Category: Mental Health

Anxiety disorders are a specific category of mental illness categorized by significant fear or worry that won’t seem to subside. Sometimes the fear or anxious symptoms become progressively worse with time. With anxiety disorders, the …

A personality disorder is a condition that causes maladaptive disturbances in an individual’s thought processes, emotional processing, and behaviors. The personality disorder has been grouped into three main types. Suspicious personality disorders are those that …

Dementia is a term used to describe when the loss of certain behavioral abilities, remembering, thinking, and reasoning causes interference in an individual’s daily activities and life. Several cognitive functions are affected when an individual …

Parkinson’s disease a common neurological movement disorder that causes an individual to experience multiple neurological and motor symptoms due to a deficiency in dopamine. Dopamine, an important chemical in the brain, is considered a neurotransmitter …

Art therapy is a form of therapy practiced in the mental health field. During this kind of therapy, patients use art and media to explore feelings, develop social skills, manage behavior, cope with addiction, become …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder, which is a category of mental illness that present with irrational or unusual levels of fear or worry. OCD is a chronic condition that causes uncontrollable …

Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia, after Alzheimer’s disease. It accounts for between 10 and 20% of cases. Like all dementia’s, it’s characterized by cognitive impairment. This refers to the loss …

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that affects the central nervous system. The disorder causes abnormal electrical activity throughout the brain, which most commonly leads to seizures. Some individuals also experience unusual behavior, strange sensations or …

Post-traumatic stress is a mental disorder that results from exposure to traumatic events. Exposure to an accident, a war, homicide, a natural disaster, physical or emotional abuse are all things that may trigger it. In …

Most people have felt feelings of emptiness at some point in their lives. These emotional “blue” feelings are never fun, and getting rid of them is always easier said than done. The key to this …