Psychological Disorders: News and Information Document List

Psychological Disorders Publications - (81 Articles)

• Gaming Disorder Disability: Video Game Addiction (VGA)

  Information regarding video game addiction, a problematic, compulsive use of video games resulting in significant inability to function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time.

• Growing Evidence That Mentally Ill Youths Become Less Healthy Adults

  Studies suggest mental health struggles in early life can lead to poorer physical health and advanced aging in adulthood.

• Link Between Excessive Screen Time and Teen Suicide Risk

  The more time teenagers spend on smartphones and other electronic screens, the more likely they are to feel depressed and think about, or attempt, suicide.

• Facial Recognition Findings May Help Develop Conduct Disorder Treatments

  Study shows teenagers with severe antisocial behaviour have difficulty recognising facial expressions and look less at parts of the face, such as the eyes, when viewing faces.

• Social Isolation and Loneliness Greater Threat to Public Health Than Obesity

  Research reveals loneliness and social isolation may represent greater public health hazard than obesity, and their impact has been growing and will continue to grow.

• Control Your Emotions by Talking to Yourself in the 3rd Person

  Silently talking to yourself in the third person during stressful times may help you control emotions without any additional mental effort.

• New Diagnostic Model For Psychiatric Disorders Proposed

  Psychologists and psychiatrists outline new diagnostic model for mental illness and how these illnesses are classified and diagnosed.

• Metacognitive Therapy: A Cure For Social Anxiety Disorders?

  Metacognitive therapy, means working with a patients thoughts and their reactions and beliefs about those thoughts by addressing their rumination and worry about how they function in social situations.

• New Theory on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  Context processing problems could explain symptoms and brain imaging findings, and integrate and improve on earlier models.

• PTSD and Veteran Disability Compensation and Pension

  When a veteran files claim for PTSD the VA will require the veteran undergo a Compensation and Pension Examination to verify PTSD diagnosis assess severity of symptoms, and determine if the condition is related to service.

• Link Between Teenage Antisocial Behavior and Brain Development

  MRI map of teenage brains provides evidence of link between antisocial behavior and brain development.

• Why People End Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  Research study on why many people end cognitive behavioral therapy before end of recommended course of treatment.

• Psychosomatic and Somatoform Disorders: Information, Types, Treatment

  Some physical diseases are thought to be especially prone to be worsened by mental factors such as anxiety and stress. Examples include eczema, psoriasis, high blood pressure, ulcers and heart disease.

• The Failing Stigma and Treatment of Mental Illness

  Details the stigma of being declared mentally ill or mentally incompetent and its most recent evidence, Germanwings flight 9525.

• Psychosis: Signs, Types, Risks, Treatment

  Information regarding psychosis, a serious mental disorder characterized by emotions and thinking that has lost contact with reality.

• People Believing They Were Born that Way Inclined to Blame God for Bad Behavior

  Study on evaluating how anger at God may be related to how people view the cause of their own moral transgressions.

• Mental Health: The $293 Billion Elephant in the Waiting Room

  Costs for treating patients with conditions accompanied by mental illnesses and addictions higher than those without these disorders.

• Lack of Mental Health Care in Prisons

  Research shows state and federal prisoners are not receiving treatment for mental health conditions.

• Police at Risk for PTSD - Positive Personality Traits

  Resilience, satisfaction with life and grateful disposition may shield police from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after natural disaster.

• Mentally Ill: Who Goes to Prison? Who Goes to Psych Institutions?

  Difference between people with mental illness incarcerated for crime and those declared not criminally responsible and hospitalized at psychiatric institution.

• Sociopaths: Common Symptoms and Traits

  Sociopaths display antisocial behavior characterized by lack of empathy towards others, displays of abnormal moral conduct and inability to conform with normal society.

• Borderline Personality Disorder Information

  Borderline Personality Disorder is a form of mental illness characterized by instability in moods self-image behavior and relationships.

• Treating and Preventing Seasonal Affective Disorder

  Lack of sunlight during winter months can cause subtype of depression called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), where episodes of depression occur during the same time every year.

