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Mental Health Archive

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Conditions

  • AIDS dementia complex
  • Can we predict and prevent schizophrenia?
  • Compulsive gambling
  • Epilepsy: new perspectives on an old condition
  • Mental retardation
  • Metal toxicity: your brain under siege
  • Multiple personality disorder: does it really exist?
  • Narcolepsy: when you just can't keep your eyes open
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: they’re not the same
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder: when you can't stop intrusive thoughts and rituals
  • Personality disorders: an overview
  • Recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder: the first step toward healing
  • Seasonal affective disorder: blame it on sunlight and serotonin
  • Social phobia: not just shyness
  • Trapped on the web: internet addiction disorder
  • Understanding phobias
  • Understanding Munchausen's syndrome

Mood Disorders

  • Accutane and depression: is there a link?
  • Can folic acid help ease depression?
  • Chronic pain and depression: A chicken or the egg story
  • Could your depression be related to your medication?
  • Creativity and depression: is there a link?
  • Depression and chronic illness: which comes first?
  • Depression in college
  • Depression in men: how is it different?
  • Depression in the workplace: tips for managers
  • Depression screening advised for all adults
  • Hopelessness and the heart attack: the role of depression in heart disease
  • Just "the blues" or clinical depression: making the distinction to get the help you need
  • More than the blues: understanding dysthymia
  • The role of depression in adolescent obesity
  • Understanding cyclothymia
  • Understanding seasonal affective disorder

Personal Stories

  • In her own words: living with depression
  • In her own words: living with postpartum depression
  • In her own words: living with post-traumatic stress disorder
  • In her own words: living with schizophrenia
  • In her own words: living with Tourette syndrome
  • In his own words: living with alcoholism
  • In his own words: living with obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • In his own words: living with social anxiety disorder

Treatment

  • Accutane and depression: is there a link?
  • Biofeedback is back
  • Considering counseling
  • Coping with the aftermath of rape
  • Coping with the loss of a limb
  • Do antidepressants really work?
  • Existential therapy: coping with the human condition
  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): a controversial treatment for trauma survivors
  • Faith, prayer, and healing
  • Group therapy: can it help you?
  • How to choose a therapist or counselor
  • Hypnosis: does it work?
  • Inside the criminal mind: is it different?
  • Journal writing: a prescription for good health
  • Laugh three times and call me in the morning
  • Magnet therapy: real therapy or wishful thinking?
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Mental health practitioners: who’s who?
  • Mental health services: an overview
  • Omega-3 fatty acids and mental health
  • Pastoral counseling: integrating spirituality and psychotherapy
  • Psychodynamic therapy: exploring the unconscious mind
  • Running scared: it won't stop your nightmares
  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
  • Sleep disorders
  • Spirituality and healing
  • Suicide prevention: how you can help
  • Support groups: how do they help?
  • Unique concerns when grieving for a sudden loss
  • Virtual reality therapy: a new way to fight fear and control pain

Personal Growth

  • A healthy dose of optimism
  • Anger: don't put a lid on it
  • Are you highly sensitive?
  • Can't get no satisfaction?
  • Discovering the courage within
  • Emotional intelligence: more important than IQ?
  • Emotional maturity: your personal strength
  • Excess noise: bad for your mind and body
  • Forgiveness: it's a great feeling
  • Guilty as charged! Now what?
  • Health is the whole…body, mind and soul
  • How headlines drive our fears
  • Increase your social support
  • Keep your memory sharp
  • Leaving loneliness behind
  • Living vicariously through sports teams: is it healthy?
  • Loving yourself: how to raise your self-esteem
  • Mental resilience
  • Mental toughness: brain power for sports
  • Never enough: the hoarding mentality
  • Patience: it's worth the wait
  • Physical activity: keep your mind in shape as you age
  • Self-expression: a solution for traumatic times
  • Sleep: are you getting enough?
  • Solitude
  • Tease your brain: a quiz to give your brain a workout
  • The horror paradox: why being scared can feel good
  • The paradox of perfectionism
  • The power of personality
  • The science of addiction
  • True or false: we only use 10% of our brains
  • Use it or lose it: preventing cognitive decline
  • What, me worry?

Parenting

  • Genetics and mental illness: what’s the connection?
  • Growing up sober: a challenging journey for adult children of alcoholics
  • Healing little hearts: helping kids grieve
  • How a new baby can affect the parents' relationship
  • Increased media use by children: is there a cost?
  • Keeping your relationship strong after the birth of your baby
  • Preventing adolescent suicide: what you can do
  • Psychological misdiagnosis of gifted and talented children
  • Routines, rituals, and family health
  • Studies show increasing anxiety in children and adults over time
  • Teaching kids about spirituality
  • The importance of fathers
  • The role of depression in adolescent obesity

Relationships

  • Anger: don't put a lid on it
  • Can marriage help you live longer?
  • Caregiver stress: the impact of chronic disease on the family
  • Caught with your pants down? The psychology of embarrassment
  • Decoding the secrets of body language
  • Developing healthy friendships
  • Difficult people: how to deal and when to ditch
  • Forgiveness: it's a great feeling
  • Growing up sober: a challenging journey for adult children of alcoholics
  • How a new baby can affect the parents' relationship
  • Keeping your relationship strong after the birth of your baby
  • Leaving loneliness behind
  • Male versus female intelligence: does gender matter?
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Overcoming fear of intimacy
  • Personality, skill, sex, or attitude: what makes for a happy marriage?
  • Routines, rituals, and family health
  • Secondhand emotions: "catching" a bad mood
  • Social phobia: not just shyness
  • Taking risks in love and life
  • When a loved one has chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia
  • When breaking up is hard to do: how to cope with the loss of a relationship

Stress

  • Alcohol and stress: is there a connection?
  • Caregiver stress: the impact of chronic disease on the family
  • Do women handle stress better than men?
  • Recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder: the first step toward healing
  • Reducing holiday stress
  • Stress: is simplicity the answer?
  • Stressing out: when commuting is your life
  • Take a break from techno-stress

Workplace Issues

  • Are you suffering from job burnout?
  • Can't get no satisfaction?
  • Conquering the fear of public speaking
  • Decoding the secrets of body language
  • Difficult people: how to deal and when to ditch
  • Emotional maturity: your personal strength
  • Freedom from the fear of public speaking
  • Mastering motivation
  • Surviving the pink slip
  • Take a break from techno-stress
  • Workplace bullying: a threat to health and well-being
  • Stressing out: when commuting is your life

Last reviewed January 2008 by EBSCO Publishing Editorial Staff

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