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[Video] How Often Should I Meet With My Psychiatrist?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Friday, May 11th, 2012
Q: I have been seeing my therapist for almost 2 years, and I just had my first psychiatrist appointment 2 weeks ago (per my therapist's referral). The psychiatrist wants me to come back every month, but I would much rather see my therapist more often. ...
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Is My Brother Really Schizophrenic?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, May 10th, 2012
i have a question about my brother. hes been on concerta since he was about 9 for adhd and for the past 5 years hes been on and off of it. recently he went back on it, 56mg once a day. he was taking ...
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Isolated and Feel Horrible Inside

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, May 5th, 2012
I feel really depressed a lot of the time sometimes I feel completely numb and empty and my I get shooting pains in my heart, and other times I feel so panicked and frustrated and my heart beets out of my chest. the problem I ...
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Fiance Won’t Trust Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Monday, April 23rd, 2012
I screwed up big time. My fiancée and I have been together for 5 years and have an 18-month-old daughter. For the past few months I've been feeling increasingly isolated (I'm an at home mom and he's gone with work or projects). ...
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Who Can I Trust to Help?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
The hallucinations are starting up again. The more stress the more I'm declining. 2 little girls are drawing and playing on my sidewalk outside my door, and I can't stop thinking they're evil. Every little out of place noise makes me jump and my skin ...
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Girlfriend’s Sexual Past Concerns Him

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
My girlfriend of 3-1/2 months has been widowed for 7 years. She tells me she's only had sex with 5 men in her life. Her behavior with me was very aggressive and she has said things wil cause me to suspect there may have been ...
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Do I Have a Personality Disorder?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Sunday, March 25th, 2012
I have taken multiple personality disorder tests online and have gotten the same result from a lot of them- that I have Schizoid Personality Disorder and match the characteristics pretty well. Although I know I have always been an oddball in society, I don't think ...
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She’s Unable to Eat

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, March 19th, 2012
I'm 15 and this started about a week or two ago. i'd be really hungry and when i eat, after only about 3 or 4 bites i get extremely full. then about 5 hours later i'd be extremely hungry again and only able to ...
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Career Indecision is Mounting

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, March 16th, 2012
I am 26 years old have graduated from law school received my bachelor's in mathematics and psychology and am current back in school taking medical school prerequisites, however, i have NO clue what i want to do with my life. Every time i enter a ...
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Plagued by Homicidal Thoughts

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
I was very sadistically abused as a child. Since then I have dealt with homelessness and my mother's drug addiction. I finally stopped having any contact with my mother this year. As a young woman I relied on drugs and alcohol to numb myself to abuse. ...
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Can You Inherit Mental Illness?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
I was diagnosed with schizoaffective at 15. I am 21 now. Though I had psychotic features diagnosed before that age. Im trying to figure out my past for my diagnosis. My mother, I do not know if she has a diagnosis of anything but I strongly ...
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Therapist Made Matters Worse

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
This was my second visit to my doctor and first visit was good because i told everything that i needed to told her.But now when she listened me she behave differently,i was talking about my husband and she asked horrible question about my sister in ...
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