Mental Health

Mental Health

Bulimia nervosa, often shortened to bulimia, is an eating disorder. A person with bulimia has difficulties regulating their food intake. Periods of excessive overeating (...

Mental Health

It’s hardly surprising that some liken life to a rollercoaster with its changing pace, twists, turns, ups and downs. As you grow older you are likely to have both happy...

Mental Health

Bipolar affective disorder is a condition that causes severe mood swings. The mood swings vary from excitement and elation known as mania, to depression and despair.
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Mental Health

This factsheet is for people who have a phobia, or who would like information about them.

A phobia is an irrational sense of anxiety or fear triggered by exposure to a...

Mental Health

This factsheet is for people who have stress incontinence, or who would like information about it.

Urinary incontinence is the unintentional leaking of urine. Stress...

Mental Health

Antidepressants are used in the treatment of depression and a number of other conditions. This factsheet provides information on some of the most common types of antidepressant...

Mental Health

Published by Bupa's Health Information Team, December 2011.

This factsheet is for people who would like information about stress.

Stress can be defined as the way...

Mental Health

Published by Bupa's Health Information Team, December 2011.

This factsheet is for people who would like information about work-related stress.

Work-related stress...