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29th September 2009
The Ultimate Stage – Staying off
Hey, are you still with me?? Good. You have made it.
The changes you feel:
You will find a lot of changes in you. Improvements mostly. You feel more …umm.. let’s say Able. You have more stamina, you can walk... Read >
Author: wbdoyle29th September 2009
Mood disorder has become a bit of a generic term when discussing mental health. A person with any sort of emotional or psychological difficulty -- generalized anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, etc. -- may be described as having a “mood di... Read >
Author: wbdoyle29th September 2009
Lying is common to people. Fear from a reprimand is the usual reason why people lie. But this cannot be referred to as compulsive lying. If a person lies because of a constant perceived punishment, it becomes compulsive lying. Lying with the belief that i... Read >
Author: wbdoyle22nd September 2009
If like me, you suffer from bipolar disorder, you will be aware of the fact that the illness tends to run in families, and are therefore worried about the possibility that your children may inherit the disorder.
Twin studies have shown that if one twin... Read >
Author: Jose Perez21st September 2009
Don't be surprised when some of your friends seem to be grumpy or irritable these past few days. We are now on the tail-end of the four-month long winter season. From the months of November to February, the days are shorter and colder, and the nights long... Read >
Author: wbdoyle21st September 2009
During the months of November to February, the days start getting shorter and colder, and the nights longer and darker. Climate changes seem to affect many people and they just can't understand why they tend to feel gloomy and miserable. This mood disor... Read >
Author: wbdoyle10th September 2009
Blue light (photodynamic) therapy is a newer and not quite so well known alternative procedure for the treatment of many common skin conditions as it is effective in removing or reducing marks on the skin and discolored areas caused by acne, stretch marks... Read >
Author: Allen Anderson23rd August 2009
Depression is defined as a mood disorder characterized by thoughts of sadness, despair, and discouragement. Varying in degree from mild to severe. More specifically there are levels of depression from situational to severe cases such as Bipolar disorder.
... Read >
Author: Chris Beard Tampa Insurance Agent20th July 2009
Schizophrenia refers to a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder. It is characterized by abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality. The distortions in perception could affect all the five senses. This disorder is normally de... Read >
Author: Mercy20th July 2009
Depression during pregnancy or antepartum depression is also a mood disorder. Mood disorders refer to biological illnesses that involve changes in the brain. During pregnancy, there are several hormonal changes that normally affect brain chemicals. When t... Read >
Author: Mercy18th July 2009
ADD is often accompanied by a coexisting condition. On the other hand, often ADD and these other conditions have similar symptoms and, therefore, are easily misdiagnosed. Of course, this creates a plethora of problems as these disorders, when separate, mu... Read >
Author: wbdoyle09th July 2009
Endogenous depression is classified as a mood disorder and is believed to be genetic. It is also believed to affect people from birth. When you have this disorder, you become prone to depression during traumatic events or under a lot of stress. This type ... Read >
Author: Mercy04th July 2009
Mood disorders are also called affective disorders. Mood disorders have a major economic impact through associated health care costs as well as lost work productivity. A mood is an emotion or feeling that lasts a long time. Moods affect how we act. Your m... Read >
Author: petersonbran16th June 2009
Depression is a psychiatric or mood disorder and can affect adults and children. This serious medical illness shouldn't be taken lightly. Depression doesn't go away quickly like temporary sadness. Depression symptoms include a change in the way you think ... Read >
Author: Diana Ketchen14th May 2009
You will probably be hearing a lot more about various forms of light therapy over the next few years as it steps more into mainstream medical use and becomes less known as sort of a “fringe” science as some look at it.
