Disorders Library

• Seeking Mental Health Care: Taking the First, Scary Step
  Despite increasing acceptance and public awareness, there is still a stigma associated with seeking help from mental ...
• When Fantasy Crosses the Line
  Fantasizing about another person may seem like a harmless indulgence, but it actually draws us closer to ...
• Doubt & OCD: How Do You Make a Decision?
  We are very lucky to live in a society of unlimited possibilities. From what clothes to ...
• The ADD Myth: How to Cultivate the Unique Gifts of Intense Personalities
  A few hours after I finished reading The ADD Myth, while pondering something that had occurred during the day, it suddenly hit me with great clarity what author Martha Burge was describing when she said ...
• Brains of Children with ADHD Show Protein Deficiency
  New research on children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder has found a deficiency ...
• A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps: The Classic Guide for All People in the Process of Recovery
  Originally published in 1994,  "A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps" is considered a landmark book in the addiction field. It has sold more than 300,000 copies. What makes the workbook so successful is the down-to-earth ...
• The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders
  In "The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders," J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan collaborate with a group of world-class experts to address the current research and clinical knowledge concerning traumatic stress disorders. Oxford Handbooks ...
• Freeing Yourself from Anxiety: The 4-Step Plan to Overcome Worry and Create the Life You Want
  "Freeing Yourself from Anxiety" is filled with practical, reassuring, and even fun strategies to help anyone deal with anxiety. What is anxiety? Psychologist Tamar E. Chansky defines it as “the first reaction of a sensitive system ...
• Is School a Healthy Place for Your Child?
  It continues to amaze me that contemporary parents who are so concerned ...
• Reiki Healing and Mental Health: What the Research Shows
  Healing touch therapies, the best known being Reiki (pronounced RAY-key), are ancient practices in ...
• Reiki’s Use in Dementia Patients and For Their Caregivers
  Memory problems. Stress. Confusion. Bizarre behavior. Depression. Anxiety. Caregiver burnout. These challenges all too often occur in ...
• Coming of Age on Zoloft: How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are
  Memoirs have a unique ability to give life to a possible journey that a reader is considering making. "Coming of Age on Zoloft" by Katherine Sharpe is one such memoir. Prozac, the first and probably the most ...
• Almost a Psychopath: Do I (Or Does Someone I Know) Have a Problem with Manipulation and a Lack of Empathy
  Do I or does someone I know have a problem with manipulation and empathy? This is not just the subhead of the book "Almost a Psychopath," but the underlying question that authors Ronald Schouten and James ...
• Improving Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care: Truths & Lies I Told My Father
  A person with dementia can be said to be ...
• The Thing You Think You Cannot Do: Thirty Truths About Fear and Courage
  “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look at fear in the face,” said First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. “You must do the thing in which you think ...
• 4 of the Biggest Barriers in Bipolar Disorder
  People with bipolar disorder can face many challenges -- from the illness’s fluctuating feelings to its destructive effects ...
• Finding Happiness: One Man’s Quest to Beat Depression and Anxiety and Finally Let the Sunshine In
  In Finding Happiness: One Man’s Quest to Beat Depression and Anxiety and—Finally—Let the Sunshine In, Todd Patkin takes us through his life, outlining the troubles, as well as fortunes, he has had along the way. Throughout ...
• Improving Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care: The Eyes Have it
  Seeing is believing, yes? In our day-to-day world, we believe that ...
• Asperger Syndrome in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians
  Despite widespread awareness of the disorder, many still think of Asperger Syndrome as being largely confined to children. This is a myth. Dispelling it is the central aim of the new book, Asperger Syndrome in ...
• Improving Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care: Emotions Rule
  Habilitation Therapy (HT), a comprehensive behavioral approach to caring for people with Alzheimer’s Disease and related ...
• Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
  Daniel Smith describes himself as anxiety personified in his absorbing and humorous memoir Monkey Mind. Smith was anxious from birth. Anxiety lurked in his genes. Both his mother and father suffered from severe anxiety: His ...
• OCD and Humor
  Obsessive-compulsive disorder often is portrayed as a quirky, cutesy, bothersome at most, illness. This couldn’t be further from the truth. ...
• Improving Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care: Environmental Impact
  Memory loss is the most well known problem associated with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (ADRD). ...
• When to Worry About Forgetfulness
  I’m in my mid-50s, and I forget things. Where did I last lay down my car keys? What did I need ...
• Unlock your Fidgety Child’s Ability to Learn and Focus
  Teaching is hard enough, but when you have a child who has a hard ...