People dealing with depression often find ways to self-medicate their feelings and food can be one of the ways that they comfort themselves. Depression and overeating often go hand in hand for a number of different reasons. Unhealthy eating habits [...]
Certain mental illnesses may cause symptoms of psychosis or psychotic episodes which can be debilitating and even life-threatening for the sufferer. Psychosis is a problem in which a person’s thinking becomes distorted so that they lose their sense of reality. [...]
Parenting can be stressful and full of frustrations along with the ups and downs of raising a child. Many parents feel that they need some type of medication to keep them calm and cope with the rollercoaster of parenthood. More [...]
There are certain extreme situations in which a person may involuntarily be taken into custody to be evaluated and placed into psychological treatment. Although this type of circumstance seems common in movies and tv shows, it is actually a rare [...]
Typically postpartum depression is thought of as a condition that women go through after they give birth to a child, the reality is that men can experience many of the same issues. While postpartum depression for women can be different [...]
