Category Archives: Mental Illness

Psychedelic drugs return as potential treatments for mental illness …

Blog Festival: New research confirms that psychedelic drugs are promising treatments for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia, says Moheb Costandi.

Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms | Psych Central

The main feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and emotions. People with borderline personality disorder are also usually very impulsive, oftentimes …

Schizophrenia – Tall Guy Investigates

An eleven page chapter from my upcoming book Psychiatric Tales, which will be out from Blank Slate in early 2010. Feel free to point out any errors or make any other comments. 1 schizophrenia · 2 schizophrenia

Overcome Anxiety Disorders by Beating the Anxiety Trick

This Recovery Guide to anxiety disorders shows you how to beat the Anxiety Trick, and describes powerful ways to overcome fears and phobias. … A person with Generalized Anxiety Disorder worries repeatedly and continually about a wide variety of possible problems, and becomes so consumed by worry that she fears the worry will eventually kill her or drive her to a "nervous breakdown".

Living with Schizoaffective Disorder | Psych Central

Being schizoaffective is like having manic depression and schizophrenia at the same time. It has a quality all its own though which is harder to pin.