Mental Health and Mental Illness Part 9...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, like other mental illnesses occurs on a continuum, or in layers of complexity. It is based on anxiety that underlies irrational fears and concerns than can only be...
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This post deviates from the overall direction of this blog page in that it does not follow the concept of covering the major mental illnesses and relevant information. Instead, this post is a response...
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The last of the major anxiety disorders to be discussed in this series is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. It is another one of the combination of emotional and neurological disorders that...
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Depression has been defined using many words over time but is currently called Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). It has also been referred to as clinical depression, major depression, unipolar...
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Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder much like depression. But, depression is unipolar and as previously discussed, has a depressed mood as its primary feature. A bipolar mood disorder has two poles;...
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Due to the most recent shootings and ongoing gun violence it seems apparent that there are two divergent paths being considered to "solve" the problem. One seems to be limit the guns, and the second...
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I have always been concerned about how the media has portrayed mental illness. Specifically, I fail to see the reality when I watch TV or watch a movie that has mental illness in the content. It seems...
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This post entry is a departure from the usual informational attempt on a particular illness to a question for our collective consideration. The question is whether or not the use of the computer,...
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Sexual deviance is a term that has been both useful and confusing in its application to the human condition. The term sexual deviance has been replaced by the term parafillia, which means the...
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This page has now been archived with no additional posts planned at this time, Ken.Most of the illnesses that we have covered so far are well documented and generally speaking, are not...
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The author and curator of this site passed away June 2021. In his memory we will keep this site running as long as it brings value.Feel free to comment to one another, but note that we will not be able...
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