You see, light can be incre... Read >
Author: Danna Schneider27th April 2009
The term "manic-depressive" made its first appearance in the late 1950s and the present name, bipolar disorder, only became in trend recently. But this mood disorder has been around since time immemorial. The Romans, thanks to their Latin, have coined the... Read >
Author: Jesus Sabu27th April 2009
Pets on Prozac. Once upon a time, such a notion was considered to be rather absurd. Animals, most people assumed, could not become depressed the way humans did, and most pets lacked the general intelligence to experience the emotional changes caused by th... Read >
Author: Mark Black09th April 2009
It's easier to face the hardships of life when your love ones are there for you. If an individual suffers from an illness, the first ones to assist him in his situation is his dear family. That is why many people are counting on family members and relativ... Read >
Author: Jesus Sabu07th April 2009
Bipolar disorder which is also known in the names of manic depression, manic depression disorder, bipolar mood disorder, manic depressive illness or bipolar effective disorder, is a long term illness which cause some adverse psychological conditions. It i... Read >
Author: Dshot07th April 2009
Bipolar disorder is a serious psychological condition often caused by the imbalances in some brain chemicals. It can create unusual shifts in the person’s mood, energy and the total ability to function. This is also known in some other names called mani... Read >
Author: Dshot07th April 2009
Bipolar disease is medically described as mood disorder. It is better known as bipolar disorder and being a mood disorder, there can be many causes and indications that may culminate at bipolar disease.
The patients who are affected with bipolar disea... Read >
Author: Dshot13th March 2009
Severe depression is one of those conditions that may be figuratively linked to a broken heart. The mood disorder is most often associated with severe emotional turmoil and distress, to the point where the average person is likely to assume that emotions ... Read >
Author: morningshift10th March 2009
Have you ever noticed that people who are nervous and/or depressive often seem to smoke? This might not be a coincidence since there is scientific research that shows that there is definitely a correlation between smoking and anxiety disorders . Therefore... Read >
Author: Brian Welsch10th March 2009
Have you ever noticed that people who are nervous and/or depressive often seem to smoke? This might not be a coincidence since there is scientific research that shows that there is definitely a correlation between smoking and anxiety disorders . Therefore... Read >
Author: Brian Welsch10th March 2009
Being diagnosed with an illness can often bring a sense of relief. It can help a person to make sense of the way they have been feeling for some time and draw a line under the frustration of not knowing what their condition was. At the same time though it... Read >
Author: Avi Solutions10th March 2009
Being bipolar, or having bipolar disease is the name that is now given to what used to be called manic depression years ago. Millions of people all over the world have been diagnosed as being bipolar, or being on the bipolar spectrum – but many are unsu... Read >
Author: Avi Solutions03rd March 2009
Most people that are suffering from anxiety panic attacks have related that their symptoms are the most traumatizing experiences of their lives. After having the first panic attack most patients end up in the emergency room, where usually medication are b... Read >
Author: broalex03rd March 2009
The mood disorder depression can come in many forms, and one of them is a condition known as seasonal affective disorder. This particular condition is believed to be caused by a lack of vitamin D, and as such, is known to affect people largely during the ... Read >
Author: morningshift26th February 2009
According to a recent report, more that 40 million Americans are subjected to chronic sleep disorder. Sleep disorder or insomnia is generally referred to abnormal sleeping pattern of a person. Sleep apnea, sleep walking, falling asleep spontaneously, waki... Read >
Author: johnpolish31st January 2009
Many people are pre-disposed to depression because of their own biological makeup making their risk of suffering from this condition much greater then those who do not share these risk factors. There are four main biological factors that can increase a pe... Read >
Author: Andrew Bicknell16th January 2009
Long-term cases of depression, if left untreated, can be among the most debilitating psychiatric conditions that an individual can have to deal with. Long-term cases of clinical depression are dangerous problems, and medicine has found that they often ten... Read >
Author: morningshift07th January 2009
Ironically, as concern grows over the rise in obesity rates, some people battle the opposite problem — anorexia nervosa. People with anorexia are obsessed with food and their weight and body shape. They attempt to maintain a weight that's far below norm... Read >
Author: Alien06th January 2009
Unfortunately, there's no simple, quick and easy test to diagnose people suspected of experiencing bipolar disorder. In fact, this ailment isn't even a single disorder. Rather, it's a term used to describe a number of mood disorders that are identified by... Read >
Author: Trevor Price19th December 2008
Many of our current health and lifestyle problems have arisen from the fact that we eat too much and exercise too little; in other words too much energy in and too little energy out.
