Since the onset of the slow collapse of the U.S. economy, adolescent depression and suicide has been on the rise. This is typical when an economy flounders. As always, the wage earner and his or her family are suddenly restricted in their options and opportunities, downgraded, and maybe even cast out of their homes. When [...]
You could be depressed and not know it. In fact, many people suffering with the symptoms of depression are walking around and going through life without realizing that they are truly depressed and that they could feel a whole lot better. Minor depression is not always recognizable, and those with chronic depression don’t know they [...]
No one wants to know that they have a medical problem that can be chronic and debilitating. When you think of a diagnosis like this you may think of things like cystic fibrosis or cancer, but there are illnesses of the mind that can have a profound effect on your quality of life. Just as [...]
If you’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) you are not alone. It has been estimated that over 2 million people in the United States suffer from this form of mental illness which involves episodes of both mania and depression. Although bipolar disorder usually begins in childhood or early adulthood, it [...]
As scary as it sounds, one in every five Americans has a problem with anger management. Why is this scary? It can be a very scary problem when people don’t know how to manage their anger and end up displaying their anger at the most inappropriate of times. Not being able to manage your emotions [...]
As acronyms go, this one is a little snarky, a little sad: Headsss. Teachers around the country, not to mention social workers, all who deal with adolescents, and are responsible for them in a professional capacity, are taught to pay attention to this little number. It is about how those that need to care for [...]
You think of the battered wife with a bruise around her eye, or the abused child as the one with bruises all over his or her body that they try to hide from others. While these are certainly cases of abuse that should be addressed quickly, there are other types of abuse that are much [...]
