What is a hyponchrondriac?
- 4.25.2011
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Hypochondria (also called hypochondriasis) is a mental illness in which individuals suffer from symptoms of a medical illness that cannot be explained as an actual physical disorder. People who suffer from hypochondria have anxiety about getting a disease or are convinced that they have a disease even though medical tests prove that they are perfectly healthy.
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What is the difference between dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia?
- 4.22.2011
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Dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia are often confused and used interchangeably, but they are very different.
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What is dissociative identity disorder?
- 4.21.2011
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If someone has multiple personalities, he or she may suffer from dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder.
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Treatment programs for bipolar disorder
- 4.20.2011
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Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that affects three percent of the U.S. population. A patient who suffers from bipolar disorder suffers from severe mood swings—at one moment a person can feel great and at a moment’s notice can have a drastic mood change. Someone who suffers from bipolar disorder often also suffers from depression. Between the depression and the extreme mood swings, bipolar disorder can be very frustrating; however, there are many treatment options. When medication and bipolar disorder treatment programs are used together, patients enjoy a 70–85 percent success rate!
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What is bipolar disorder?
- 4.19.2011
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Bipolar disorder, also called manic depression, is a brain disorder that causes extreme changes in someone’s mood, energy, thinking, and behavior. Bipolar disorder can cause repeated episodes of depression and can drastically change how a person feels from one minute to the next. Additionally, bipolar disorder has been linked to anxiety, diabetes, heart disease, migraines, and substance abuse. More than four million adults in the United States suffer from bipolar disorder. It is the sixth-leading cause of disability worldwide and is more common in youth than it is in adults. Statistics show that women are three times more likely to experience rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, and most people will start displaying symptoms around the age of 25.
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