• The Season Born Affects Your Later Life Mood

  New research shows that the season you are born has a significant impact on your risk of developing mood disorders.

• Research Finds Mental Illness Not Usually Linked to Crime

  According to a study most offenders with mental illness symptoms did not display a pattern of crime over their lifetime.

• Help Dealing with Bad Memories and Emotions

  Researchers studied mechanisms of focusing away from emotion during recollection of personal negative emotional memories like how sad you were or how embarrassed you felt.

• Asperger's Syndrome and Self-Esteem

  Information relating to people with Asperger's Syndrome and their self-esteem a disposition that represents their judgments of their own worthiness.

• Women with Mental Health Disability: Abusive Relationships

  Study reveals females with a severe mental health related disability more likely to have been a victim of partner violence.

• High PTSD and Depression Rates of Contractors in War Zones

  Study reveals private contractors who worked in conflict environments report suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression more often than military personnel.

• Narcissism: Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Bullying

  Article looks at Narcissistic Personality Disorder in particular bullies and people with Aspergers Syndrome.

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and People with Learning Disabilities

  The psychological understanding of PTSD is that it represents a failure on the part of an individual to process their experience of fear.

• Lack of Mental Health Care in America

  Mental health is a fluid state with untreated illness and disability at one end of the spectrum, and recovery and complete mental well-being at the other end..

• Deinstitutionalization: Speeding Closure of State Institutions

  Online toolkit and paper for advocates and policymakers to facilitate closure of state run institutions and meet needs of people with disabilities as they transition into the community.

• Common Mental Illnesses Affecting U.S. Workers

  Research in regards to psychiatric epidemiology has demonstrated that mental health disorders are common in America.

• Youth, Poverty and Mental Health

  The majority of people with mental health disabilities face unreasonable barriers related to finding work or attending school..

• Examining New PTSD Diagnosis Criteria

  Study indicates proposed changes to the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder will not substantially affect number of people who meet criteria for the disorder.

• Disability Benefit Eligibility: Mental Health Conditions

  Conditions covered by Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) includes many debilitating mental disorders.

• Adolescents and Stigma Associated with Mental Illness

  Reducing stigma associated with adolescent mental illness is essential step toward increasing number of teenagers who seek help they need.

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment

  Body dysmorphic disorder is when a person worries about their appearance and is concerned with something that is not present.

• Workplace Stress: Symptoms and Solutions

  Excessive workplace stress has potential to interfere with a persons productivity and have an impact on emotional and physical health.

• When Negative Thoughts Turn to Depression

  Negative thinking is a red flag for clinical depression stopping such thoughts early can save millions of people from mental illness.

• Diagnosing Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

  Children having difficulty dressing, playing some games, drawing or typing on a computer could be suffering from developmental coordination disorder (DCD).

• Everyday Stress Relief Tips

  Almost half of adults in America have reported feeling more highly stressed than they did a year ago.

• Mental Health Disability Increases in U.S.

  The prevalence of self reported mental health disabilities increased in America among non elderly adults during the last decade.

• Stress in the Workplace a Growing Health Hazard

  Study finds visits to doctors has risen 26 percent among workers in high stress jobs.

• Improving Global Mental Health

  Mental health experts are calling for a greater world focus on improving access to care and treatment for mental neurological and substance use disorders.

• Online Test for Autism and Mental Health Issues

  Parents and teachers concerned about a childs mental health and development can get immediate answers from an online screening with Project SKIP.

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Following Orthopaedic Trauma

  PTSD can hinder emotional physical and functional recovery following orthopaedic treatment.

• Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

  As many as 6 percent of all children suffer from Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) having a difficult time playing sports and staying organized at school.

• Even Mild Stress is Linked to Long-term Disability

  Psychological distress and risk of long term disability population based longitudinal study.

• Mental Illness and the Struggle for Services

  People with mental health disabilities often find themselves with no source of income home transportation and no way to get to the services they need.

