From a teen in Canada: I have been formally diagnosed with major depressive disorder and social anxiety disorder and have been taking steps to deal with them. Recently I discovered Avoidant Personality Disorder and the …
Category Archives: Diagnosis
Do I Have Antisocial Personality Disorder? | Ask the Therapist
Some of your symptoms might be indicative of disorders other than antisocial personality disorder. For example, feeling detached, different, alienated, and lacking emotion, could be a sign of depression. It's common for people …
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children | World of Psychology
The mental health community has come to understand that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be as common in children as in adults. What began as a.
New Drug Guidelines for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia | Psych …
Patients with schizophrenia who fail to respond to standard antipsychotic medications have better outcomes if they begin taking the drug clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic drug, instead of moving on to another standard …
Free Mental Health Care Makes Financial Sense | World of …
Often people fret about who will pay for “free” healthcare. One solution more communities should look at is a private-public partnership between the local hospital and the government. In Orange County, Florida, a mental …