A mood disorder that causes patients to have both mania and depression, bipolar disorder also impacts behavior. The type of behaviors that bipolar disorder patients display depend on their mood. For example, during mania, patients are energetic...
When a family member suffers from depression, it's difficult for the entire family. It's recommended that the family participate in family therapy to deal with the effects that depression has on each family member. Male depression is different...
A healthy lifestyle should be like a healthy diet -- well-balanced. Practicing only one or two aspects of healthy living is, of course, better than practicing none at all, but neglecting other areas can eventually lead to health problems. A...
Depression in men and women can seem much different than it appears in women, because men and women respond to depression in different ways. For example, men are more likely to become irritable and angry and women are more likely to feel extremely...
Raising a teenager can be a challenging task, because every teen is different. Teenagers showcase a realm of behavior issues, some moderate and some severe. Some teens may have an underlying illness that is causing them to act out or it could be...
Yesterday, your child was little, missing teeth and cute. Today, he’s as tall as you and his moods are enough to peel the wallpaper from your walls. You need to know how to deal with the being who seems to have replaced your cuddly little...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Mental Health Information Center notes that in the United States, about 750,000 children have bipolar disorder. This mood disorder causes patients to cycle between lows and...
Someone who's depressed may seem extremely sad or overly irritable. Men are more likely to express depression through anger and irritability than sadness. For example, a man who's depressed might pick fights with his spouse, start physical fights...
Bipolar I disorder is characterized by extreme highs and lows known as mania and major depression. The person does not have to experience major depression to meet the criteria for this disorder. Bipolar II disorder is different from bipolar I in...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3 to 7 percent of the school-age children in the United States have diagnosed with ADHD. Drs. Richard H. Weisler and David W. Goodman, in a study published in the Primary Psychiatry...
Characterized by symptoms of mania--an abnormally high mood--and depression--an abnormally low mood--bipolar disorder affects about 2.6 percent of the adult U.S. population, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. During manic...
All of the mental health diagnoses under the umbrella of bipolar disorders are characterized by intense highs and lows which are known by mental health professionals as mania, hypomania and major depression. Diagnoses are dependent on the amount,...
Since the late 1960s, researchers have been studying the relationship between media violence and aggressive behavior among children. With more child viewers watching programming created for adults, the violence portrayed on television can give...
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is characterized by severe mood swings. A person with this disorder suffers from periods of depression and mania. Their moods range from high to low.
According to the American Lung Association, each day another 4,000 young people under the age of 18 smoke their first cigarette. Of that number, 950 will continue to smoke regularly and about half of those smokers will die from smoking-related...
Teenagers abuse all sorts of drugs, including, but not limited to, alcohol, inhalants, cold and cough medicine, prescription drugs, marijuana, acid and cocaine. HelpGuide.org suggests a number of warning signs that can help identify teen drug...
Adolescents often experience difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep. Teenagers also have a high incidence of sleep disorders. These sleep-related issues significantly impact their quality of life and the lives of others. Age-appropriate...
Alcoholism affects adolescents in many ways. The children of alcoholic parents are more likely to become alcoholics themselves because of their genes and the ramifications of living with an alcoholic, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and...
The period of life between childhood and adulthood is adolescence. This period starts with the beginnings of sexual maturity and ends with being an independent adult, according to an article by Russell Viner and Deborah Christie in the Feb. 5,...
Testosterone is a hormone that is found in both men and women, although under normal conditions, women produce a lower amount of the hormone than men. In men, testosterone is responsible for the production of sperm and developing other male...
HIV is spread through sexual as well as non-sexual means. Because it can take months for an infected person's body to create antibodies in response to the virus, it's critical to be tested if you believe you have been exposed. The earlier...
Developmentally, teens are trying to become independent, figure out who they are and what they want out of life, and fit in with their friends. Many times they also want to please their parents but have a hard time doing all of these things at the...
There are compelling reasons why teenagers are prone to risky behavior. In a sense, they are wired to do so. In the early 21st century, researchers discovered that earlier theories about brain development in adolescents were erroneous. Previously,...
Many men struggle with depression, but they try to hide it or ignore the symptoms. Some men believe that they shouldn't get depressed or are somehow less masculine if they suffer from depression. As a society we have to get serious about male...
Aggressive behavior can be damaging and painful if left untreated. Although anger is a normal and healthy emotion, uncontrolled anger and aggression can destroy relationships, cause problems at work and at home, and can lead to lethal or risky...
Although women are twice as more likely to be depressed, many men are diagnosed with depression---6 million, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Male patients experience the typical signs of depression, such as sadness, but also...
Mental disorders like depression and anxiety are more common or familiar to the general public than others. Rare mental disorders, like obsessive-compulsive disorder, have become popular in the media. Monica, one of the main characters of the...
As a parent, the best way to deal with a child with a personality disorder is to remain stable, realistic and calm. Your child is probably expressing huge emotions that may have no basis in reality, so the best strategy is to simply dismiss them...
Bipolar 1, or bipolar disorder type I, is one form of the mood disorder. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) states that to be diagnosed with bipolar 1, the patient has either a manic episode or mixed episode for seven days; the...
