Bipolar Disorder

An Overview of Anxiety Disorders

ANXIETY disorders are psycho-somatic conditions that fill the person’s mind with fear and uncertainty. Near 40 million Americans aged 18 years and above suffer from some kind of anxiety disorders in a given year. It should however be noted that anxiety or worry that can be attributed to a specific external event (such as a first date or the first time one has to speak in public) is NOT an anxiety disorder in medical parlance. These kinds of worries or anxieties last for a short while. For a worry, anxiety or fear to be clinically diagnosed as an anxiety disorder, the condition must last a minimum of six months and aggravate with the passage of time. In many cases,

Educating Yourself With Attention Deficit Disorder Research
...Deficit Disorder, strides made by Attention Deficit Disorder research means much more than medications and more accurate testing; for them, Attention Deficit Disorder research means renewed hope for the future. For easy to understand, in depth information about attention deficit ...
anxiety disorders arise in connection with one or more mental or physical ailments including abuse of alcohol of narcotic drugs.


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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) in the Family

As you may know, experts suspect that ADD is genetic. So if one person in your family has ADD, chances are at least one other person does, too!


When you live in a household with more than one ADDer, you often have double the stress, double the overwhelm, and double the chaos! The challenges are even more complicated by the fact that while ADD has some common symptoms and challenges, no two people are alike.


Fortunately, there are some very basic and simple strategies that you can employ to ensure that your ADD household runs smoothly. And these strategies will work if you’re the only ADDer in your home, or if you’re surrounded by other ADDers!


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An Overview of Anxiety Disorders
...a certain situation or may be generalized in almost any situation outside of the family. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): The person has persistent thoughts or obsessions that produce anxiety and resorts to abnormal rituals to alleviate the anxiety. An example of ...
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Beyond Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder manifests itself by severe high and low mood swings. The manic stage of the condition describes the high, whereas the depressive stage refers to the low. The identification of the disorder in its infancy is important to individuals as there is a chance that it can be effectively treated.


A person afflicted with bipolar disorder was once said to be manic depressive. That term is not used as often to describe the disorder nowadays, however.


The disorder is often misdiagnosed because its symptoms are closely aligned to those of severe depression. The disorder cannot be cured and is a lifelong condition. A strong link exists between the incidence of bipolar

8 Common Bipolar Questions Answered
...in the throes of manic swings go without sleep, overestimate their abilities and can even hurt themselves or others inadvertently through their actions. What characterizes a depressed swing? During this phase of the disorder, a person's mood plummets. The signs ...
disorder in offspring from affected biological parents.


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Bringing Order To Panic Disorder

Panic Disorder is a condition that is characterized by having intense episodes of extreme anxiety panic attack symptoms.The attacks last about 10 minutes but can be a lot shorter and last about 1 to 5 minutes. They can go up and down and roll into one another. They may be severe at times and other times not so severe. Some individuals deal with them on a daily basis, others on a weekly basis.


Symptoms are rapid heartbeat, sweating, getting dizziness, trembling, difficulty breathing, uncontrollable fear, and depression.


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When Someone You Love Has a Mental Disorder

IT STARTED as a typical weekday morning for the Johnsons. The family of four was up and dressed for the day’s activities. Gail reminded her 14-year-old son, Matt, that it was past time to catch the school bus. What followed was completely unexpected. Within half an hour, Matt spray-painted a bedroom wall, tried to set fire to the garage, and attempted to hang himself in the attic.


Gail and her husband, Frank, followed the ambulance that took Matt away, desperately trying to make sense of what had just occurred. Sadly, though, this was just the beginning. Many psychotic episodes followed, plunging Matt into the dark world of mental illness. His five-year period of anguish included several suicide attempts, two

Child and Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
...but dismissed the options for professional treatment or assistance. To these adults, what is important is that they are still productive members of the society. They may have already built families of their own and may have landed lucrative jobs ...
arrests, placement in seven psychiatric facilities, and countless sessions with mental-health professionals. Confused friends and relatives were often at a loss for what to say or do.


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