Adolescent Depression:

The pressures of modern living are also having a detrimental effect on our adolescent youth. Take a look at the following statistics and be amazed.

Figures never lie and they are perhaps the best means to highlight certain facts and when they are brought to the notice of the general public leave a lasting impression. It is important to gain the attention of all who want to learn about what the statistics are saying. There are no doubts that...

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...

Automatic thoughts are just what the name implies. They are the thoughts that occur constantly as our minds seek to narrate what is going on around us. The limbic system is the area of the brain that controls our immediate response to situations, and this is where our automatic thoughts are born. It assesses what is going on quickly and makes a snap judgment based on the information at hand. This is very helpful in situations where a quick response is desired, like an emergency or...

“She’ll grow out of it, don’t worry,” was the refrain 5-year-old Brittany’s mother kept hearing regarding her child who never opened her mouth to speak in public. In striking contrast, Brittany was a chatterbox with her immediate family at home. “She will overcome her shyness in kindergarten,” the mother was assured. But when summoned to the school to discuss a “problem” regarding Brittany, the mother, full of her own anxiety,...

When it comes to learning how to stop anxiety attacks, it is a good idea to try and understand what triggered it in the first place.

Panic attacks can start for many reasons such as stress, overworking, an accident, etc, but for most people, it strikes without a reason. One moment they are happily watching TV, and suddenly, they are hit by strange symptoms and waves of irrational fear, convinced that something terrible is about to happen to them.

What often happens next is...

Reactive Attachment Disorder is a severe developmental disorder caused by a chronic history of maltreatment during the first couple of years of life. Reactive Attachment Disorder is frequently misdiagnosed by mental health professionals who do not have the appropriate training and experience evaluating and treating such children and adults. Often, children in the child welfare system have a variety of previous diagnoses. The behaviors and symptoms that are the basis for these...

Stress Converting Doctors into Patients

Patients should verify this aspect of a doctor. It looks like doctors are sitting on the other side of the table. Physicians across specialties seeking help from other physicians or psychiatrists for depression, anxiety and various health problems.

Psychiatrists are seeing more cases where the patient is another doctor seeking counsel and treatment. The trend is being attributed to the trauma of being in a profession where...

I'm going to keep this reasonably simple, a company that does the PR work for one the medical facilities I was forced to use in search of saving my own live did a press release that pretty much sums it all up, I will copy it here, I will also copy from my own mail, mail sent to certain news publications and their responses in my attempts to thank those responsible for my continued being and will also copy them here, as I do not have enough words to express my gratitude to these fine...

Stress can be any emotional and/or physical strain placed upon the human body. It can either be positive and beneficial (such as getting engaged to the one you love), or it can be negative and detrimental to your personal health (such as losing your job). An over accumulation of negative stress may lead to numerous medical problems such as manic depression, chronic anxiety attacks, and may even decrease the ability of your immune system to combat simple disease and infection. Therefore,...

To really enjoy ourselves in life, we often feel that we have to do something special. We dine at a fashionable new restaurant, go to a party or see the latest movie. We seek out fun and new experiences as an attempt to free ourselves from stress, depression, worries and troubles.

Sarah McCrum, a relaxation expert at the Academy of Potential Education in New Zealand said that "soon, we find that these activities only give us temporary relief, an excited feeling that passes...