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Teen Girls in 2015 Need Good Commun…
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week: Teen Girls in 2015 Need Good Communication Skills A Teen Girl's Guide To Speaking Up Most...
Domestic Abusers: Perpetrators of D…
It's almost impossible to identify domestic abusers, since these individuals come in all shapes and sizes. Perpetrators of domestic violence simply hail from different backgrounds...
Obsessive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoug…
People with OCD have obsessive thoughts or images that bother them. (What is OCD?) These obsessive, intrusive thoughts, a key characteristic of the OCD diagnosis...
Emotional Abuse: Definitions, Signs…
Emotional abuse can happen to anyone at any time in their lives. Children, teens and adults all experience emotional abuse. And emotional abuse can have...
Psychological Effects of Alcohol
Alcohol is a depressant, so one of the chief effects of alcohol on the brain is to depress central nervous system functioning which may be...
EMDR Therapy for PTSD and Trauma Vi…
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a useful trauma therapy and is a psychological treatment designed to alleviate the distress and anxiety that...
How to Offer Mental Health Support …
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week: How to Offer Mental Health Support to Someone Who Rejects It Why Would Someone Reject...
Suicide Hotline Phone Numbers
If you are not in immediate danger, please refer to one of the suicide hotline numbers below. If you or someone you know is in immediate...
Treatment of Cognitive Deficits (Sy…
Effective treatments for cognitive deficits in depression do exist to help the many people with depression suffering from cognitive deficits in areas like memory, concentration...
Do Sociopaths Cry or Even Have Feel…
The answer to the question, "do sociopaths cry or have feelings?" is perhaps best expressed in song. Lesley Gore's 1963 song It's My Party and...
Child Abuse Information Articles
Articles on Child Abuse, Child Neglect What is Child Abuse? Child Abuse Definition Types of Child Abuse Laws on Child Abuse. What Constitutes Child Abuse? How to Report Child...
Guiding Aspergers’ Teens Within Opp…
We would like some help coaching our older teenage son with Aspergers' Syndrome as he starts to date. Opposite sex relationships among older teens with Aspergers...
Understanding PTSD Nightmares and F…
PTSD nightmares and flashbacks keep people trapped in the trauma they survived (PTSD Causes: Causes of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Giarratano (2004) explains that living with...
Mood Stabilizers for Bipolar Disord…
Mood stabilizers are a type of medication used in the treatment of bipolar and other disorders. As the name suggests, mood stabilizers work to prevent...
Why Teens Consider Suicide
What causes some teenagers to consider suicide, taking their own life? Read on to discover the role of depression in teen suicide. Teen suicide is becoming...
How to Deal with the Stigma of Bipo…
Dealing with stigma of bipolar disorder is a challenge that almost every person with bipolar disorder faces (What Is Stigma?). Whether you’re dealing with bipolar...
Psychological Tests
- Narcolepsy Test: Do I Have Narcolepsy?
- Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Test: Do I Have RLS?
- Sexual Addiction Screening Test (Men)
- Depression Quiz
- Online Stress Test
- Eating Disorder Test
- Cocaine Addiction Test
- Sexual Addiction Screening Test (Women)
- Sociopath Test: Am I A Sociopath?
- Cybersex Addiction Test
Mental Health Videos
Why Am I Depressed?
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- Feeling depressed? Figuring out why you're feeling depressed can help you treat your depression. Watch Becky Oberg, author of the More Than Borderline...
Unable to Sleep, Overactive Brain, A...
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- This video talks about anxiety and being unable to sleep at night due to a brain that will not stop.
Help for Gambling Addiction - Calvar...
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- Tips from the Calvary Center: Affordable, faith-based Residential Treatment For Substance Abuse and Problem Gambling
Depression and Building Self-Esteem:...
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- This vlog, by our Emily Roberts, author of Building Self-Esteem discusses depression and self-esteem. Being aware of depressive symptoms can be helpfu...
Self-Medication for Bipolar Disorder
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- Many people with bipolar disorder self-medicate by drinking alcohol or smoking pot to deal with their bipolar symptoms. But is that okay? HealthyPlace...
Sleep Deprived Depression (song)
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- A song I made for my friend who gets upset if she stays up too late.
Inside Out by Rainbow Bubbles (on be...
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- This is something we wrote a while back, about what its like from the inside point of view to be DID.
