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Depression
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Clinical Depression Symptoms
Medical science recognizes any disease or medical condition based on symptoms. Just as a good doctor can make an assessment of a patient’s condition from the symptoms, a good psychiatrist can evaluate and suggest the right form of treatment to be given to a patient... -
Clinical Depression Tests
Though over 20 million Americans suffer from depression each year, nine out of ten do not receive adequate treatment. This is due to the fact that they dismiss their depression as a character flaw or sign of weakness and do not seek help. In order... -
Signs Of Clinical Depression
Symptoms of clinical depression vary from amongst people and ranges from mood swings to memory loss. Depression often manifests itself with a wide array of experiences and becomes difficult to diagnose, if left untreated. Depression, like other illnesses come in different forms. Three of the... -
Schizophrenia
There are many mental disorders whose root cause is the psyche of the person, particularly traumas from early childhood. But schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder caused by a disabling brain illness. About one percent of Americans are afflicted with this problem at any given... -
Schizophrenia Treatments
Schizophrenia is a disease of the brain, the cause of which is not known. The exact problem in the brain is only partially understood. In this condition a physical ailment creates a serious mental problem. The treatment is aimed at reducing the symptoms and managing... -
Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia’s root cause is still not clear. It does have a link with some part of the brain. It is not a psychiatric disorder but a physical one, affecting the mind and the personality of the person affected. The treatment is mostly to alleviate the... -
Types of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a disease of the brain but it causes many mental problems. The root cause of this disease is not known but bad genes seem to be a hot favorite. It affects both the sexes. Though there are some cases of children being affected,... -
Mental Health
It would appear that at some point after World War I, real mental health became something of a luxury. The absence of any real mental disease like schizophrenia or dementia certainly is not an indicator of complete mental health any longer. The boom in knowledge... -
Mental Health Clinics
Clients to mental health clinics are usually not admitted arbitrarily. The process usually consists of an initial interview with a community worker or a mental health professional. If a client is considered in need of residential or out-patient treatment at a mental health clinic, an... -
Mental Health Services
It is an established fact that almost two-thirds of all people afflicted with some kind of mental dysfunction do not seek treatment. This is confirmed by the WHO’s Global Burden of Disease study. The reasons for that people do not seek treatment vary, but some... -
Mental Health Software
In the age of the Internet, identifying and monitoring mental health problems has, to a certain extent, become something one can do at home. This does not mean that complete mental health treatment is available via cyberspace. However, the lacuna of general awareness that existed... -
A Guide To Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder or manic depression is a psychological illness which manifests as having extreme changes in mood, behavior and thought. A person’s mood can change from mania to depression in a short period of time. These mood swings from highs to lows can last for... -
Bipolar Depression
The criteria for diagnosis for depression specify that a person is in a depressed mood and/or experience loss of interest or pleasure for two weeks or more. Five or more of the following symptoms may be experienced by the person most of the day almost... -
Bipolar Symptoms
Bipolar disorder is an illness where a person experiences extreme changes in mood, thought, energy and behavior. He may feel manic for an instant and depressed the next. In manic episodes, there is a distinct period of abnormally elevated or irritable mood lasting at least... -
Bipolar Tests
The key to a successful treatment of a bipolar disorder is the right diagnosis. Diagnosis may not be so easy because its symptoms are episodic. Thus, a comprehensive history is needed. Though it is a psychological illness, an exhaustive medical history and physical exam are... -
Bipolar Disorder
From high to low, from euphoria to depression, from recklessness to listlessness — all symptoms associated with bipolar disorders, — an acute and disabling mental illness. Bipolar disorders are also known as manic-depressions or manic-depressive illnesses. Manic behavior is one extreme of this disorder and... -
Bipolar Disorder Treatment
Most people with bipolar disorder can be helped – but a psychiatrist or psychologist should first diagnose the disorder. Failure to diagnose and treat this disorder can prove fatal. Sometimes undiagnosed bipolar disorder patient end up in a psychiatric hospital or residential treatment centers and... -
Symptom of Bipolar Disorder
A person with bipolar disorder usually goes through spells of mania followed by spells of depression. These periods of happiness and sadness are not normal bouts of happiness and sadness that everyone experiences from time to time. Instead, these episodes are intense and may be... -
Teen Bipolar Disorder
Children and teenagers with bipolar disorders can have manic or depressive symptoms. Some children may mostly have depression and others a combination of manic and depressive symptoms. Highs are usually combined with alternative lows. Bipolar disorders usually begin in childhood and during the teenage years,... -
Am I Depressed
Do you find it hard to concentrate on your job? Are you experiencing sleeping disorder? Do you worry too much? Have you become irritable? Do you get emotional or upset for no specific reason? Then you may be going through depression. Depression is a tough... -
Clinically Depressed
Feeling sad is quite different from being clinically depressed. You may feel sad because of any reason. But, if that sadness persists for at least two weeks, you may be dealing with depression. A clinically depressed person always feels sad and doesn’t take interest in... -
A Guide To Depression
Depression can happen to anyone at any time. It is a medical condition that, if treated, can be managed or cured. A depressed person lacks interest in most activities that were once enjoyed, and lacks energy throughout the day. Most of the time, a depressed... -
Depressed Children
Depression not only affects adults, it affects children as well. Children who suffer from depression can be treated using medications and counseling techniques. A child is considered depressed when feelings of depression are ongoing and interfere with the normal behavior of the child. Children are... -
Depressed Men
Men and women can suffer from depression; men are far more likely to hide their depression. This probably explains why far fewer men are diagnosed and treated for depression. Although depression can easily be treated with a variety of methods, men seldom ask for help.... -
Depressed Women
The fact that women suffer from depression twice as much as men is well known. Depression occurs in approximately 20% of women over the course of a lifetime, as opposed to men. Although the diagnosis of depression is the same for men and women, women...