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Are There Any Effective Treatments for Phobias?Yes, although they're not always needed. Many people suffering from mild, simple phobias never seek treatment.
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When Does a Fear Become a Phobia?Only in the movies or on Saturday morning TV are you likely to encounter heroes and super-heroes who have no fears.
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I Know Someone Who Had a Terrible Time Withdrawing from Valium. Is This Drug Still Widely Prescribed?Prescriptions for Valium are way down nationwide. In the 1960's benzodiazepines were regarded as wonder drugs and were widely prescribed to help people, especially women, relax during the day and sleep through the night.
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I've Heard that Crack is More Dangerous Than Cocaine. Is that True?Yes, it is. Cocaine in any form is dangerous and potentially lethal. It constricts the blood vessels, reducing the flow of blood to the heart, and can cause severe cardiac inflammation and arrhythmia.
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Fight or FlightWhen confronted by acute physical or psychological stress, your brain triggers a chain reaction that prepares your body to fight the perceived threat or flee it.
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Street DrugsThe term drug abuse refers to any use of a drug that harms the user physically, psychologically, economically, legally, or socially.
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Drugs on the JobThe estimated cost to the U.S. economy of on-the-job drug abuse exceeds $60 billion per year. Many large companies now routinely screen job applicants for drug use and have instituted random drug tests for employees with safety-related jobs.
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Alcohol and Your HealthStatistics indicate that taking an occasional drink is not injurious to health, as was once thought, and may even be helpful.
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The Facts About 12-Step ProgramsWhat are they? The 12 steps are a set of guidelines for self-help groups that form to address a wide range of issues, from battles with alcohol and other drugs, to crippling phobias or even the suffering faced by the parents of murder victims.
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Is Shock Therapy Still Used to Treat Depression?Highly criticized in the 1950's and 1960's, shock therapy or, more accurately, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - has recently reestablished credibility with mental health professionals.
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There Have Been Lots of Headlines Lately About Teen Suicides. Is Suicide in Any Way "catching"?Suicide is not contagious in the literal sense.
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When My Father Died, My Mother Showed Few Signs of Emotion. Is This Normal or Even Healthy?A stoic response to death, especially to the death of someone so close as a husband, may not be a good sign.
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Help for a Grieving FriendJust by showing up, you let a grieving friend know that you are available for support and solace.
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Son is SchizophrenicOur son is schizophrenic, and his behavior is seriously disrupting our home life. Would it be better to put him in an institution for the sake of the rest of the family?
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I Have a Colleague Who is Obsessively Neat and Always Seems to Be Washing His Hands. Is There a Name?He may be suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder, a condition that affects up to 5 million Americans.
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I Am Having a Lot of Trouble Sleeping These Days. What Could Be Causing My Insomnia?Just about everyone has trouble falling or staying asleep at one time or another. Noisy neighbors or other minor disturbances disrupt sleep.
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DreamworkDreams, it's been said, can provide intuitive solutions to practical problems; they may also help you work through emotional ones.
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Jealousy Has Cost Me Several Important Relationships. How Can I Control This Terrible Emotion?There are essentially two kinds of jealousy. The first, usually romantic in nature, is addressed to a person about other people and has to do with fear of love's loss.
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They Say that Women Are More Comfortable Talking About Their Emotions Than Men. Is This a Good Thing?Women and men experience very similar feelings but differ dramatically when it comes to showing them. In one study, participants were asked to write descriptions of themselves.
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I Grew Up in a Very Strict Household, Feeling Guilty About Many Things. Now that I'm an Adult, How Can I Overcome This Pervading Sense of GuiltMost people live with a certain amount of guilt; a little is not necessarily a bad thing because it helps us to distinguish right from wrong, to use our conscience and compassion.
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I Seem to Put Myself Down a Lot. What Causes Low Self-esteem? What Can I Do to Build Myself Up?We are all constantly talking to ourselves, sending private messages about who we are and how likely we are to get what we want and need.
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We're a Black Family Living in a Largely White Area. How Can I Instill Ethnic Pride in My Children While Encouraging Them to Partake Fully of Our SocietyNurture your children's self-esteem so that they can take pride and pleasure in the ways that they are different, as well as in the ways that they are the same as others around them.
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Asserting YourselfClasses in assertiveness training are being given all over the country today.
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Is There Anything to the Theory that Humor and Positive Thinking Can Cure Disease?"A merry heart doeth like good medicine." Long before scientists began to explore the relationship between humor, positive thinking, and health, the Bible reported their healing effects.
