“

The past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time.  It expands later, & thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.

” - Virginia Woolf

This section contains information about psychological disorders.  Now either click on "An initial series of important general comments" below to look at some important orientating points about diagnosis, general approach to symptoms, and treatment choice, or click on "Specific disorders" to move straight to more detailed information about individual diagnoses.