Hence we have:
• World record high levels of obesity
• Rising ... Read >
Author: HBF Health Insurance15th December 2008
Trying to figure out a teenager, by tradition and definition, is a difficult task. They're prone to sudden shifts of personality, rampant reckless behavior, emotional volatility, and overt displays of that wellspring of confusion and frustration. It is n... Read >
Author: morningshift05th December 2008
The mood disorder depression typically causes patients suffering from it to become lethargic, lacking in energy and activity. The general view is that the condition makes it so that the patient feels very little point in doing anything, and thus any effor... Read >
Author: morningshift05th December 2008
The dug Seroquel, approved by FDA (food & drug association) is used for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar mania. Both of these are mental illnesses, generally caused by an imbalance of chemicals within the brain. Schizophrenia results in inabilit... Read >
Author: Article Manager03rd December 2008
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is also known as “winter depression” or the “winter blues”. This is a mood disorder that affects otherwise mentally healthy people in the autumn and winter months year after year. These people may start sleeping a... Read >
Author: Rosana Horowitz03rd December 2008
It is no secret that the elderly suffer from a wide variety of maladies, with the mood disorder known as depression being one of them. Not everything that might work to alleviate depression in younger patients would work with the elderly, and not too many... Read >
Author: morningshift27th October 2008
It's normal for almost everybody to feel depressed. We get sad for a lot of different reasons and it's understandable. However, a lot of people often mistake a fleeting moment of depression with the mood disorder. Oftentimes, you'll see people buy Fluoxet... Read >
Author: morningshift17th October 2008
Getting the blues is a common occurrence in most peoples lives. Depression on the other hand is a lot more serious. Depression is a mood disorder. Feelings of having no joy in life, nothing to live for or many of the other symptoms can indicate depression... Read >
Author: JD08th October 2008
For adults, diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder can be easy. They can go see a psychologist for diagnosis or buy Prozac or whatever medicine has been prescribed to them for management. However, children diagnosed with the psychological disorder requi... Read >
Author: morningshift26th September 2008
Pregnancy is the happiest phase of some women life but for some women it is a phase of fear and fright. Normally twenty percent of the women during pregnancy suffers from the common but normal depression symptoms. But some women suffers from major depress... Read >
Author: michael russell 15th September 2008
Pregnancy is the happiest phase of some women life but for some women it is a phase of fear and fright. Normally twenty percent of the women during pregnancy suffers from the common but normal depression symptoms. But some women suffers from major depress... Read >
Author: michael russell 08th September 2008
Lexapro, known as Escitalopram is a very well-liked antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It is used to treat hopelessness connected with mood disorder. It can also be used in convinced cases to treat c... Read >
Author: Article Manager04th September 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Stephen Lau
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder, alternating between episodes of depression and mania. It is a mental disorder affecting about six percent of the U.S. population. The average age of bipolar onset is twenty-one.
Bip... Read >
Author: Stephen Lau22nd July 2008
A variety of behavioral and psychological problems afflict teens today. For example, some of them resist the following of rules and deliberately misbehave.
