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Antidepressants and Phototherapy |
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Written by Marcello Lanares, MD, PhD
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Antidepressants are used commonly in medical and psychiatric practice. As a class, antidepressants have in common their ability to treat major depressive illness. Most antidepressants are also effective in the treatment of panic disorder and other anxiety disorders. Some antidepressants effectively treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and a variety of other conditions (see indications below).
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Written by Cheri Florance, Ph.D
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I first developed the concept of becoming symptom-free of disability when I was working on my Career Development Award from The National Institutes of Health. As a brain scientist working for the most rigorous medical research facility in the world, I discovered that many disorders thought to be due to permanent brain malfunction could actually be improved to a symptom-free status.
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Understanding Personality Disorders |
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Written by Annabelle Rox
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For the average person, their traits are usually fixed by the time you become an adult. These traits are fundamental from your past and from your genetic makeup. Often, they are a combination of positive and negative traits that make you the person you are.
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Written by David McEvoy
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There is some disagreement about how to recognize personality disorders, but basically, one could be defined as having a personality disorder when their basic character traits cause severe problems either to themselves or to the people around them on a regular basis, to the extent that it prevents them from leading a normal life.
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Written by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
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Gina consulted with me because her marriage was falling apart. She had discovered that her husband was having yet another affair, and when he was with her, he was either angry or withdrawn. She had requested numerous times that he join her in couples therapy, but he had no interest in healing their relationship.
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Healthy Guilt, Unhealthy Guilt |
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Written by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
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Guilt is the feeling that results when you tell yourself that you have done something wrong.
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Personality Disorder VS Bipolar |
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Written by Li Ming Wong
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Borderline personality disorder and bipolar are often mistaken as being the same thing. They are also often misdiagnosed, one for the other. This is because the symptoms for both illnesses are startlingly similar.
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Cigratte Smoking Resposible for 1 of 5 Deaths |
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Written by Dr. D.S. Merchant
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American Lung Association Report Shows 2007 Shaping Up to be
a Banner Year for Tobacco Control Policies.
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What Can We Learn from a Famous Psychologist Like Freud? |
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Written by Muna wa Wanjiru
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Psychology is known to be the study of human behavior to various situations and the emotions that occur as a result of those situations. The art of trying to understand people is not a new study. There are many famous people who have tried to find out why people react the way they do. Of these many psychologists, the most famous psychologist has to be Freud.
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Psychology
