According the statistics about 2 percent of the population suffer from schizophrenia and no doubt it is a horrible disease of the brain. It is the worst mental disorder often rendering the patient psychotic and out of touch with reality. Over 2 and a half million people are walking around with this disease and [...]
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Psychotic Depression
Psychotic depression is very specialized form of depression. Not only do the sufferers experience all the classical signs of depression they will also exhibit psychotic features as well. They will have delusions and hallucinations, they will see and hear things that other people do not see or hear. It is said that about [...]
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is the most devastating psychotic mental illness found in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM). This mental illness has been around since ancient times and people through history have been suffering from schizophrenia. In the ancient times mental illnesses were not always recognized. During the middle ages people suffering from this mental disorder [...]
Bipolar Disorder Children
Bipolar disorder can appear in children as young as six years old, although it does not usually develop until a person has reached the teen-age years or early twenties. It has become a controversial diagnosis in recent years with some medical experts believing it to be rare, but being over-diagnosed. But other experts [...]
Clinical Depression
Clinical depression is more than just feeling sad or unhappy. Doctors define clinical depression as a persistent, severe depression without any physical or environmental attributable causes. This means that those who suffer from depression feel exceptionally sad for a long time, and they have no reason for this a feeling, such as a [...]
Chronic Depression
Chronic depression is called dysthymia, and it is a less severe form of depression. The depression symptoms of dysthymia can linger for a long period of time, even two years or longer. Those who suffer from dysthymia are usually able to function adequately but may seem consistently unhappy. No one knows what [...]
Bipolar Spectrum
Currently, there is much disagreement about the boundaries in the classification of affective disorder subtypes such as bipolar disorder. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association uses specific criteria in order to classify the recognized mental health illnesses. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is the most [...]
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder which causes unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions). A person who has obsessive-compulsive disorder realizes that their obsessions aren’t reasonable, may try to ignore them or stop them, but that only increases distress and anxiety. In an effort [...]
Anxiety Depression
It is easy to see the connection between anxiety and panic attacks, however we can add depression into that group of mental disorders as well. All three of these conditions are debilitating and impact every aspect of your life. All three can be so devastating on their own, but imagine the impact when [...]