Sometimes I think that I have a mental health problem and that at any minute the pharmaceutical companies are going to develop a cute little green star-shaped pill to cure me of my ailment. I call it my Joan of Arc Complex. You see, I hear voice ...

To seek and find truth requires that we communicate within rather than without. When we communicate outside, with other people, truth is always watered down by differing perceptions, consensus, and compromise. People have different understandings. ...

Swedish Scientists did a study and found that young men with low intelligence scores were more likely to commit suicide.

¡°Researchers from Sweden's Karolinska Institute analyzed test scores for 987,308 armed forced recruits and then cross-re ...

¡°Hey Mac, have you ever been thinking of someone and then-bang! - The telephone rings and it¡¯s them on the phone?¡±

¡°Pinkus, why are you always asking me stupid inane questions that have absolutely no relevance whatsoever to the job at hand?¡± ...

Our life in society hovers around the concept of ¡®You¨CI¨C We¡¯. The first stage is ¡®You-You¡¯ which is called ¡®dependent¡¯ stage. As a child, we are dependent on others for our needs and expect help and support from others. The dependence can be eithe ...

I¡¯m surprised when some patients and caregivers confuse dementia and Alzheimer¡¯s as one and the same. Each time a family member is suffering from memory loss, the conclusion is always Alzheimer¡¯s. Is it reasonable to label all dementias as Alzheim ...

Alzheimer¡¯s Dementia has a combination of cognitive and behavioral manifestations. Cognitive impairment is the core problem which includes memory deficits and at least one of the following: aphasia or language problem, agnosia or problems with rec ...

How do we treat bipolar disorder? Specifically, how do we treat mania or depression associated with bipolar disorder? The treatment of these two clinical states is not the same.

The treatment of mania is dependent upon its severity and acuit ...

Jill is a 21 y/o college student who used to do well until about a few months ago when she started to experience ¡°weird¡± attacks almost daily. She described her experience as ¡°horrible.¡± When she has the attack, she feels that she¡¯s about to die o ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurologically based disorder.

This position has become controversial as many would like to dismiss the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder altogether saying that there is n ...

In my fifteen years of private practice working with children with ADHD, one of the common concerns that I observed by parents was the fear that they had done something, or failed to do something, that caused their child's ADHD. I guess it is norm ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a medical condition. It is caused by genetic factors that result in certain neurological differences. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes in various forms, and there are five or six different ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - "ADD" or "ADHD" - affects between five to ten percent (5% - 10%) of all children in the United States, and three to six percent (3% - 6%) of adults. About 35% of all children referred to mental health cli ...

Even though the percentage of people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is likely the same as in the past, there are three likely reasons why it seems that "there is more ADHD" than ever before:

First, we become more aware of ...

Anti-social behaviors are common with ADHD individuals. About 60% of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder kids are also oppositional or defiant. Some are even getting in trouble with the law.

Impulsive-Hyperactive ADHD kids are the ...