Is It Alzheimer's or Normal Middle Age Memory Loss?

Isn't it frustrating to walk into a room and wonder what you were going to do there? Can't remember the name of that guy you had lunch with yesterday? You've know him a long time! Usually if you just relax your mind for a few minutes it will come to you. But what if it doesn't? Are you in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease?

Menopausal Depression is Prevalent and Can Be Treated

The idea that menopausal depression is invented is in dire need of revision. While moods often stabilize after hormone levels do, that can take years! In the meantime, treatment is available.

Anxiety, Phobias and Post Traumatic Stress - An Introduction to Some different Anxiety Disorders

Up to one in four adults know what it's like to experience mental health difficulties. This article describes the main types of anxiety disorder and gives some ideas for what to do if you suffer from them.

How to Recognize the Different Autism Types

You may hear autism referred to as a PDD. This stands for Pervasive Development Disorder, and is a blanket term for the many different autism types.

Defining Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention deficit disorder (abbreviated as ADD) is a syndrome exhibited usually by children aged seven years and below. The disorder is characterized by the child's persistent impulsiveness, hyperactivity and very short attention span.

Anxiety and Panic Attacks - Is Breathing the Cause?

Research has shown that it is often the misinterpretation of the bodily symptoms of rapid breathing that incite a panic attack through fear of the symptoms. So yes, breathing and panic attacks are closely related, some say it is hyperventilating that causes the attack and some say it is the fear of the symptoms of hyperventilating that causes the attack.

Attention Deficit Disorders and Related Problems in Children - A Spiritual View

The phenomenon of limited or impaired attention span, of difficult or aggressive behavior, of problems with peers or of making friends, of body level agitation which leads to nervous gestures or an inability to sit still for more than a minute - all of these can be symptoms not of a medical or psychological condition, but a condition that has to do with the greater presence of light on the planet and in the spiritual atmosphere or environment in which we live.

Recognizing Attention Deficit Disorder

You might be concerned your child has ADD. How can you tell? Where can you find information and help?

Disability Help - How To Overcome Panic Attacks?

Panic attacks arise of anxiety disorder and can have a life-changing impact on a person. It not only leaves a person helplessly distressed but also makes one see oneself as a lesser individual. This plays havoc with one's confidence and self-image. It has also seen that the person who undergoes panic attacks frequently tends to stay alone and does not even try to mix up with others, which depresses the person further.

10 Helpful Tips in Gaining Self-Esteem

Low self-esteem can lead to various problems in someone's career, relationships and personal life. Low self-esteem can easily be transformed into depression which can further affect one's metal, physical and social disposition.

How to Choose a Therapist

Getting a recommendation from a close family member or friend is probably the best way to obtain a therapist. Not unlike medical doctors all therapists have a particular field in which they specialize. Some may be good at one field and not at another, so matching the right doctor with the best patient is very important. Many times your general practitioner will can refer you to a good therapist. They would know who has a specialty on the field you may need.

Teen Suicides - Turn Around the Hopelessness

Suicide is among the top ten leading causes of death and has no regard for age, sex, or ethnic background. Suicide is among the top three causes of death among the young population of today's society. As difficult as those statistics are suicide is among the top five causes of death among the pre-teens.

Katrina Survisors and PTSD - The Pain Continues

Let's not forget the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Our neighbors from the Gulf Region are still suffering from the emotional scars from this natural disaster.