Archive for October, 2006

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• An Overview of Treatments for Bipolar Disorder
  Medical and therapeutic treatments for bipolar disorder include antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, and psychotherapy. Treatment of bipolar disorder is usually lengthy, often lasting years, although most long-term treatment is limited to simply taking ...
• Lifestyles of People with Bipolar Disorder
  Bipolar disorder can be influenced by alternative treatments and lifestyle choices -- including diet, exercise, sleep, and religious/spiritual practice, coping skills and suicide prevention. There are alternative or complementary treatments for bipolar disorder, ...
• Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder Can be Challenging
  Consider the following scenario: A person visits their doctor or psychiatrist in a state of near-suicide. After probing for other possible causes of the patient's condition, the psychiatrist diagnoses that their patient with clinical depression ...
• The Two Types of Bipolar Disorder
  The DSM-IV (the diagnostic Bible) divides bipolar disorder into two types, rather unimaginatively labeled bipolar I and bipolar II. "Raging" and "Swinging" are far more apt: Bipolar I Raging bipolar (I) is characterized by ...
• Why Do Abused Victims Stay?
  It can be difficult for many people to understand why a person would stay in an abusive relationship. But there are many reasons. Strong emotional and psychological forces keep the victim tied to the abuser. ...
• Domestic Violence: Where to Seek Help
  If you think you are in an abusive relationship, you can go to a number of people for help. Be careful, however, to keep your search a secret from your abuser. If your abuser ...
• Domestic Violence Doesn’t Discriminate
  Psychological abuse can be hard to recognize because it doesn’t produce physical scars. Yet many women agree that it is actually much harder to bear than physical abuse, according to Elaine Weiss, Ed.D. of the ...
• Who Are the Victims of Domestic Violence?
  Domestic violence can happen in any relationship, regardless of ethnic group, income level, religion, education or sexual orientation. Abuse may occur between a married people, or between an unmarried people living together or in a ...
• Symptoms of Domestic Violence
  Abusive relationships have a powerful psychological impact on the victims. Victims of an abusive relationship may experience some of the following emotions and behaviors: Agitation, anxiety and chronic apprehension Constant state of alertness that makes it difficult ...
• Steps to Address Domestic Violence
  Break the Silence Victims should talk to family, friends, neighbors or co-workers about the domestic violence they experience. It may be helpful to call a domestic violence hotline for information, referrals and support. Develop a Safety Plan When ...
• Domestic Violence Organizations and Resources
  Hotlines There are local, state and national support systems available to help victims of domestic violence. They can help with housing, legal information, welfare, treatment and counseling. For a list of local and state domestic violence ...
• Self Quiz: Am I in an Abusive Relationship?
  Below are some questions and checklists to help you determine if you are in an abusive relationship. Answer the questions honestly. If you answer "yes" to any of the following questions, you may be a ...
• The Common Pattern of Domestic Violence
  In 1979, psychologist Lenore Walker found that many violent relationships follow a common pattern or cycle. The entire cycle may happen in one day or it may take weeks or months. It is different for ...
• Men as Victims of Abuse in Heterosexual Relationships
  While it occurs far less often than men battering women, women sometimes batter their male partners. How often women abuse men is the subject of much debate. Studies report that women are victims of domestic violence ...
• What Is Domestic Violence?
  Domestic violence is when one partner in an intimate relationship abuses the other. The abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional or a combination of all three. Physical abuse can include very aggressive acts, such as beatings ...
• The Physical and Emotional Injuries of Domestic Violence
  All victims of domestic violence can be physically and emotionally injured. However, because of general strength differences between men and women, women are six to seven times more likely to receive serious physical injuries than ...
• Understanding Domestic Violence
  Domestic violence, or violence in the family unit, with women and children as primary victims, is a major public health problem. Domestic violence constitutes a pattern of abusive behavior that includes the use or threat of ...
• Telling Family and Friends about Your Abuse
  If you are like most people in abusive relationships, you have kept your abuse hidden from your close relatives and friends. When you do tell them, they may react in several different ways. First, your family ...
• Understanding the Effects of Domestic Violence
  Domestic violence physically, psychologically and socially affects women, men and their families. Initially, the abuse usually is an attempt by one partner to exert control through intimidation, fear, verbal abuse or threats of violence. Victims of ...
• What Causes Domestic Violence?
  Domestic violence may start when one partner feels the need to control and dominate the other. Abusers may feel this need to control their partner because of low self-esteem, extreme jealousy, difficulties in regulating anger ...
• Taking Action with Domestic Violence
  When spouses, intimate partners or dates use physical violence, threats, emotional abuse, harassment or stalking to control the behavior of their partners, they are committing domestic violence. The first step is for the victim to understand ...
• Who Are the Abusers of Domestic Violence?
  Abusers don't wear signs that say, "I'm an abuser." They can be doctors, lawyers, judges, nurses, policemen, clergymen, mechanics, janitors or the unemployed. They could be white, black, Asian, Hispanic or Native American. They may ...
• Depressed? What Do You Do Now?
  When you are depressed, it is often very hard to think clearly or make any decisions. It is also hard to think of anything to do to help yourself feel better. This brochure will help ...
• Wrung-Out by Ringing-In the Holidays: Dealing with Post-Holiday Blues
  "The Holidays," generally defined as the period from Thanksgiving through New Years, can be an emotional roller coaster. We're expected to be (and would like to be) filled with joy, cheer and love for all ...
• Feeling Worthless and Depression
  Depression is often lurking in the shadows. When you are depressed, most often you think that you are worthless. The worse the depression, the more you feel this way. Fortunately, you are not alone! ...