They are often viewed by other children, adults or social agencies as bad apples, bipolar, ADHD ... Read >
Author: Dr Mike11th June 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Sandy Adamson
For those who are wondering, ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a behavioral disorder that is now affecting almost 10% of the school-age chidren. In our day to day life, you may hear a lot of peo... Read >
Author: Sandy Adamson10th June 2008
The primary treatment for schizophrenia and similar thought disorders is medication. Unfortunately, compliance with a medication regimen is often one of the largest problems associated with the ongoing treatment of schizophrenia. Because people who live w... Read >
Author: peterhutch21st May 2008
The cause of bipolar disorder is unclear, but hereditary, biological, and psychological factors may play a part. For example, the incidence of bipolar disorder among relatives of affected patients is higher than in the general population and highest among... Read >
Author: peterhutch21st May 2008
If your depression is severe, and if drug treatment and psychotherapy don't seem to be working, your doctor may suggest electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The treatment, which involves delivering a brief electrical current to the brain, is seen as a life-sa... Read >
Author: pattrickjhonson06th April 2008
Antidepressant drug:. This group of drugs has proved extremely effective in treating depression. While there are many kinds of antidepressant drugs, they all work in basically the same way, causing subtle changes in the brain's neurochemistry that seem to... Read >
Author: pattrickjhonson02nd April 2008
Cyclothymia is a chronic bipolar disorder consisting of short periods of mild depression and short periods of hypomania (lasting a few days to a few weeks), separated by short periods of normal mood. Individuals with cyclothymia (thymia: from the Greek wo... Read >
Author: peterhutch25th March 2008
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a subtype of mood disorder consisting of recurrent major depressive episodes of varying severity, which occur with a seasona... Read >
Author: allergymatters25th February 2008
Manic Depression
Manic depressive refers to mood swings from overly “high” (manic) to overly “low” (depressed). Another name for manic-depressive illness is bipolar disorder. This refers to a person’s mood alternating between “poles” of... Read >
Author: Peter sams05th February 2008
Cyclothymic depression is a depression caused by dramatic mood changes. It is considered to be a form of bipolar II disorder where the patient will at one moment feel highly irritable and then fall into a state of depression. Some symptoms of this depress... Read >
Author: Dr. Jennifer B. Lagrotte, DMFT,30th October 2007
Mood disorders often co-exists with other mental or physical illnesses. Substance abuse, anxiety disorders and eating disorders are particularly common conditions that may be worsened by mood disorders. Research is showing, more and more, that mood disord... Read >
Author: Arthur Buchanan29th October 2007
Shared psychotic disorder has also been referred to by other names such as psychosis of association, contagious insanity, infectious insanity, double insanity, and communicated insanity. This disorder usually occurs only in long-term relationships in whic... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen12th July 2007
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Sadness is a normal reaction to life’s struggles, setbacks, and disappointments. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. But true cli... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen11th June 2007
Mood disorders are also called affective disorders. Mood disorders have a major economic impact through associated health care costs as well as lost work productivity. A mood is an emotion or feeling that lasts a long time. Moods affect how we act. Your m... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen06th June 2007
ADHD medication is used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder or ADHD, which is a developmental disorder characterized by neurological problems. This problem affects children to a large extent. This disorder is characterized by problems like ina... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola21st May 2007
Major depression is a mood disorder present in people that experience severe depressive episodes either overnight or gradually over time. A person who has been functioning normally may be plunged into despair by a psychological trauma, but most often the ... Read >
Author: Peter Gitundu10th May 2007
Menopause naturally occurs in the reproductive cycle of the entire female population, through the manifestation of a number of various symptoms. Fortunately, millions of women have found a menopause treatment that does not depend on hormone replacement t... Read >
Author: Arthur Nelson19th April 2007
Recent statistics say that 19 million people suffer from chronic depression. 2 million of those are children. Chances are you know someone struggling with depression but you might not realize it. If you are like me, when someone I know struggles with a mo... Read >
Author: Mary K Logan15th March 2007
Twice a year we have to switch our clocks, but do our internal clocks adjust to the change? Even though it’s just an hour difference, many times we can quickly feel our mood enhance with the more daylight we get, or feel the blues when the days seem dar... Read >
Author: chester ku-lea27th February 2007
As amazing as bringing a new life into this world may be, the price to pay is very big. Almost any woman want' s at one point in her life to have children, and are willing do almost anything in their powers to make their dream come true.
