Bipolar disorder is a serious mental health condition that causes extreme mood shifts that can last weeks or months at a time. Someone with bipolar disorder has episodes of depression and episodes of mania. Both …
What are the Symptoms of OCD?
In media portrayals and casual conversations, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often characterized as a quirky personality trait. All too often, people equate OCD with being cleaner than most people. The truth is that OCD is …
What Is Exposure & Response Prevention?
Obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD) can seriously disrupt someone’s everyday life. Unwanted intrusive thoughts, or obsessions, can cause tremendous anxiety. The physical and mental actions someone takes to relieve the anxiety of OCD can also decrease their …
How To Overcome OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder wherein recurrent, uncontrollable, and persistent thoughts, impulses, or intrusive images cause the individual to try to suppress them via compulsive behavior. According to the National Institute of Mental …
How Does Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Work?
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive procedure that uses magnetic pulses to improve the symptoms of depression. Additionally, TMS may help treat obsessive compulsive disorder and other conditions. Often, it is used when other …
How Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a common type of psychotherapy, or talk therapy, that helps you identify negative or destructive thought patterns – and change them. These thoughts are spontaneous and can further aggravate conditions …
How is Bipolar Disorder Diagnosed?
Bipolar Disorder (BPD) is sometimes referred to as manic-depressive disorder, as is characteristic of the extreme mood shifts that are a large part of this condition. For many years, doctors were not sure how to …
What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
If your ideas about therapy come from movies and TV shows, you probably expect that it involves lying on a couch and talking to a therapist about your childhood. While therapy can look like that, …
New Study Shows Neuropsychiatric Illness Present Post-COVID
Even over a year into the pandemic, there are still many unknowns surrounding COVID-19. One of the most pressing concerns facing doctors and scientists is determining the long-term effects of infection. A recent study has …