Category Archives: Diagnosis

Social Anxiety: The Pervasive Creature in your Mind | Psych Central

Social phobia is a pervasive disorder that afflicts about 15 million adults in the United States, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). The ADAA also reports that 36 percent of social anxiety …

Treating Bipolar Disorder Without Medication – living in stigma

This article appeared on a new site I found Science20.com discussing Bipolar Disorder. The words 'Lithium', 'weight gain' and 'olanzapine' are mentioned which are all too familiar to me. Bipolar disorder is a diagnosis given …

26% of adults diagnosed with mental illness « Shropshire Star

More than a quarter of adults have been diagnosed with a mental illness at some point during their lifetime, with a fifth reporting depression, figures show.

Executive Action, Gun Control & Mental Illness: Too Little Too Much

One outcome of Obama's announcement is concern that physicians & mental health care providers will now be reporting everyone's mental illness to the FBI…

Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder and Grieving | Creative …

Originally from:   Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder and Grieving | Creative …