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- How is Bipolar Disorder Diagnosed?
Bipolar disorder is commonly diagnosed based upon the criteria found within the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, which is the professional manual for diagnosing mental disorders. These criteria include ...
- Risk Factors for Bipolar Disorder
A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
It is possible to develop bipolar disorder with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors ...
- 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 ...
- Keep Stress at Bay: Striking a Balance
There is no shortage of causes of stress in today's busy lifestyle. The percentage of employees reporting work-related burnout grew from 39 percent to 53 percent between 1995 and 1998, according to an Aon Consulting ...
- Moving Beyond the Loss of an Ability
If we let our abilities define who we are, it makes sense that we might think less of ourselves when they are gone. However, we can move past any losses we encounter by using our ...
- Stress and Personality
Individuals differ dramatically in their response to a problem or a stressor. Some people are born with a temperament that predisposes them to higher or lower levels of tolerance to stress.
Your cognitive reaction to a ...
- Questions to Ask Your Therapist
Choosing the right therapist is important and often difficult to do simply by looking at ads in the Yellow Pages. Credentials can be important, but are not the whole story. Word of mouth is the ...
- Real Men Don’t Get Help
The stigma still exists: "Real men" don't whine about their physical, mental or emotional problems. They work it out, suck it up or walk it off. Although more men are seeking professional help to overcome ...
- Phases and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
There are a number of common types of phases that most people with bipolar disorder experience to one degree or another. The most commonly experienced type of bipolar disorder is one where the individual cycles ...
- Alcohol and Depression
Alcoholism is a disorder that produces many similar signs and symptoms required for diagnosis of Major Depression. Although alcohol often initially causes a "good mood," alcohol is a depression-causing drug.
While no studies have shown that ...
- Dealing with the Depths of Depression
"I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would be not one cheerful face on earth. Whether I shall ever be ...
- Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Stress
There are many good techniques and resources for dealing with stress. Perhaps the most important fact is this: Nearly all the stress-related ...
- Fight or Flight
Consider this stressful situation: At a meeting for which you have thoroughly prepared, the chair criticizes you and accuses you of failing ...
- Reducing Stress at Work
Understanding the causes and effects of workplace stress is important to developing strategies for change. The critical component of any stress management program is the belief that alternatives exist. Feeling trapped and without choices, is ...
- In-Depth: Understanding Depression
If you fail an important examination, lose a job or lose a love, it is normal to feel depressed. If a close friend dies, it is also ...
- Being Alone Without Being Lonely
There is a great difference between being lonely and being alone. Many people are alone and lead happy lives. It may behoove us to study some of their traits, because many of us are likely ...
- Coping with the Loss of a Spouse
Dealing with the loss of a spouse can be one of the most traumatic and stressful events in a person's life. This loss often occurs during a stage when many other changes are occurring. Children ...
- Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?
One could argue that stress is bad and feel intuitively that it must be harmful to health. Then again, human beings have always been subject to stress. We evolved under stress that must have far ...
- Taking on Anxiety and the Irrational Fears in Your Life
Next month Amy turns 49, but it's unlikely to be a happy birthday. Five years ago she had what she terms ...
