adjustment Disorder with Disturbance of Conduct
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Disturbance of Emotions and Conduct
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are blanket terms covering several different forms of abnormal and pathological fear and anxiety which only came under the aegis of psychiatry at the very end of the 19th century. Gelder, Mayou & Geddes (2005) explains that anxiety disorders are classified in two groups: continuous symptoms and episodic symptoms. Current psychiatric diagnostic criteria recognize a […]
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Agoraphobia (without a history of Panic Disorder)
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder [GAD]
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [OCD]
- Panic Disorder (with or without Agoraphobia)
- Phobias (including Social Phobia)
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD]
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative disorders are defined as conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity and/or perception. Disorders in this Category Psychogenic Amnesia Fugue State Dissociative Identity (Multiple Personality) Disorder Depersonalization Disorder […]
- Psychogenic Amnesia
- Fugue State
- Dissociative Identity (Multiple Personality) Disorder
- Depersonalization Disorder
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual’s physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common specific forms in the United States. Though primarily thought of as affecting females (an estimated 5–10 million being affected in the U.S.), eating disorders affect males […]
Impulse-Control Disorders
Impulse control disorder is a set of psychiatric disorders including intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, pathological gambling, pyromania (fire-starting), and three body-focused repetitive or compulsive behaviors of trichotillomania (a compulsion to pull one’s hair out), onychophagia (compulsive nail biting) and dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking). The onset of these disorders usually occurs between the ages of 7 […]
Mood Disorders
Mood disorder is the term designating a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) classification system where a disturbance in the person’s mood is hypothesized to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood […]
Sexual Disorders and Dysfunction
Sexual dysfunction or sexual malfunction refers to a difficulty experienced by an individual or a couple during any stage of a normal sexual activity, including desire, arousal or orgasm. To maximize the benefits of medications and behavioural techniques in the management of sexual dysfunction it is important to have a comprehensive approach to the problem, A […]
Disorders in this Category
Dysfunctions in this Category
- Dyspareunia
- Female Orgasmic Disorder
- Female Sexual Arousal Disorder
- Gender Identity Disorder
- Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Orgasmic Disorder (Anorgasmia)
- Premature Ejaculation
- Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
- Vaginismus
Sleep Disorders
A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning. A test commonly ordered for some sleep disorders is the polysomnography. Disruptions in sleep can be caused by a variety of issues, from teeth grinding (bruxism) to night […]
Dyssomnias
Parasomnias
Somatoform Disorders
In psychology, a somatoform disorder is a mental disorder characterized by physical symptoms that suggest physical illness or injury – symptoms that cannot be explained fully by a general medical condition, direct effect of a substance, or attributable to another mental disorder (e.g. panic disorder). The symptoms that result from a somatoform disorder are due to mental factors. In people who […]
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Conversion Disorder
- Hypochondriasis Disorder
- Pain Disorder
- Somatization Disorder
Substance-Related Disorders
A substance-related disorder is an umbrella term used to describe several different conditions (such as intoxication, harmful use/abuse, dependence, withdrawal, and psychoses or amnesia associated with the use of the substance) associated with several different substances (such as alcohol or opiods). Substance-related disorders can be subcategorized into “substance use disorders” (SUD) and “substance-induced disorders” (SID). Though DSM-IV makes a firm distinction between the two, […]
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders are mental illnesses that share several unique qualities. They contain symptoms that are enduring and play a major role in most, if not all, aspects of the person’s life. While many disorders vacillate in terms of symptom presence and intensity, personality disorders typically remain relatively constant. To be diagnosed with a disorder in […]
Psychotic Disorders
Psychosis means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a “loss of contact with reality”. People suffering from psychosis are described as psychotic. Psychosis is given to the more severe forms of psychiatric disorder, during which hallucinations anddelusions and impaired insight may occur. Some professionals say that the term psychosis is not sufficient as some […]
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Delusional Disorder
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophreniform Disorder
- Shared Psychotic Disorder (Folie à deux)
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