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ptsd
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most difficult things to deal with. When trauma happens, whether on the battlefield, on the street...
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It is hard to believe that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, also known as SSRIs, have only been around for 25 years. As a class of drugs, SSRI...
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Doing and thinking things repeatedly when the rational mind knows the repetition is unnecessary causes many people to think, “What is wrong with me?”...
Computer chip (NSF.gov)
A computer named Gordon, after the comic superhero Flash Gordon, is being developed as an option for testing treatments of mental disorders like autis...
Policeman (wikimedia)
It's become well-established that much of the mental health care in the U.S. is handled by already over-burdened justice system staff. As a nation, we...
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This article was written exclusively for BrainPhysics.com by Steve Hazen. It all started when I met a man who was a cult leader. I am a Christian, and...
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One of the more difficult things about living with symptoms of OCD, or any mental health diagnosis, is walking under a cloud of guilt or shame. After...
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According to the Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) foundation, misdiagnosis of mental illnesses in children who are considered gifted is...
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Mental illness often begins at an early age, though detection may not lead to a diagnosis until later in life. Children are difficult to diagnose be...
brain
Mirror movement disorder is a neurological disorder in which voluntary movements made by one side of the body are mimicked involuntarily by the other...
 
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