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Heart Disease: The Mind-body Connection

In medical matters of the heart, your mind can be either your best friend or your worst enemy. What you think and feel -- and how well you deal with those feelings -- can affect ... Read more... »

Problem Solving and Your Child’s Temperament

Why is caring for your 9-month-old infant so draining that you stagger through the day, while caring for your sister's baby is smooth sailing? Why does your friend's 6-year-old throw noisy temper tantrums, while your own ... Read more... »

Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease

If you have poor circulation in your legs, it could be Peripheral Artery Disease, or P.A.D., and it's important to talk to your doctor about getting tested for P.A.D. as early as possible. Since many people ... Read more... »

What is Peripheral Artery Disease?

Often described as poor circulation in the legs, Peripheral Artery Disease, or P.A.D., is a serious condition that more than doubles your risk of heart attack or stroke. 8 million people have P.A.D. People with ... Read more... »

Types of Schizophrenia

The kinds of symptoms that are utilized to make a diagnosis of schizophrenia differ between affected people and may change from one year to the next within the same person as the disease progresses. Different ... Read more... »

Overview of Treatment for Schizophrenia

Most patients do not experience a complete remission of symptoms. However, this disorder can be managed by a combination of psychosocial therapies and medications. A psychiatrist, who attends to the biological or medical needs of ... Read more... »

All About Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia occurs in about 1 percent of the general U.S. population. That means that more than 3 million Americans suffer from the illness. The disorder manifests itself in a broad range of unusual behaviors, which ... Read more... »

An Introduction to Schizophrenia

Throughout recorded history, the disease we now know as schizophrenia has been a source of bewilderment. Those suffering from the illness once were thought to be possessed by demons and were feared, tormented, exiled or ... Read more... »

Undifferentiated Schizophrenia

The undifferentiated subtype is diagnosed when people have symptoms of schizophrenia that are not sufficiently formed or specific enough to permit classification of the illness into one of the other subtypes. The symptoms of any ... Read more... »

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 ... Read more... »

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 ... Read more... »

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 ... Read more... »

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 ... Read more... »

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 ... Read more... »

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-- Jerry Frankhauser

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