Featured Topics

ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
	This topic center provides a detailed description of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), its causes, symptoms and treatments. ADHD is a neurological disorder that develops during childhood and can persist into adulthood. More...

Anxiety Disorders
	In this topic center you'll find information on the Anxiety Disorders, including phobia (social anxiety, agoraphobia, etc.), panic disorder, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. More...

Bipolar Disorder
	Bipolar Disorder causes people to swing between extreme, severe and typically sustained mood states which affect their energy levels, attitudes, behavior and ability to function. More...

Depression: Major Depression & Unipolar Varieties
	This topic center is a comprehensive overview of the unipolar mood disorders with an emphasis on the causes of and treatments for depression. More...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
	Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder which may involve dissociation that occurs in the wake of exposure to traumatic events. This topic center provides an overview of the causes, symptoms and treatments for PTSD. More...

Other Topics of Interest

Abuse
	Abuse occurs when people mistreat or misuse other people, showing no concern for their integrity or innate worth as individuals, and in a manner that degrades their well being.More...

Addictions: Alcohol and Substance Abuse
	People who become addicted to alcohol/drugs are gradually introduced and desensitized to them over a period of time. More...

Aging & Geriatrics
	This topic center provides information about disease prevention and health promotion activities which can help you prevent, delay, or manage problems associated with aging. More...

Alzheimers Disease and other Cognitive Disorders
	This topic center provides information on Alzheimer's Dementia, other forms of dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and other cognitive disorders such as Delirium, all of which cause problems with thinking, memory, attention, judgment and emotion regulation. More...

Anger Management
	Anger is a basic and normal emotion, but one that can easily become destructive and lead to health and social problems. Explore information in this topic center on the nature of anger, and anger management therapy and techniques.More...

Autism
	This topic center provides a comprehensive overview of causes and treatments for Autism, a brain disease characterized by the presence of severe communication, language and social deficits in affected persons. More...

Child & Adolescent Development: Overview
	An overview of child development theories from a developmental psychological point of view. Reviewed theorists include freud, kohlberg, erikson, piaget, bronfenbrennerMore...

Childhood Mental Disorders and Illnesses

The Childhood Mental Disorders and Illnesses topic center provides an overview of mental and emotional disorders and illnesses impacting children and their families including attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), mental retardation, autism and other pervasive development disorders, and disorders of learning, speech and communication, movement, motor function, feeding, conduct, elimination, and anxiety (such as selective mutism and separation anxiety). More...

Conversion Disorders
	Somatoform Disorders such as hypochondriasis and conversion disorder involve the occurrence of physical symptoms suggestive of a medical problem, in the absence actual medical problems that could account for the symptoms.More...

Death & Dying
	Information on how to prepare in advance for your own death, the grieving process, and how to help and comfort people who are dying.More...

Disabilities
	To have a disability means that one has fundamental difficulty accomplishing things that others take for granted. More...

Dissociative Disorders
	Dissociation is a cognitive process through which memory and attention become altered. The spectrum of dissociative disorders spans simple depersonalization, amnesia, dissociative fugue, and dissociative identity (multiple personality) disorder.More...

Divorce
	Divorce refers to the often messy and painful end of a marriage. This topic center provide a comprehensive overview of the emotional and legal divorce and separation process. More...

Domestic Violence and Rape
	Domestic violence is a variety of abuse that occurs within the home, between family members or couples. More...

Eating Disorders
	This topic center provides a comprehensive overview of the eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia & binge eating): their causes, potential treatments, and strategies for prevention. More...

Elder Care
	One of the biggest decisions a family may have to make is to determine how to provide care for elderly parents/relatives when those elders are no longer able to live independently.More...

Epilepsy
	Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally. More...

Family & Relationship Issues
	Family and personal relationships and friendships can be very difficult to handle. We've gathered resources to help you learn about and better manage relationship problems you may be experiencing. More...

Grief & Bereavement Issues
	Grief is the painful process through which people adapt to loss. Learn about stages of the grieving and working through process, how to help yourself and others through grief, and about pathological grief (when grief won't end). More...

Health Insurance
	Given the changes brought by managed care, it is important for healthcare patients to become advocates for their own best treatment.More...

