Mental Disorders
Why Is Mental Health Counseling So Important For Sufferers Of Bipolar Disorder?
July 2, 2011
Bipolar disorder is in the class of mental disorders that can be helped immensely by mental health counseling, in addition to prescribed pharmaceutical therapy. Bipolar disorder is a condition of abrupt mood swings, increased euphoria (sometimes called mania) and is followed by periods of deep depression. Controlling the mood swings and adapting behaviors of ...
Healthy Food Choices: Secrets For A Strong Memory
May 14, 2011
In my previous post I wrote about the top 3 healthy food choices, which boost the memory power. Let's go on and find out how your eating habits can sharpen your memory. So what to eat and what to include in your healthy living plan? Berries: Eat berries frequently. You can go either for berry smoothies or ...
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Effects Of Alcohol On Memory
April 22, 2011
Many of you probably know that use of alcohol affects our brain and can even cause neurological disorders. So let's see how exactly alcohol affects our brain. Brain is responsible for muscular system, respiratory system, digestive system etc. It's also responsible for the memory. This control by the brain is due to the chemical, physical and electrical ...
Histrionic Personality Disorder — Standing Next To You
November 24, 2010
Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD) is one of the most widespread mental disorders nowadays. The physicians and psychologists interpret the word histrionic as "theatrical, dramatic." HPD, which is common among women, is characterized by an unhealthy strong desire to be the center of attention. As a rule, people who suffer from HPD are inclined to do everything to ...
Get To Know More About Necrophobia
November 17, 2010
In one of previous posts on this blog, phobias as rather serious mental disorders were mentioned. I would now like to speak about a phobia -- necrophobia, which occurs very rarely, yet is interesting to learn about. If you have ever had to face somebody’s death, no matter he is a relative of yours or an ...
Claustrophobia: Learn More And Overcome
November 8, 2010
What is claustrophobia? Is is one of the most serious mental disorders? Or is it just a fear? Let's try to find out. If you analyze the origin of the word “claustrophobia,” you’ll see that it comes from the Latin words “claustrum” and “phobos,” which mean “a shut in place” and “fear.” So claustrophobia is ...
Trypophobia: A Fear Of Holes
October 22, 2010
A phobia is a feeling of irritation and fear towards certain objects or situations. It's not usually considered to be one of those serious mental disorders, but still can spoil a person's life. In 2005, the Oxford English Dictionary gave the name trypophobia to a phobia that is described as a fear of holes. “Trypo” is ...
Autism: Mental Disorder Or Another World?
October 13, 2010
A year ago I was volunteering in a mental health center for children in a city called Haskovo in Bulgaria. That was where I met two boys with an autism spectrum disorder. One of them was Bozhedar, aged 15. He showed some of the most common autism symptoms: he was sitting in an arm chair almost all ...
