Your heart start to beat rapidly as anxiety consumes you. You can barely breathe and your start gasping for air. You feel disoriented and all you want to do is run to a safe place. You really feel like dieing then and there.

"My heart really hurts. Wait...OMG! I am having a heart attack, I am going to die!"

Does that sound familiar to you? It sure does to most people who suffer their first anxiety attack.

These are just a few common symptoms...

Alcoholism is a chronic disease that has the power to break the career, family and physical health of the addict over a course of time. Thankfully though the start of full blown alcoholism is not difficult to spot and can be treated.

The advancement of the disease can often be tracked over three stages - an early, middle and later stage - and the sooner the addicted person or his or her family can spot the symptoms, the easier it should be to stop the development of the...

Do you find it hard to concentrate? Is your memory poor? Are you always groping in the dark when it comes to remembering important details?

Scientists believe lack of concentration can be blamed to the body's deficiency of ACTH/MSH chemical proteins.

ACTH, which is short for adrenocorticotropic hormone, is stored in the pituitary gland and is released during stress. Aside from being used to treat rheumatic diseases and asthma, ACTH is known to stimulate the...

Chorea is an abnormal voluntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias, which are caused by overactivity of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the areas of the brain that control movement. Chorea is characterized by brief, irregular contractions that are not repetitive or rhythmic, but appear to flow from one muscle to the next. Chorea often occurs with athetosis, which adds twisting and writhing movements. Chorea is a primary feature of...

Psychosis or Psychotic Disordersrepresent a group of serious, chronic and persistent brain disease. The group includes schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, and shared psychotic disorder. Schizophrenia is the most serious of them all. Psychotic disorders are characterized by five major problems, i.e. disorder of thought, disorder of perception, emotional difficulty, disorganized behavior, and impaired ability...

Have you wondered how heavy a glass of water is? Well then it will depend on how long you have to carry it. If you carry it for a minute, it would be a piece of cake and definitely pose no problem whatsoever. If you carry it for an hour, your arm might ache and begin to affect your body too. But if you lift it for 24 hours, there’s no doubt you will probably be in bad shape. Now when you look at it, it’s the same glass of water but the longer you carried it, the heavier it...

Depression is an extremely complex disease. There is no single cause for depression. There are many different factors that can trigger depression.

Depression runs in family. If you have a family history of depression, you are more likely to get depression yourself. But not everyone who has the genetic makeup for depression gets depressed, it depends. Many people with no family history of depression can become depressed. So genes are not the single cause of depression.

Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the beta cells, which are cells that are scattered throughout the pancreas. The insulin produced is released into the blood stream and travels throughout the body. Insulin is an important hormone that has many actions within the body. Most of the actions of insulin are directed at metabolism (control) of carbohydrates (sugars and starches), lipids (fats), and proteins. Insulin also is important in regulating the cells of the body including...

In the absence of research and development many medical ailments were earlier treated as incurable mammoths. Bipolar Disorder is one among them.

Earlier the individuals suffering with this kind of disorder was often regarded as a 'very moody person' or in extreme cases the family wrote them off saying that they have become insane. Later on the scientists made us realize that this disorder is a – Manic Depression, also known by the name of - Bipolar Disorder.

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Feminist Therapy focuses on empowering women and helping them discover how to break the stereotypes and molds of some traditional roles that women play that may be blocking their development and growth. This type of therapy grew out of influences of the women’s movement of the late 1960’s. Feminist therapy tends to be more focused on strengthening women in areas such as assertiveness, communication, relationships, and self esteem. One of the main goals of...