Mental Health

By Keira Richardson - Under the term of avoidant attachment is understood the condition separated by Mary Ainsworth who studied the attachment theory of John Bowlby's.

By Nicolette Hatcher - Nervous breakdown is a common mental disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. In most cases nervous breakdown is caused by relationship issues, work pressure and financial problems. As a matter of fact, it is hard to diagnose the disease as the symptoms vary from individual to individual.

By Terra Swan - Loss of a loved one is something that is always hard to bear. It is pain and denial and shock that a person feels and this is also known as grief. Read more about teh ways to live and cope with it.

By Clair Dienst - Schizophrenia is a serious illness that is not fully understood nowadays. Some think that it is a hereditary condition but is it really so?

By Chloe Burton - Have you ever noticed that the more you think in a negative way, the worse the situation gets? Do you remember that as soon as you chose to change your attitude to a positive one, things improve? Here are some words about the power of positive attitudes.

By Keira Richardson - It is very hard for many parents to let their kids go and live their own lives. Some bare the separation better, other suffer hard. The condition has got the name of empty nest syndrome and can be helped by relatives, friends and also specialists, if needed.

By Chloe Burton - Seasonal affective disorder is also known under the abbreviation SAD and it is a very wide-spread condition. Especially it is true for the countries that have long and dark autumn and winter months.

By Jerry Trollock - Leadership is not for everyone. A person who aspires to be a leader has got a lot to work with. It is possible to become a leader but it is also a serious step to take.

By Jen Svenson - Defense mechanisms have been discovered and described Z. Freud and now there are a lot of articles written about them. To some extent they help us survive and stay sane.

By Jerry Trollock - OCPD is a serious personality disorder that is characterized by a person's obsession with control, rules and order. It can be mild in its manifestation; however, in its extreme forms, rather troublesome.

By Neva Meyers - Schizophrenia is very popular topic and there is a lot of information. Still, there is also a lot of misunderstanding on the issue. It is a serious mental disorder that is not treatable at the moment. There are different types of it according to the symptoms a person manifests.

By Neva Meyers - A person's mind is a very complicated thing. Frequently its reactions are a great puzzle and depersonalization disorder is one of them. It is a mental condition from a group of dissociative disorders and is characterized by so called "out of body" experience.

By Neva Meyers - Perhaps, you have read about teenagers who cut themselves in order to feel pain. They may seem crazy to you but the thing is that these people are going through something very difficult in their lives and this is the way they try to cope. Cutting disorder is met in different ages and needs help of a professional psychologist in the majority of cases.

By Amalia Pratt - Colors are powerful - this has become clear to our forefathers long ago. That is why Indian and Chinese medicines use colors as curing options. Nowadays, it has been notices that color therapy can be also great for kids with ADHD.

By Terra Swan - Manic depression is also known as bipolar disorder. It is a frequent condition; thought, many people have no idea about it. It is characterized by two repeated periods - mania and depression.

By Amalia Pratt - Bipolar disorder is characterized by the intermittent periods of mania and depression. They can differ in time ans intensity and the quality of manifestation. There are four main types of the condition. It is treated successfully, if not neglected for a long time.

By Jen Svenson - Hypnosis is very interesting. Since it has become known and practiced, it has taken a place in the methods of psychological treatment and proved to be successful. It is fascinating to know how how hypnosis works works in reality.

By Jerry Trollock - Adult attachment disorder is often rooted deeply in the childhood experiences of a person. It is a very serious condition and frequently it is even hard to tell whether a person manifests the symptoms of this illness or these are just personal traits of character.

By Terra Swan - Avoidant personality disorder is in the list of other personal disorders and is an illness that complicated a personal ability to interact with other people. It can be however, successfully helped with various talk therapies.

By Neva Meyers - Family as a unit frequently needs assistance from outside when misunderstandings and troubles begin. Special techniques have been developed and are used successful by many psychotherapists in order to restore peace and mutual understanding in families.