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Panic Disorder
By Dr Marcus Wee Lun Tan · 14 years ago
Do you have sudden moments of intense fear accompanied by palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness and other physical symptoms? Do you have Panic Disorder ? A panic attack is a sudden surge of overwhelming fear that can ...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
By Dr Marcus Wee Lun Tan · 14 years ago
Do you feel troubled by excessive worries? Unable to relax? Difficulty sleeping? Do you or your family member have an anxiety disorder? In an anxiety disorder, there is an excessive amount of anxiety which is ...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD)
By Dr Jiunn Yew Thong · 14 years ago
1) What is OCD? OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is a common disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 2-3% in the general population. It occurs in children, adolescents and adults, and both men and women ...
Depression
By Dr Jiunn Yew Thong · 14 years ago
1) What is Depression? Depression is much more than just passing sadness that most of us experience from time to time. While feeling "blue" or "down in the dumps" in response to setbacks, losses and ...
Insomnia
By Dr Jiunn Yew Thong · 14 years ago
1) What is Insomnia? Insomnia exist in various forms: many suffers experience difficulty in getting to sleep, others have interrupted sleep, some wake up too early in the morning and a few simply have poor ...
Introducing Neuro Linguistic Programming
By David Green · 14 years ago
Go back into your mind to the time that you first learned to walk. Did you just stand up and walk? Unlikely of course. You will have spent many months learning to crawl, then kneel ...
Why You Need a Support Group When You Have Bipolar Disorder
By Cassandra Good · 14 years ago
Why you need a support group when you have Bipolar Disorder When you have bipolar disorder you need support in a variety of forms and levels depending on where you are at physically, mentally, emotionally, ...
What does Independence Mean for a Person with Bipolar Disorder
By Cassandra Good · 14 years ago
What does Independence Mean for a Person with Bipolar Disorder July 4 is considered the day that America gained her freedom. It is called Independence Day. What does it mean to be independent? Some synonyms ...
What does it mean to Thrive when you have Bipolar Disorder
By Cassandra Good · 14 years ago
What Does it Mean to Thrive When You Have Bipolar Disorder The definition of Thrive according to the dictionary means 1) to prosper or flourish 2) to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; improve physically. As individuals ...
Cognitive behavioral therapy is the best
By Thomas Strickland · 14 years ago
Putting aside all the pointless arguments about whether people should get so anxious, the practical reality is that they do. If this seriously disrupts their ability to lead normal lives, then something should be done. ...
The American Psychiatric Association is at it again
By Thomas Strickland · 14 years ago
Well, it’s that time of the decade again and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is going through it ritual of revising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Let’s be clear why this is important. For ...
Hypnosis: changing your mind?
By Gayle De Faveri · 14 years ago
Hypnosis: is a mental state or set of attitudes and beliefs usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a series of preliminary instructions and suggestions. Prior to ...
Covert hypnosis
By Louis Doughty · 14 years ago
Covert Hypnosis is the art of controlling the mind of somebody else and therefore their actions. It was first created by a great psychiatrist named Milton H Erickson he was the absolute master and expert ...
3 Simple Steps To Using Confusion In Erickson Hypnosis
By Ryan Clark · 14 years ago
When using Erickson hypnosis, a big role is played by confusion. Basically, what you want to do with this form of hypnosis is to connect with your the unconscious mind of your subject. When you ...
National Institutes of Health spotlights TM research
By Linda Mainquist · 14 years ago
A recent study found daily Transcendental Meditation practice helps young adults decrease psychological stress and increase coping ability, and for a group of students at high risk for developing hypertension, these changes also were associated ...
3 Tips For Increasing Self-Esteem
By Natalie Jewell · 14 years ago
Do you have low self-esteem? Are you nervous to be in big groups of people because you are afraid of what everyone will think of you? Well, don't worry, you are not alone. Many of ...
Addictions and The Change Process
By Sophie Henshaw · 14 years ago
In order to give up an addiction such as smoking, drinking or using drugs, a person must go through foreseeable stages of change. Since Prochaska and DiClemente’s hallmark research in 1982, these stages have been ...
30 Mere Seconds To Smooth Self-Hypnosis
By Jenny Summers · 14 years ago
There are lots of ways to encourage a peaceful, unstrained mind set, in which the body is still, and also the sensitive system is simply placed aside for a short time because the unconscious mind ...
Human Psychology History
By Rahul Nair · 14 years ago
Human Psychology History Medieval Perspective Basic ideas of Structuralism and Functionalism In 1879, studies in the field of human psychology began as a science of its own in Leipzig, Germany. With the establishment of Wundt’s ...
Yesterday’s Men – How Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Uses the Past to Heal the Present
By Phill Taylor · 14 years ago
It’s a truth long acknowledged, in therapeutic circles, that the things that happen in one’s past form the person’s today. The child, as they say, is father (or mother) to the man (or woman): and ...