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Mental health conditions

Mental health conditions are conditions that affect your mood, thinking and behaviour.

ADHD in adults

ADHD causes problems with your concentration, memory and impulsive behaviour.

Anxiety

If you feel anxious or worried so often it interferes with your daily life, you may need help for an anxiety disorder.

Autism

A lifelong condition that causes differences in communication, social skills and behaviour.

Bipolar disorder

When you have bipolar disorder, your mood is sometimes very low (depression), and sometimes very high (elevated).

Borderline personality disorder

A type of mental health disorder. People with a personality disorder may find it difficult to think and act the way other people do.

Depression

Depression is when sadness takes over and does not go away.

Eating disorders

A mental health conditions that leads to serious and unhealthy eating patterns.

Hoarding

Hoarding is when collecting and saving things gets out of control. People with a hoarding disorder are unable to get rid of items most people see as worthless.

Loneliness and isolation

Loneliness and social isolation can impact your mental and physical health. There are things you can do to feel less lonely and improve your wellbeing.

Psychosis

It usually happens as part of a serious mental illness but there are some other causes.

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental illness. It can usually be very effectively treated with medications.

Self harm

When you hurt your body on purpose. It can affect anyone, and takes many different forms.

Stress

Long term stress is bad for our health. With stress, most people can work out what is causing it.

Suicide and prevention

If you, or someone you know, is having thoughts about taking their own life, remember support is available. Things can get better, and suicide is preventable.