Bipolar disorders are characterized by a serious of attacks of elation and depression, with periods of relative normality in between. There are two types of bipolar disorders, type I and type II that differ slightly in their symptomatology and commonality. Bipolar I disorder is characterized by full-blown manic and major depressive episodes and it...
Comorbidity is the ´´co-occurrence of two or more mental health problems´´ that due to alterations in ´´psychiatric nomenclature´´, it has ´´emerged as a major clinical, public health and research issue over the past few decades´´. According to Angold and colleagues, there are two types of comorbidity: homotypic and heterotypic comorbidity. The...
There is a psychological disorder bound to the Malaysian culture, which is called Latah. Malaysian Latah is rarely rare in other parts of the world and occurs primarily in those of Malay descent, especially in women over 40 years old. The word Latah has its origins in Malay, and derives from the words of ticklish, nervous, creeping, and love...
According to DSM-IV-TR, PTSD surfaces after a traumatic event that may have caused death or has threatened physically the person or people involved. The event is being re-experienced over and over again, either as a flashback or a dream, which causes difficulties concentrating or difficulties falling or staying asleep.
As each science pursues each study from a certain point of view, it quickly became clear that in order to understand man and his environment as part of interacting systems, it had to study this interaction from multiple perspectives, holistically. Examining holistically an illness, such as depression, provides us the right tools to unravel all the...
Language has the power to form and shape the way we think and that is the reason why when we hear words like madness, what immediately comes to mind is a chaotic and ´´severe unwieldiness´´ of mind that produces bizarre and ´´out of the ordinary´´ behavior. The same applies for the world misery that can be defined as a state...
Many behaviors that we adopt along the way have negative effects on our bodies and as a result on our lives. For example, bad eating habits, consumption of diet sodas, lack of exercise/sedentary lifestyle, and last but not least sleep deprivation.
Music has the power to transform someone´s life. Across culture and through history, we find evidence that indicate the need of human beings to express themselves through music. It has been proven scientifically that the musical instinct has its own basis in biology.
Being in a relationship is a beautiful thing but at the same time demanding and sometimes hard. There are days that we cannot stand even our own self, imagine having to deal with the emotional luggage of the other person. Also, finding a balance and a sense of fairness in a relationship is very challenging. No one likes to feel...
Having a child is a wonderful thing but has its challenges as well. As a parent you want what is best for your child, what would be beneficial to his/her growth, which you don't really know until it is proven otherwise. As a working mother of a 15 month old baby, I faced the dilemma of whether a day care...