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Opiate Abuse, Addiction, Dependence And Treatment Part I
Health and Fitness: Mental Health • Published: December 1, 2011
The epidemic rise of opiate addiction in the US and the world has created many consequences. There are upward of one million Americans with a reported opiate addiction. Four fifths of who receive no treatment at all.
Sexual Addiction: The Pathway To Treatment, Part II
Health and Fitness: Mental Health • Published: December 1, 2011
Part one of the sexual addiction article discusses the behaviors of those affected by the condition. It may be helpful to recall that sexual addiction includes the excessive focus and preoccupation with sexual behaviors that may be high risk and occur in various forms of sexual activity.
Treatment of Opiod Dependence Part 2
Health and Fitness: Drug Abuse • Published: November 30, 2011
Addiction can occur with anyone about almost anything. Opioid addiction is pandemic and it has several more complicating aspects than some other addictions. Overall, it is a very complex health condition that usually requires longer durations of treatment.
The Assessment And Treatment Of The Psychiatric Aspects Of The Female Reproductive Cycle - Part 2
Health and Fitness: Womens Issues • Published: December 20, 2010
Part 2: The next segment is a follow up to our prior discussion on women's reproductive cycles and psychiatric aspects of care. We would like to begin by focusing on menopause.
The Assessment and Treatment of the Psychiatric Aspects Of the Female Reproductive Cycle - Part 1
Health and Fitness: Womens Issues • Published: December 20, 2010
The female reproductive cycle has many phases. These range from the premenstrual to the peri and postmenopausal phases. There are many variables, which can contribute to these reproductive phases creating psychiatric comorbidities.
Cornerstones Of America's Anxious Foundation - Part I
Health and Fitness: Anxiety • Published: December 16, 2010
Anxiety is the most frequently occurring illness in America. Estimates of reported cases are in the range of one sixth of the U.S. population is inflicted with some form of the disorder. The numbers of unreported cases could be at least as many. The overall economic impact is in the tens of billions of dollars annually.
Cornerstones of American Anxiety Part II
Health and Fitness: Anxiety • Published: December 16, 2010
Anxiety, if well harnessed is a very important and useful systemic tool. It has as its main purpose, the function of keeping us safe from harm in many forms. This innate early warning system may very well be the first line of internal defense.
The Role Of Your Thyroid In Psychiatric Illness
Health and Fitness: Thyroid • Published: December 12, 2010
For more than a century, science has recognized the connection between the thyroid axis and several commonly experienced psychiatric diseases. Perhaps, most notably, depression.
Understanding Postpartum Psychiatric Issues
Health and Fitness: Womens Issues • Published: December 12, 2010
Women have the unique quality of carrying and giving birth to the new hopes and dreams of the human species. This is a time that has both great expectations of hope and bountiful joy for all. These expectations however may be altered or only briefly experienced. The postpartum period may be influenced by several psychiatric issues. These include: "Baby Blues", postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis.
The Loud Silence Of Suicide - Part 1
Health and Fitness: Depression • Published: December 10, 2010
Suicide has many causes and causes many tears. It's been said it is the "terminal disease of psychiatry". In recent years there have been several analyses of the causes of suicide in order to better understand its various aspects and what specific interventions would help to prevent the upward trends observed in earlier studies.
Suicide Prevention and Treatment, Part II
Health and Fitness: Depression • Published: December 10, 2010
Suicide continues to be on the rise. Statistics are published to help manage needs, however, the stats around this phenomenon are nothing short of shocking.
Sexual Addiction: A Most Intimate Concern, Part I
Relationships: Sexuality • Published: December 10, 2010
Sexual addiction is very private and highly complicated. Successfully mastering any compelling problem starts with an awareness of what you are dealing with.
Addressing Your Trauma - Results and Relief
Health and Fitness: Mental Health • Published: August 10, 2009
Trauma by definition is an experience outside of the realm of experience(s) of your peer group. Clearly, this is a very broad interpretation. The more imminent or even explicit the bodily harm, the more overwhelmed the defenses may become.
Psychiatric Aspects of Gynecologic Cancers
Cancer • Published: August 10, 2009
The various forms of cancer in this category consist of: breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical forms principally. There is some controversy regarding the effects that psychiatric/psychological factors play in the incidence and course of these and other cancers.
A Progressive Approach to Psychiatry
Health and Fitness: Mental Health • Published: July 30, 2009
We as humans are both preciously simple and perplexingly complex all at the same time. We struggle with emotional disruptions from life's events and internal messages that may be challenging. Our intellects develop slowly over several years and eventually catch up. This emergence of new skills is often meant with confusion and angst.