Health Policy & Advocacy
	Whatever your situation, you should know that you have rights, power, and worth that no one can interfere with if you effectively speak for yourself. More...

Healthcare
	It is important to know as much about how the healthcare system works as possible if one is to get the best possible care for one's self.More...

Impulse Control Disorders
	These are a loosely grouped set of conditions that all feature behavior that is acted out in an uncontrolled/impulsive manner that often has self-destructive consequences.More...

Internet Addiction and Media Issues
	As the web has become a part of mainstream life, some professionals have noted that some people using the web do so in a compulsive and out-of-control manner. This center also provides guidance on safe and appropriate use of media resources by children.More...

Learning Disorders
	This center describes learning disorders that can occur in children and adults.More...

Medications
	The term 'medication' refers to a drug or other chemical compound that is administered into the body and which effects the body in a beneficial wayMore...

Memory Problems
	There are things you can do to improve your memory. Through practice of mental and other activities, a variety of efforts can be made to lessen memory problems. More...

Men's Health
	The Task Force has made the following recommendations, based on scientific evidence, about which screening tests men should have.More...

Mental Disorders
	In this family of topic centers, you will find information concerning various mental disorders.More...

Mental Health Professions
	Mental Health treatment in the 21st century generally involves a coordination amongst several healthcare professionals drawn from different disciplines.More...

Mental Retardation (Intellectual Disabilities)
	This topic center provides a comprehensive survey and description of Mental Retardation covering causes, assessment and diagnosis and the wide variety of medical, educational occupational and psychosocial treatments available.More...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder resulting in recurrent and unwanted ideas or impulses and an urge or compulsion to do something to relieve the discomfort caused by the obsession.More...

Oppositional Defiant Disorder
	ODD is a developmental disorder diagnosed in children who display extreme disobedient behavior. More...

Parenting
	It's normal for new parents and caregivers to feel a mixture of excitement, joy, and love along with some anxiety, fear, and a little trepidation. More...

Personality Disorders
	This topic center provides a comprehensive overview of the personality disorders, which are pervasive and chronic psychological and relational problems associated with rigid, inflexible interpersonal behavior and social coping deficits. More...

Psychological Testing
	Psychological Assessment is a sub-field of Clinical Psychology specializing in the measurement of human abilities, traits and characteristics. More...

Psychotherapy
	An overview of psychotherapy (talk therapy for mental health), describing modern empirically validated therapies, and the historical therapy schools (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic and family systems).More...

Schizophrenia
	A comprehensive overview of the nature and treatment of Schizophrenia, a brain disease associated with psychosis (hallucinations and delusions), and disorganized behavior. More...

Self Esteem
	Low self-esteem keeps you from enjoying life, doing the things you want to do, and working toward personal goals. More...

Sexual Disorders
	This Sexual Disorders topic center contains information about paraphillias (more commonly known as sexual perversions or deviancies). More...

Sexuality & Sexual Problems
	Few aspects of intimate relationships are as important as sexuality.More...

Sleep Disorders
	Troubled sleep may be a sign of emotional or physical disorders and something you should talk about with a doctor or sleep specialist. More...

Speech Problems
	Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. More...

Stress Reduction and Management
	A comprehensive overview of how to reduce stress. We cover the nature of stress, and the many different methods people can use to reduce and manage their stress. More...

Suicide
	A comprehensive overview of Suicide, addressing the nature of suicide, what to do if you are suicidal, and how to help friends or family members who are suicidal. More...

Treatments & Interventions
	Treatment stratagies may be sorted into two gross categories: physical interventions and mental interventions. More...

Weight Loss
	A comprehensive overview of the weight loss process, considered from a behavioral health and motivational point of view, and describing the various methods people find most useful for successfully and permanently losing weight. More...

Wellness
	Wellness is a broad topic that includes disease prevention, stress reduction, and even personal, social and spiritual growth. Until quite recently, very little attention was ever paid to helping people who are not ill, disordered or diseased in some way learn how to further enhance the quality of their lives, or prevent the onset of future illness. More...

Women's Health
	A comprehensive overview of the medical illnesses and issues women are most likely to be affected by, including cancer, infertility, reproductive and urogenital health, menopause, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid disease. More...

Workplace Issues
	Tips and information about setting up working environments that foster teamwork, creativity, and open communcation. More...