Archive for April, 2006

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• Residual Schizophrenia
  This subtype is diagnosed when the patient no longer displays prominent symptoms. In such cases, the schizophrenic symptoms generally have lessened in severity. Hallucinations, delusions or idiosyncratic behaviors may still be present, but their ...
• Post-Schizophrenic Depression
  Post-schizophrenia depression describes a depressive episode that arises in the aftermath of a schizophrenic illness. Some schizophrenic symptoms may still be present but no longer dominate the clinical picture. These persisting schizophrenic symptoms may ...
• Catatonic Schizophrenia
  The predominant clinical features seen in the catatonic subtype of schizophrenia involve disturbances in a person's movement. Affected people may exhibit a dramatic reduction in activity, to the point that voluntary movement stops, as in ...
• Disorganized Schizophrenia
  As the name implies, this subtype's predominant feature is disorganization of the thought processes. As a rule, hallucinations and delusions are less pronounced, although there may be some evidence of these symptoms. These people may ...
• Paranoid Schizophrenia
  The defining feature of the paranoid subtype is the presence of auditory hallucinations or prominent delusional thoughts about persecution or conspiracy. However, people with this subtype may be more functional in their ability to work ...
• Facts About Aging
  The overall difference in life expectancy at birth in the United States is about 7 years (i.e.72 for men vs. 79 for women); and at every age women, on average, can expect to live longer ...
• Frequently Asked Questions about Aging
  Q. Is it true that people's mental abilities inevitably decline as they get older? A. For many years, researchers believed that mental functioning declined with age, slowly at first, then more rapidly in old age as ...
• Facts About Sexual Orientation
  In a national random survey on the prevalence of same-sex sexual behavior in the United States, 10% of adult men and 9% of adult women report at least one of the following: (a) currently attracted ...
• All About Sexual Orientation
  Few areas of psychology have been as controversial as the study of sexual orientation. What percentage of people are gay, and what is the most appropriate criterion for terming someone gay? Why are some men ...
• All About Shyness
  Shyness is one of the most common social problems afflicting millions of people from children to the elderly, yet most shy people feel that they are uniquely shy. The shy child and the shy adult ...
• Tongue-Tied by Compliments
  Nothing oils the machinery of social interaction quite as nicely as do compliments. They signify that others are recognizing something special about you and making the effort to let you know they care enough to ...
• Facts About Shyness
  Many people don’t know the basics about shyness. Some people think it’s just something people will grow out of with time. For most people, shyness is learned. But for some, shyness starts in infancy, with ...
• Persuasion and How to Influence Others
  Human relationships are based upon a largely unconscious system of give and take. "I will do this for you even if I won't get something in return right now, because you will 'owe me one' ...