Month: December 2016

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Month: December 2016

Images of Being Loved, Cared for Reduce Brain’s Response to Threat

Articles

The brain’s fear-generating capacity is a vital mechanism of protection that allows humans to respond appropriately to potential threats to their safety. From a biological perspective, the brain’s threat response…

How to Help the Family of an Alcoholic

Alcoholism

Among the many tragic aspects of alcoholism is that it doesn’t only affect the alcoholic. The disease extends its tentacles into the lives of all those who surround the addict…

Are Men More Likely to Cheat While on Drugs?

Articles>Drug Addiction

Not all addicts cheat on their partners, but it is common. Addicts who cheat have many excuses for doing so, but the real, underlying motivations are more difficult to uncover.…

Why Inpatient Depression Treatment Can Be More Effective Than Outpatient Solutions

Articles

Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders in the U.S. Many people affected by this condition can receive effective treatment in an outpatient setting. However, in certain…

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Less Commonly Known Bulimia Side Effects

Articles>Eating Disorders

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder with symptoms that commonly include repeated episodes of extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting, lack of control over this binge-purge cycle, and a poor…

Healthy Sex Life vs. Chronic Intimacy Disorder

Articles

Intimacy disorders are widely misunderstood, especially because there is no official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Intimacy disorder refers to a person’s inability to…

People With Sex Addiction Often Suffered Early Trauma

Articles>Sex Addiction

The cycles of behavior exhibited by people with sex addiction are often connected to traumatic childhood experiences, particularly attachment-related trauma that continues to impair their ability to form healthy interpersonal…

How Common Is Sex Addiction?

Articles>Sex Addiction

People addicted to sex engage in sexual thoughts, fantasies, and behaviors that make it difficult for them to retain a sense of well-being and function well in important aspects of…

If Your Parent Cheated, You’re More Likely to Have an Affair

Articles

People are more likely to commit relationship infidelity if one or more of their parents also committed infidelity, according to new research from the University of Nevada, Reno.

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4 Steps to Moving on After an Online Affair

Articles

Internet affairs can be easy to justify because they occur in the virtual world, but any time one partner keeps any kind of connection, whether physical or emotional, a secret…

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Month: December 2016

Month: December 2016

Images of Being Loved, Cared for Reduce Brain’s Response to Threat

How to Help the Family of an Alcoholic

Are Men More Likely to Cheat While on Drugs?

Why Inpatient Depression Treatment Can Be More Effective Than Outpatient Solutions

Less Commonly Known Bulimia Side Effects

Healthy Sex Life vs. Chronic Intimacy Disorder

People With Sex Addiction Often Suffered Early Trauma

How Common Is Sex Addiction?

If Your Parent Cheated, You’re More Likely to Have an Affair

4 Steps to Moving on After an Online Affair

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Month: December 2016

Month: December 2016

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