With the increasing incidence of insomnia, it is no wonder that sleeping pills can be found in most medicine cabinets across the country. Many people have become dependent on these sleep aids. Countless people think that they cannot have a good night's sleep without taking any sleep medication.

Apparently, the manufacture of sleeping pills is a $5 billion industry in the US alone. The staggering figures suggest that Americans have come to accept that these drugs are a vital...

Fast anxiety relief is now entirely possible and predictable inthe comfort of your home if you have the right information and resouces. Anxiety is a perfectly natural response to a perceived threatening situation, and it is inbred and rightly so for our survival. The problem arises when our bodily reaction is disproportionate to the event and so the fight or flight response kicks in and we experience panic. The Amygdala is a small almond sized organ within the brain that is if you like...

Mental health disorders and mental illnesses affect a greater number of children and juveniles than many people are aware of. These emotional and behavioral disorders can have profound negative effects on the growth and development of children, especially when they go unnoticed and untreated. A greater proportion of children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have mental health problems than children and youth in the general population.

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If your child has just been diagnosed with autism, you and your family are about the have a life changing experience. After you get over the shock of an autistic diagnosis you and your spouse will probably be overwhelmed with all the information and misinformation there is about the disorder. Your doctor will probably suggest a team of specialists who will take on the child's case that will probably change during the child's lifetime as new symptoms appear or the child's age and needs...

The demise of a child during or a period after its birth is so unbearable to the parents and especially to the mother who is said to know the pain of delivering one.

There are so many untold stories out there about couples that confronted this loss the wrong way by not seeking the support of a counselor and the end result was terrible depression.

So often, spouses blame each other claiming that they should have prevented the baby from dying if only they did this or that,...

Common stresses cause a lot of us to experience some level of anxiety. Anxiety has beneficial effects, by making us to put more effort and attention into those matters which have impact on our well-being. The effect of anxiety only becomes damaging when it begins to become the focus of a person's everyday life. At this point, it potentially has the severity to be considered a clinical issue by mental health workers. The trouble for most is in perceiving when anxiety crosses the...

Although panic attacks may seem to occur randomly and without any warning, they are actually the product of your own thinking. Thus, in order to overcome panic attacks, you will need to come to term with your thoughts.

Panic attacks is really nothing more than bodily sensations of panic/anxiety and the misinterpretation of those sensations as dangerous. In short, you believe that your in danger, and that resulted in an increased in anxiety, which in turn worsen your symptoms. This...

Self esteem is something that every person should have and the loss of it in a person spell disaster. Just like anything that a person has to have, a person should work at building his or her self esteem. Before one can do that, there is a need to know things about self esteem. Self esteem is how a person perceives his or herself. There are various factors that a person should have a positive attitude about including the value he or she gives to him or herself as a human being, his or...

Many famous people are believed to having or have had bipolar or maniac depression. Their works have been great indicators at many times. In fact, it is one of the great identifications of such people. The works of many famous people have helped doctors in identifying the problem of depression in many of these personalities.

Of all the famous people who are believed to have had bipolar depression, writers are the most common. Mark Twain is a great example of one such person....

We of the baby-boomer generation are feeling the pressure as we provide care for our elderly parents.  It is painful as we helplessly watch our loved one’s experience the impact of failing health.  We feel powerless against the ravages of deteriorating health and mourn our losses as our parents begin the descent involving their incapacity to live independently.  Children undergo the process of grieving as our parents move closer to the end of their lives. ...