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Do Ideology and Stigma Impact How We See Sex Addiction?
April 25, 2019 .
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According to a 2008 study, between 3-6% of Americans engage in compulsive sexual behavior (CSB), better known as sex addiction. Other studies cite similar statistics, and some addiction ... Read More
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Resilient Children Grow Up to Be Resilient Adults–True or Not?
April 23, 2019 .
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Problems in life are inevitable. Challenges cannot be avoided. Life is not always a bed of roses. The ability to recover from a difficult or unpleasant situation is resilience. Resilience ... Read More
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Could Schema Therapy Help Treat Narcissistic Personality?
April 19, 2019 .
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Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), or narcissism, as it’s often called, is one of the cluster B personality disorders, or emotional/impulsive personality disorders. Narcissism is ... Read More
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5 Myths and Facts About Drug Rehab
April 16, 2019 .
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Drug abuse is a serious health concern. Overdose-related deaths in the United States have reached epidemic level. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate ... Read More
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Nutrition for Anxiety: Foods to Eat and Avoid
March 28, 2019 .
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Nutrition is fuel for your body. Choose the right fuel and your body, including your mind, may function better. Research on the role of nutrition in fighting anxiety is mixed, but studies ... Read More
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Shock and Testing: Two More Twists on the Road to Grief Recovery?
March 14, 2019 .
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In her seminal book, On Death and Dying, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified five distinct stages of grief. Kübler-Ross worked with dying people and designed her model to describe ... Read More
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Isolation and Loneliness: What’s the Difference?
March 12, 2019 .
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Some people use the words “isolation” and “loneliness” interchangeably, but this does not reflect the true meaning of each term. Isolation may lead to loneliness, ... Read More
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Is It Still Gaslighting If My Partner Has Asperger’s?
March 11, 2019 .
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Author’s note: It is always a challenge to choose genders when writing about neurodiverse couples. Here I use the example of an autistic man and a neurotypical woman. I don’t mean ... Read More
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Avoidant Personality and Social Anxiety: What’s the Difference?
February 13, 2019 .
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Social anxiety and avoidant personality disorder share some common features, but they are separate mental health conditions. Because the two conditions appear similar in many ways, it’s ... Read More
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Dispelling 6 Common Myths About Oppositional Defiant Disorder
January 17, 2019 .
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Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a behavioral issue most often diagnosed in childhood. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) lists it in the category of ... Read More
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When Stress Is a Headache: The Link Between Trauma and Migraines
January 10, 2019 .
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Migraine headaches are one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide. Depending on the study, chronic migraines affect around 1 in 10 people, with twice as many sufferers being female. Migraine ... Read More
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Why Do Children Lie? Normal, Compulsive, and Pathological Lying in Kids
January 7, 2019 .
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Lying is developmentally normal for children of all ages, even when a child lies frequently. Lying allows children to test the boundaries between fantasy and reality, to protect themselves ... Read More
