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Category: Articles>Mental Health

Solitary Gamblers Who Use Games to Cope at Higher Risk for Disorder, Study Finds

Articles>Mental Health

When people gamble, they typically do so in certain social settings and for particular motives or underlying reasons. Current research indicates that the presence of certain conscious or unconscious motives…

Lamotrigine Mitigates Mood Fluctuations in Bipolar Women, Study Finds

Articles>Mental Health

New research from a group of American scientists indicates that women with bipolar disorder experience notable menstrual cycle-related mood alterations, even when they receive effective treatment for their condition.

What to Do When You Love Someone With a Personality Disorder

Articles>Mental Health

Most of us have had someone in our lives who stirs up trouble. Think of the co-worker who undermines colleagues. Or the parent who’s the master of emotional blackmail, alternately…

9 Signs That You Have a Gambling Problem

Articles>Mental Health

Addiction is stealthy, nasty and unpredictable. In reality there is no reliable defense against addiction besides abstinence — don’t start drinking, drugging or gambling in the first place and nothing…

My Mindful Challenge? Harnessing Anger Behind the Wheel

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I’ve been involved in mindfulness practices in some form or another for over 25 years. I dabbled in meditation related to my karate classes during high school, began studying yoga…

Understanding of Mental Illness Increase, but Stigma Remains

Articles>Mental Health

Our understanding of mental illness has increased significantly over the past 15 to 20 years. Unfortunately, public attitudes about mental illness do not appear to have kept pace and, in…

Problem Gamblers Should Be Screened for Personality Disorders

Articles>Mental Health

The revelation that addicts often have underlying physical or mental health disorders does not exactly qualify as a shocker. Compulsive behaviors are often a coping mechanism for those who feel…

Ketamine Quickly Targets Depression

Articles>Mental Health

The anesthetic ketamine, which first came into use for surgical procedures more than 40 years ago, may be successful at treating one of two “cardinal symptoms” of major depressive disorder…

‘Mini-Stroke’ Can Lead to PTSD

Articles>Mental Health

New information from a team of researchers in Germany and the United Kingdom suggests that patients who experience a transient ischemic attack (TIA), often known as a “mini-stroke,” are at…

Age When Gambling Began, Not Gender, Best Predictor for Gambling Disorder

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People with gambling disorder have a non-substance-based behavioral addiction that manifests as seriously dysfunctional participation in at least one type of gambling activity. Current research indicates that, among those individuals…

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Category: Articles>Mental Health

Category: Articles>Mental Health

Solitary Gamblers Who Use Games to Cope at Higher Risk for Disorder, Study Finds

Lamotrigine Mitigates Mood Fluctuations in Bipolar Women, Study Finds

What to Do When You Love Someone With a Personality Disorder

9 Signs That You Have a Gambling Problem

My Mindful Challenge? Harnessing Anger Behind the Wheel

Understanding of Mental Illness Increase, but Stigma Remains

Problem Gamblers Should Be Screened for Personality Disorders

Ketamine Quickly Targets Depression

‘Mini-Stroke’ Can Lead to PTSD

Age When Gambling Began, Not Gender, Best Predictor for Gambling Disorder

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