by Dr. Gabriel M. Freitas | 06/19/2025 | Psychiatric and Psychological Disorders
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most common psychiatric conditions today. It is characterized by excessive, constant, and hard-to-control worry about various aspects of daily life — such as health, work, finances, family, and more. Unlike normal...
by Dr. Gabriel Freitas | 06/03/2025 | Psychiatric and Psychological Disorders
Dysthymia, currently referred to as Persistent Depressive Disorder in the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), is a chronic and continuous form of depression. Unlike major depression, which usually occurs in more intense episodes, dysthymia...
by Dr. Gabriel Freitas | 05/25/2025 | Psychiatric and Psychological Disorders
Mythomania, also known as pathological lying or pseudologia fantastica, is a psychological disorder in which a person feels a compulsive need to lie, even without any apparent gain or clear justification. Unlike occasional lying — something relatively common in social...