• Depression Diagnosis Needs a Second Opinion

  This form of bipolar disorder is difficult to diagnose because its sufferers often are highly functioning and extremely productive.

• Bipolar Disorder Susceptibility Factor

  Study identifies a previously unrecognized susceptibility factor for bipolar disorder.

• Symptoms of PTSD That do the Most Damage

  To better treat PTSD a study examined which problems associated with PTSD actually correspond to lower quality of life.

• Genetics of Bipolar Disorder: Piccolo

  A new study in Biological Psychiatry implicates a brain protein called Piccolo in the risk for inheriting bipolar disorder.

• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): The Winter Blues

  Seasonal affective disorder or SAD is a form of depression which can include increased sleepiness sapped energy social withdrawal and apathy or disinterest.

• Can You Get Disability Benefits for Depression

  When filing for Disability benefits for Major Depression you must understand what information the Social Security Administration considers.

• Turning Off Stress

  Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect soldiers after combat or ordinary people who have undergone harrowing experiences.

• Law Broadening Access to Mental Health Treatment

  Majority of Americans remain unaware of a law mandating equal coverage of mental health benefits by insurance companies.

• Positive Emotions Good for Health in Old Age

  Data shows positive emotions may be a powerful antidote to stress, pain, and illness.

• Is Winter Making You Tired

  Many people experience fatigue when seasons change and the weather cools.

• Make a New Year's Resolution for a Healthy Mind

  Gauge your emotional well-being by taking a free anonymous mental health self-assessment.

• Drug Prevents Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome

  Injecting calming drugs into the brain within five hours of a traumatic event.

• Students Mad for Madness in America

  Students at the University at Buffalo are exploring the history of mental illness in American culture.

• Playing with Your Child Helps Their Mental Health

  Positive adult interactions during childhood can guard against personality disorders later in life.

• 1 in 5 Children Meet Criteria for a Mental Disorder Across Their Lifetime

  Prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents.

• Childhood Adversity May Lead to Unhealthy Stress Response in Adult Life

  Correlation between childhood adversity and exaggerated inflammatory response to stress among seemingly healthy people.

• Intensive Care Diaries Protect Patients from PTSD

  If staff and relatives make a diary for patients featuring information about their stay and accompanied by photographs PTSD rates can be significantly reduced.

• Urban Living and Psychotic Disorders

  Study examines association between urban living and psychotic disorders.

• Schizophrenia and Psychotic Syndromes

  Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders are a chronic and often disabling condition.

• Narcissistic Heterosexual Men Target Hostility at Heterosexual Women

  Narcissistic heterosexual men target their hostility primarily at heterosexual women but lesbians are seen favorably.

• Antisocial Personality Disorder - Psychiatric Conditions Facts and Information

  Antisocial personality disorder involves psychiatric conditions where a person demonstrates a pattern of exploiting manipulating or violating the rights of others.

• MDMA (Ecstasy) Assisted Psychotherapy Relieves Treatment Resistant PTSD

  MDMA also known as Ecstasy may one day offer hope for individuals with post traumatic stress disorder PTSD.

• Higher Risk of Epilepsy for Soldiers with Brain Injuries

  Soldiers with brain injuries at higher risk of epilepsy decades later.

• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in Children

  A child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) argues with adults parents teachers, has to have last say, does not listen or obey rules.

• Mental Issues of a Cyberbully

  Adolescent cyberbullies and their victims may have physical, mental health problems.

• Conduct Disorder Information and Help Options

  Information on bad adolescent behavior conduct disorder or juvenile delinquency in teens and youth.

• Method to Objectively Identify PTSD

  Biological marker in the brains of those exhibiting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

  Information on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) a form of anxiety disorder that may happen if a person has experienced a traumatic event.

• Trauma Reflects Our Psychological Well-Being

  Psychological well being was associated with post trauma stories that were high in closure.

• Psychological and Emotional Health

  Psychological and emotional health is feeling that all is well with your world that you are able to cope with whatever life brings your way.