Psychological Disorders

Psychological Disorders

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Most Common Types of Mental Health Problems:

There are many different conditions that are recognized as mental illnesses. 
The more common types include:

  • Psychotic disorders: Psychotic disorders involve distorted awareness and thinking. Two of the most common symptoms of psychotic disorders are hallucinations -- the experience of images or sounds that are not real, such as hearing voices -- and delusions, which are  fixed beliefs that the  person accepts as true, despite evidence to the contrary. Schizophrenia is an example of a psychotic disorder.
  • Addiction disorders:  Alcohol and drug are common objects of addictions. Often, people with these disorders become so involved with the objects of their addiction that they begin to ignore responsibilities and relationships.
  • Personality disorders: People with personality disorders have extreme and inflexible personality traits that are distressing to the person and/or cause problems in work, school, or social relationships. In addition, the person's patterns of thinking and behaviour significantly differ from the expectations of society and are so rigid that they interfere with the person's normal functioning. 


Approaches to Psychotherapy Fall into Five Broad Categories:
  1. Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies: 
  2. Behaviour therapy: 
    This approach focuses on learning's role in developing both normal and abnormal behaviors (classical conditioning: association of two stimuli, desensitizing: repeated exposure to feared stimuli, operant conditioning: rewards and punishments) 
  3. Cognitive therapy 
    This approach emphasizes what people think rather than what they do. Cognitive therapists believe that it's dysfunctional thinking that leads to dysfunctional emotions or behaviors. By changing their thoughts, people can change how they feel and what they do.
  4. Humanistic therapy
    Three types of humanistic therapy are especially influential. 
  5. Integrative or holistic therapy 
    Many therapists don't tie themselves to any one approach. Instead, they blend elements from different approaches and tailor their treatment according to each client's needs

Brainstation’s approach is mainly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)- a scientific, evidence-based, and highly successful approach:  For more information about CBT click here

Brainstation also uses Schema-Focused CBT Therapy for personality disorders and chronic disorders: For more information about Schema Therapy click here