Social Anxiety Disorder vs. Shyness
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- The difference between Social Anxiety Disorder and shyness, explained by HealthyPlace.com Medical Director, Dr. Harry Croft.
Ex-Gay Therapy Lead to Loss of My Fa...
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- How a former patient of ex-gay therapist loss his faith in the Coastline Bible Church
Getting Help for Bipolar Disorder
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- What's entailed in getting help for bipolar disorder? Here's HealthyPlace.com Consumer Expert and author, Julie Fast.
Tips on Remembering to Take Psych Me...
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- Taking psych meds is a reality for many mentally ill people. These tips make remembering to take psych meds easier and a bit more fun. Visit the Break...
Exercise for Depression
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- Dr. Vincent Bellonzi is a chiropractor and a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. He has been in practice for over 12 years. He received his Doctorate fro...
MDD. - YouTube
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- just a glimpse into the week im about to go into. Daily Records of Severity: http://pmdd.factsforhealth.org/have/dailyrecord.asp If you think you may...
Children with ADHD
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- For more information please visit: http://nsnews.org/adhd/ One of many challenges of having a child diagnosed with ADHD is learning how to talk about...
Alzheimer's and Me
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- Woman interviews grandfather with Alzheimer’s and grandmother who is a caregiver.
Plastic Surgeon NYC | Body Dysmorphi...
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- NYC Plastic Surgeon Dr. Adam Kolker is interviewed by First at Four WABC about body dysmorphic disorder. Adam R. Kolker, M.D., F.A.C.S. is an aestheti...
Obsessed - trichotillomania part 1
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- Obsessed - trichotillomania, Mandi's recovery progress with treatment.
Food Addiction & Its Impact on Dieti...
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- How food addiction is destroying your chances of successfully losing weight with Zoe Harcombe, Author, The Harcombe Diet
1. Bulimia Symptoms
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- Check us out at http://emotionallyfreeandgorgeous.com/ All bulimia symptoms are either the behaviors necessary to produce the bing/purge cycle, or res...
Is there a personality type that bec...
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- There are certain personalities that do seem to have a stronger leaning to work addictions, but that all can come as a function of the family environm...
Challenging Your Negative Thoughts
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- Negative thoughts and self-talk can bring you down. Recovering from Mental Illness's Mike Ehrmantrout explains how to challenge your negative thoughts...
Don't Let Fear of Failure Stand in t...
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- Sometimes when we want to meet goals for success, anxiety and the fear of failure overpowers us. We can't succeed by fearing failure. Tanya J. Peterso...
Women struggle with Sex Addiction to...
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- An candid intervew with two women who have struggled with carnage left when they were both molested at a young age, This is the story of how they cope...
Intro for Mental Health for the Digi...
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- Hi I'm Dani Z, the new Healthy Place blogger for Mental Health for the Digital Generation. Please check back with me Monday and Thursday for new posts...
REAL LIFE DRUG STORY VIDEOS -- Drug...
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- teenagers addiction of drugs,alcohol and other dangerous substances
Tools for Mood Stability
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- HealthyPlace.com Expert Bipolar Patient and author, Julie Fast, shares her tools for mood stability and for dealing with the symptoms of bipolar disor...
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Alcoholic Symptoms: Signs of an Alc…
Unfortunately, many people are unable to see the alcoholic symptoms within themselves and so the people around them must watch for the signs of an...
Coming Out Gay To Your Doctor
Why You Should Come Out Gay To Your Doctor Regardless of the comfort level one has in coming out to their doctor, there are specific gay...
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID…
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) treatment can be long-term and difficult but it is possible. DID treatment should, ideally, always be conducted by professionals that specialize...
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Di…
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder symptoms usually appear by early adulthood. People with OCPD exhibit a long-standing and consistent pattern of preoccupation with perfectionism, inflexibility, mental and...
How to Support a Rape Victim – For …
It's incredibly painful to watch a person you love go through a trauma like rape and you might not know how to support a rape...
What is Reactive Attachment Disorde…
Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is a trauma disorder of infancy and childhood involving severe disruption of attachment (See also What is Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder?). Attachment...
What is Narcissistic Personality Di…
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Definition People with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) exhibit a pervasive and long-term pattern of an excessive sense of self-importance, extreme preoccupation with themselves...
Hoarding Causes: Psychology of Hoar…
Behind the Causes of Hoarding Hoarding causes people to form extreme emotional attachments to inanimate objects and, sometimes, animals. People who suffer from hoarding disorder tend...
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