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Psychological Disorders

Psychological Disorders

Turn to wikiHow's Psychological Disorders category for advice on coping with your own or a loved one's psychological disorder. Find guides on specific mental disorders, from coping with trichotillomania to helping someone with delusional disorder. Get expert-reviewed advice on topics like determining if you need to see a therapist, talking to a loved one about their mental illness, and more.

Articles about Psychological Disorders

Mental Hospitals: A Complete Guide to Involuntary & Voluntary Commitment
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How Does a Narcissist React to Being Blocked? 11 Things to Expect
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Stop Your Addiction to Stealing
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Deal with Attention Seeking Adults
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Stop Your Voice from Shaking
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Stop Stammering: Easy-to-Follow Tips and Tricks to Smooth Your Speech
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Get Rid of a Lisp
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Be Less Perverted
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Say the Letter S (for People Who Have Lisps)
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Stop a Teenager from Stealing
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Understand Why People Choose to Steal
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Know If You Have DID or Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Overcome Depersonalization
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Live With a Neurotic
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Write a Mental Health Treatment Plan
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Live With a Nymphomaniac
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Overcome a Hair Playing Addiction
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Act Toward Someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Tell if Someone Is Pretending to Have an Illness
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Block Out Voices and Weird Thoughts from Your Head
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Stop Dissociation
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Cope with a Dysfunctional Family
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Deal With a Codependent Family Member
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Admit Your Child to Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment
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Get a Psychiatric Evaluation
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How to Overcome a Martyr Complex: Understanding Your Feelings & Living Happier
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Get Rid of a Savior Complex
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How to Get Rid of a Stutter: Exercises, Treatment Options & Management Tips

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Cope With Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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Treat Narcissism
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Survive Being in a Mental Hospital
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Know if You Have Renfield's Syndrome
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Control Mood Swings
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Cope with Trichotillomania
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Know if You Are Mentally Ill
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Help Loved Ones with Attachment Disorder
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Deal With Hypochondria
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Get Rid of a Speech Disorder
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Help Loved Ones with Conversion Disorder
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Help a Kleptomaniac
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Act Sane Even if You're Not
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Deal with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
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Distinguish Between Reactive Attachment and Autism
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Identify Factitious Disorder (Munchausen Syndrome)
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Cope With Having a Lisp
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Work With a Child With Reactive Attachment Disorder
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Live with Someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Avoid Going to a Mental Hospital
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Diagnose Kleptomania
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How to Overcome Depersonalization Disorder: Can Natural Remedies Help?
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Talk with a Lisp
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Recover from Mental Illness
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Deal with Misophonia
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Recognize Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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Cope with Being in a Teen Psychiatric Ward

How to Help Someone with Hoarding Disorder: Why People Hoard & What You Can Do
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Deal with Psychosomatic Illness
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Live with Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Cope with Mental Illness
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Spot Signs of Unresolved Trauma
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Talk With a Person Who Stutters
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The 5 Stages of Hoarding and Their Characteristics