Monthly Archives: June 2016

Introduction to personality disorders

Posted on June 6, 2016 by JmaC

What is a Personality Disorder? The term “Personality Disorder” implies there is something not-quite-right about someone’s personality. However, the term “personality disorder” simply refers to a diagnostic category of psychiatric disorders characterized by a chronic, inflexible, and maladaptive pattern of … Continue reading →

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Study Highlights Complexity of ‘Hearing Voices’

Posted on June 6, 2016 by JmaC

WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Rachel Waddingham hears voices. “I hear about 13 or so voices,” she said in a news release from Durham University, in England. “Each of them is different — some have names, they are … Continue reading →

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Recognizing mental health problems

Posted on June 6, 2016 by JmaC

Recognizing Mental Health Problems in Children Children’s mental health problems are real, common and treatable.Although one in five children has a diagnosable mental health problem, nearly two-thirds of them get little or no help. Untreated mental health problems can disrupt … Continue reading →

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What’s so Positive about Positive Psychology

Posted on June 6, 2016 by JmaC

Chances are, if you are reading this then you are at least passingly familiar with the emerging field of positive psychology. Although every religious and philosophical tradition through antiquity has offered insight into the “good life” it is only in … Continue reading →

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What Influences Our Happiness the Most?

Posted on June 6, 2016 by JmaC

I have two friends, Seth and Michael, and one of them is a lot happier than the other. Seth is chronically unhappy. He is often glum, frequently irritable, and sometimes hopeless, though he has never been clinically depressed. By contrast, … Continue reading →

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