What most of the... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola27th February 2007
When you care about someone suffering from a mood disorder, taking care of yourself can be a challenge. Mood disorders run the gamut from chronic and clinical depression to panic disorders and bi-polar disorder. In addition to the stress of caregiving, fa... Read >
Author: Mary K Logan19th February 2007
As a caregiver and someone who is watching a loved one struggle with a mood disorder, finding your way around the world of "cures" and healing techniques can be confusing. The topic of alternative therapies is a hot topic for many traditional therapists a... Read >
Author: Mary K Logan19th February 2007
As a caregiver and someone who is watching a loved one struggle with a mood disorder, figuring out if and how to involve alternative therapies is one more challenge.
Alternative therapies � techniques that usually fall outside of the realm of convent... Read >
Author: Mary K Logan10th February 2007
Several people suffer from extreme moods of happiness and sadness. Sometimes all they need is an ice cream a good cry or some jazzy music to lighten their mood. Other times, however, cases are more severe and therefore not easy to determine or treat. B... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola06th February 2007
Bipolar depression, manic depression and bipolar affective disorder are all terms used to describe a highly complex and serious mood disorder that is characterised by extreme manic episodes (highs) and severe depressive episodes (lows). It usually begins ... Read >
04th February 2007
Recent statistics say that 19 million people suffer from chronic depression. 2 million of those are children. Chances are you know someone struggling with depression but you might not realize it. If you are like me, when someone I know struggles with a mo... Read >
Author: Mary K Logan01st January 2007
People go through life everyday, doing routine activities like cleaning the house, cooking, doing the laundry and a lot more. But there are times when problems are encountered unexpectedly, and certain drastic events that occur pose a danger to our emotio... Read >
Author: Hector Milla13th August 2006
Copyright 2006 INTEGRITY HEATH SOLUTIONS
Today, mental health conditions are commonly diagnosed. Depression is widespread, and commonly treated with antidepressants. Attention Deficit Disorder is very commonly diagnosed, with stimulants prescribed quit... Read >
Author: Mary Zesiewicz25th April 2006
Many children and especially adolescents experience mood swings as a normal part of growing up, but when these feelings persist and begin to interfere with a child's ability to function in daily life, bipolar disorder could be the cause. Bipolar disorder... Read >
Author: Arthur Buchanan03rd April 2006
What is 5 HTP?
5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is an amino acid that is the intermediate step between tryptophan and the important brain chemical serotonin. 5-HTP is not present in significant amounts in a typical diet. The human body anufactures 5-HTP from... Read >
Author: shera jim02nd April 2006
Bipolar disorder is, without a doubt, an affective mood disorder that brings true misery to many millions of individuals. What is it about bipolar that makes it so bad? As a playwright once wrote, let me count the ways.
Bipolar disorder, like major dep... Read >
Author: Tim Moore14th February 2006
Also called bipolar mood disorder, manic depression is a very serious disease of brain associated with extreme shifts in moods, body functioning and behavior. Just a few years back, manic depression was glorified as a trait so common with many well known ... Read >
Author: Robert Kokoska01st January 2006
What is dysthymia?
Dysthymia, also known as dysthymic disorder, is classified as a type of affective disorder (also called mood disorder) that often resembles a less severe, yet more chronic form of major (clinical) depression. However, persons with dyst... Read >
Author: Arthur Buchanan01st January 2006
What is major depression?
Overview of depression
Depression is a depressive disorder that involves a person's body, mood, and thoughts. It can affect and disrupt eating, sleeping, or thinking patterns, and is not the same as being unhappy or in a "blue... Read >
Author: Arthur Buchanan29th December 2005
What is seasonal affective disorder?
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a mood disorder characterized by depression related to a certain season of the year - especially winter. However, SAD is often not described as a separate mood disorder but as a... Read >
Author: Arthur Buchanan29th December 2005
What is manic depression?
Manic depression, also known as bipolar disorder, is classified as a type of affective disorder or mood disorder that goes beyond the day's ordinary ups and downs, becoming a serious medical condition and important health concer... Read >
Author: Arthur Buchanan20th September 2005
Depression is a very serious matter, which does not discriminate. Depression doe not care what your age is, what gender you are, or even what your race or social class is.
Depression can often make a person feel sad, helpless, hopeless, and irritable.... Read >
Author: David Chandler
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