Depression is a common but serious mental health disorder that affects mood, thoughts, and daily functioning. It can cause persistent sadness, loss of interest, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and difficulty concentrating. Depression may range from mild to severe and often interferes with work, relationships, and overall well-being. Early diagnosis and evidence-based treatment can significantly improve quality of life. Depression is treatable, and recovery is possible with the right support. 

A common but often overlooked psychiatric illness. People suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder have repeated thoughts on issues like contamination of hands, body parts or surroundings, doubts about daily activities or unwanted images along with compulsive behaviour like cleaning, checking and even avoiding. OCD requires intensive medication and psychotherapy as it can be disabling and reduce functionality.

Use of various substances like alcohol, tobacco, opioid, cannabis etc can lead to various harmful and deleterious effects on our body and mind. Use of such substances is referred to as addiction when it causes physical and psychological changes within us and affects our functionality in our social and occupational domains.

Episodes that are characterized by difficulty in breathing, sweating and fear usually resulting from other stressful life situations. Needs adequate treatment by means of medicines and psychotherapy.

Neurodevelopmental disorder where individual finds it difficult to communicate with others. Poor eye contact and deficient emotional reactions are also predominant. Appropriate psychological assessment, parent counselling and guidance are important modes of treatment.

Very common among the growing population with increased workload, lack of recreational activities and poor work life balance with symptoms of difficulty in concentration, tiredness, headache etc that hampers functioning.