Featured Topics

Addictions: Alcohol and Substance Abuse
	People who become addicted to alcohol/drugs are gradually introduced and desensitized to them over a period of time. More...

ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
	We provide a detailed description of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), its causes, symptoms and treatments. ADHD is a neurological disorder that develops during childhood and can persist into adulthood. More...

Alzheimers Disease and other Cognitive Disorders
	We provide information on Alzheimer's Dementia, other forms of dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and other cognitive disorders such as Delirium, all of which cause problems with thinking, memory, attention, judgment and emotion regulation. More...

Anxiety Disorders
	We provide information on the Anxiety Disorders, including phobia (social anxiety, agoraphobia, etc.), panic disorder, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. More...

Bipolar Disorder
	Bipolar Disorder causes people to swing between extreme, severe and typically sustained mood states which affect their energy levels, attitudes, behavior and ability to function. More...

Childhood Mental Disorders and Illnesses
	We provide an overview of childhood mental and emotional disorders and illnesses including attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), mental retardation, autism and other pervasive development disorders, and disorders of learning, speech and communication, movement, motor function, feeding, conduct, elimination, and anxiety (such as selective mutism and separation anxiety). More...

Depression: Major Depression & Unipolar Varieties
	We provide a comprehensive overview of the unipolar mood disorders with an emphasis on the causes of and treatments for Major Depression. More...

Schizophrenia
	We provide a comprehensive overview of the nature and treatment of Schizophrenia, a brain disease associated with psychosis (hallucinations and delusions), and disorganized behavior. More...

Stress Reduction and Management
	We provide a comprehensive overview of how to reduce stress. We cover the nature of stress, and the many different methods people can use to reduce and manage their stress. More...

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Other Topics of Interest

Abuse
	Abuse occurs when people mistreat or misuse other people, showing no concern for their integrity or innate worth as individuals, and in a manner that degrades their well being. More...

Anger Management
	We provide information on the nature of anger, and anger management therapy and techniques. Anger is a basic and normal emotion, but one that can easily become destructive and lead to health and social problems. More...

Autism
	We provide a comprehensive overview of causes and treatments for Autism, a brain disease characterized by the presence of severe communication, language and social deficits in affected persons. More...

Child & Adolescent Development Overview
	An overview of child development theories from a developmental psychological point of view. Reviewed theorists include freud, kohlberg, erikson, piaget, bronfenbrenner More...

Child Care
	We provide information on choosing and selecting childcare or daycare, including types of daycare, license issues, how to search for daycare and the interview process. More...

Dating
	The term 'dating' refers to a process through which a person gets together with another person to explore the possibilities of romantic and sexual coupling. More...

Emotional Resilience
	We survey the topic of Emotional Resilience: that collection of skills, characteristics, habits and outlooks that make it possible to remain maximally flexible and fresh in the face of stress. More...

Health Policy & Advocacy
	Whatever your situation, you should know that you have rights, power, and worth that no one can interfere with if you effectively speak for yourself. More...

Mental Health Professions
	Mental Health treatment in the 21st century generally involves a coordination amongst several healthcare professionals drawn from different disciplines. More...

Psychological Self-Tools - Online Self-Help Book
	A free and complete online self-help book that helps people learn how to change their behavior, thoughts, moods, relationships, identity and motivation and knowledge so as to solve difficult life problems. More...

Psychological Testing
	Psychological Assessment is a sub-field of Clinical Psychology specializing in the measurement of human abilities, traits and characteristics. More...

Psychotherapy
	We provide an overview of psychotherapy (talk therapy for mental health), describing modern empirically validated therapies, and the historical therapy schools (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic and family systems). More...

Relationship Problems
	Our aim here is to educate the reader about the nature of marriage or marriage-like relationship problems and what can be done to solve them when that is possible. More...

Smoking
	We provide an overview of smoking cessation (ways to quit smoking), considered from a behavioral medicine point of view. We describe arguments for quitting, and survey various methods and treatments which can help people quit. More...

Weight Loss
	We provide a comprehensive overview of the weight loss process, considered from a behavioral health and motivational point of view, and describing the various methods people find most useful for successfully and permanently losing weight. More...