Bipolar II disorder differs from Bipolar I . Manic behavior present is present to a lesser degree, called hypomania. A hypomanic episode...

Behaviors & symptoms of some individuals don't fit into either major mood disorder or schizophrenia. Instead, they seem to have some...

It's a group of disorders characterized by early onset, combination of overacrive, poorly modulated behavior with marked inattention &...

Mental issues are still considered with stigma. Not everyone, but most people think likewise. But do you know how difficult it is to...

Forensic psychiatry comes into play to judge any sort of destructive or homicidal incident to gain some clear idea about criminal's modus...

We very commonly use the term "Mentally retarded" for any sort of developmental or behavior disorder. That's very surface level...

DSM-IV-TR contains diagnostic categories for many problems that affect children. Tic disorder is one of them. Tics are involuntary,...

An addiction generally has 4 properties ; (1) craving, (2) compilation, (3) loss of control, (4) continuing the behavior inspite of...

Cocaine, the name itself is a headline nowadays for it's popularity among celebrities. It's the main active drug in the leaves of the...

How many have you read King Lear written by William Shakespeare? There's a famous line "I fear, I'm not in my perfect mind." King's...

A rapidly growing psychotic disorder, Schizophrenia, has the most severe impact on people's lives & health care system. Though a small...

Most dangerous personality disorder which can ruin a family & make other's life nothing but he'll. The word NARCISSISM came from a...

HOMOSEXUALITY - So natural yet full of stigma. Sexual behavior of all types never ceases to be a topic of great interest. Views of sexual...

Deepest psychological threat what we usually try to hide. Human sexual response cycle moves through a psychological process related to...

When someone experiences rampant mood swings & seizure, he/she opts silence and prefers to isolate self from all external sources. We generally suggest the person to come out of self isolation & talk to friends at least. General perception is this is the way to get out of any emotional dark phase. People often overcome their maladaptive reactions to stress in course of time, but help of an expert may speed up the process. Expert has 2 broad functions , (1) to provide support

In life, we all face some stress arousing situations that typically evoke high level of stress & may result in emotions so intensely that they interfere with normal functioning. Such conditions require adjustment to situations that arise in life. Death of a close one illustrates the need for a situational adjustment. Going to college for the first time is an example of transitional adjustment. Accidents, natural disasters, war situation, social violence are some life size exa

After pandemic, a social issue that had come out with significant threat is drop out rate of students. There may be millions of reasons behind it, but result will stand on singular point, i.e. unemployment. A major portion of drop outs will become unorganized & unskilled labor. They will earn their basic needs but will not be able to raise their standard of living to a great extent. It'll be a bigger threat for future society due to price hike & population explosion, particul

How you can identify your kid with different life? Diagnosis of Autism can be difficult because, even though many autistic children have...

Antisocial Personality Disorder - the term itself is enough to identify the problem. A bit risky, scary, unpredictable attitude that keep...

Numerous researches on BPD are ongoing worldwide probably because of large number of cases diagnosed. And also because borderline...