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How Does Alcoholism Happen?Alcoholism is a progressive disease; it begins when social drinking gradually builds up to heavy drinking (six or seven drinks per day) or to alcoholic binges.
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I Am Finding it Almost Impossible to Quit Smoking? Why is it so Hard?Most smokers try their first cigarettes when they are teenagers, and habits formed early in life are usually hard to break.
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Are Children Subject to Stress Disorders?Sadly, yes. Children lead stressful lives today, and often suffer the consequences both emotionally and physically.
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Addiction and RecoveryMood-altering drugs affect the brain in ways still not fully understood; why some of these drugs become addictive is an even more complicated matter.
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Changing HabitsBad habits detract from your enjoyment of life and may lead to health problems. Attack an unwanted behavior or trait on four fronts: physical, emotional, cognitive, and situational.
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I've Always Enjoyed Being by Myself. Is Having Many Friends a Necessary Component of Mental Health?People do need people. A time and place for solitude exists in all of our lives, and a quiet walk in the woods or a meditative afternoon on a deserted beach can be delightful, but too much isolation is not good for your mental and physical health.
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Making Friends is Easy for Me, but Committing to a Love Relationship Isn't. Should I Be Worried?You are not unique; commitment isn't always easy. People run all the possible unhappy endings through their minds, question their own feelings, and doubt that those feelings are shared.
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What Happens to the Body Under Stress?Certain stressful situations may set off what it known as the fight-flight response. Perceiving a crisis, the brain sends out an alarm via chemical couriers called neurotransmitters.
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What is Mental Health? is it the Same Thing as Being Happy?No one is happy all the time. Rather than a state of constant bliss, mental health is more like a balancing act that requires the processing and integration of constantly shifting emotions.
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What Should I Look for in a Pharmacy?Because of the high cost of many prescription drugs, the first thing that most people rightly look for in a pharmacy is generally low prices.
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Is Grieving a Form of Depression?Grief is an unavoidable human emotion, a natural response to life experience and not always a symptom of depressive illness.
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What Causes SAD, and is There a Treatment for It?Although the causes of SAD remain unclear, the latest research is focusing on melatonin, a hormone produced in the pineal gland deep within the brain.
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What Should I Do If I Get Depressed?If your depression continues unabated for 2 to 4 weeks, talk to your family doctor and get an evaluation from a counselor, a psychologist, or a psychiatrist.
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What Are the Signs of Depression?Feeling sad (blue, hopeless, gloomy) all or most of the time for more than 2 weeks is the most common symptom of depression.
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What is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder?After a person has been through a shocking, often life-threatening, experience, he or she may develop a number of debilitating psychological or physiological conditions that today are called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Is it True that Women Are More Likely to Become Depressed Than Men?Yes, it is. Statistics show that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from every kind of depression. Men are more likely to experience other mental disorders, including alcoholism, drug abuse, and behavioral problems in childhood and adolescence.
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Can Panic Attacks Be Treated?No sure cure exists, since no one knows exactly what causes panic attacks, but several treatments are being used successfully.
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How to Deal with Stress EffectivelyExamine your situation: what is causing the stress in your life? Concrete problems'"an overbearing boss or high credit card debt'"can be faced directly.
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How Can I Tell If Someone is in Danger of Committing Suicide?The person most likely to commit suicide sees himself in an unbearable and hopeless predicament.
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What's the Difference Between Neurosis and Psychosis?In psychoanalytic terms, the words psychosis and neurosis are used to differentiate the more serious from the less grave types of mental disorders.
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How Does Anorexia Differ from Bulimia?Anorexics compulsively starve themselves and are usually extremely thin. In the worst cases, anorexics lose more than 25 percent of their body weight and require hospitalization to keep them from literally starving themselves to death.
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Are Nightmares a Sign of Psychological Problems?Not necessarily. New research shows that people have frightening dreams more often than they think they do and that the frequency of a person's bad dreams bears no relationship to waking levels of anxiety.
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Drinking Problems Seem to Run in My Family. Can Alcoholism Be Inherited?There's strong evidence that a tendency can be inherited. Studies of twins and adopted children have shown that heredity can play a more critical role than environment in the development of alcoholism.
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What Are Some Good Ways of Reduce the Amount of Sugar I Eat?You are right in wanting to limit your sugar consumption. When eaten in moderation as part of a balanced diet, sugar provides pleasure for the palate.
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What is a Safe Caffeine Limit?It's hard to give a definitive answer, because the effects of caffeine on individuals vary; so does the caffeine content of foods (even from one cup of coffee to another).
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Disease-Fighting FoodsAlthough it is only one of many factors, diet may affect your chances of getting cancer or coronary heart disease.