Mental Health

• A Brief Summary of Personality Disorders
  Personality disorders usually refer to personality traits that are extreme or that cause enough difficulty in a person’s life to interfere with daily functioning to the point of “disabling.”
  
  
• Mental Health Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
  Most often anxiety disorders are treated with:
  
  
• Mental Health What are Anxiety Disorders
  Everyone experiences anxiety at one time or another. It is a normal reaction to stress.
  
  
• Mental Health What is a Panic Disorder
  Panic disorder is an illness characterized by sudden attacks of terror.
  
  
• Mental Health What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) include:
  
  
• Mental Health What are Social Phobias and Specific Phobias
  Social phobia, also called social anxiety disorder, is characterized by overwhelming anxiousness and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations.
  
  
• Mental Health What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by feelings of exaggerated worry and tension, even though there is little or nothing to substantiate the feelings.
  
  
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children
  One of the most common mental disorders that develop in children is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
  
  
• The Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  The symptoms appear early in a child’s life.
  
  
• What determines the Diagnosis of ADHD?
  Most people sometimes jump from one task to another, or become disorganized and forgetful.
  
  
• What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
  Borderline personality disorder is characterized by pervasive instability in:
  
  
• Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
  The treatments for BPD have improved. There are group and individual psychotherapy that is at least partially effective for many patients.
  
  
• Depression in Men
  Depression is a treatable medical condition. Depression can strike anyone regardless of age, gender, ethnic background or socioeconomic status.
  
  
• Differences in Depression and the Blues
  Depression involves the body, mood and thoughts. It is a serious medical condition that affects how you eat and sleep.
  
  
• Danvers State Lunatic Hospital in Massachusetts History and Memories Part I
  American state hospitals in the early 1800s until the early 1950s referred to as “the golden age,” were much different than the facilities and state institutions of the 21st century.
  
  
• Danvers State Lunatic Hospital in Massachusetts History and Memories Part 2
  As I learn more about Danvers State Asylum, I feel like perhaps the only way to rid us of the harsh and sad treatments was to either burn it to the ground or bull doze it down as it was. However, I know this was not the reason for destroying this particular Kirkbride building.
  
  
• Danvers State Lunatic Hospital in Massachusetts History and Memories Part 3
  In the 1940s at Danvers Mental Hospital, one of their biggest problems was the lack of nurses and just general help.
  
  
• Danvers State Lunatic Hospital in Massachusetts History and Memories Part 4
  Danvers State Lunatic Hospital started its own Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) School in the 1940s.
  
  
• Danvers State Lunatic Hospital in Massachusetts History and Memories Part 5
  In the late 1950s at Danvers Insane Asylum the staff spent most of their time providing medical treatment and basic care.
  
  
• Danvers State Lunatic Hospital in Massachusetts History and Memories Part 6
  If a patient had no family and was admitted to Danvers in the 1940s and 1950s, he or she was almost always used like a guinea pig for various treatments.
  
  
• Danvers State Lunatic Hospital in Massachusetts Stories of a Patient, Marie Balter, Part 7
  Marie Balter was a patient at Danvers State Asylum for many years.