Psychology Links

Following is a brief description of depression, anxiety disorders,
and schizophrenia along with a few useful links for anyone
interested in these disorders....
 
 

  Depression

It is normal from time to time to feel unhappy with life, this feeling may
be triggered by a disappointment at work, home, or in a  relationship,
or may even come about with you knowing why.  It is also normal to go
through spells in which you are very happy with life and seem to
have no problems at all. There are however mood 'disorders' such as
depression, mania, and bi-polar disorder (manic-depressive) which
are extreme cases of these normal feelings and last for longer periods
of time. Symptoms of depression can include:
depression crosses the line from 'normal' to 'major' if these symptoms
are present for more than two weeks and seem to have no
notable cause.
 
 Sapient Health Network -research, articles, medical dictionary,
drug database, special reports, chat....

  Mediconsult -support groups, drug information, medical news,
doctor on call, related topic articles...

 DSM-IV Criteria -American Psychiatric Associations criteria
for diagnosing mood disorders

 Dealing with Depression - excellent resource on depression, includes
depression quiz and symptoms screening...

 Dr. Ivan's Depression Central - Information on depression, borderline personality,
and bi-polar disorder- treatments and support groups

Anxiety

Everyone experiences a little anxiety at one time or
another such as when speaking to a room full of
people or anticipating a job interview, but for some people-
two-thirds of them women- anxiety becomes so distressing
and debilitating that it is classified as an 'anxiety disorder'. There
are three type of anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety, phobic
disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder can include:
 
The cause of an anxiety disorder can not be identified by
the person suffering from it, and therefore can not be
avoided.  People with generalized anxiety
 also suffer from 'panic attacks' in which they experience
chest pain, dizziness, trembling, choking or smothering sensations,
and fainting.  These attacks last for several minutes and are
so terrifying that the sufferer may then avoid situations where attacks
have occurred.
Phobic disorders are irrational fears of specific objects, situations, or
activities. Some common phobia's include: spiders, mice, high places,
going out of the house, dogs, flying , and being closed in.
Phobias are very common and most people just accept and
live with them. There are however some phobic disorders that
are incapacitating.

 
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder
Everyone is at times obsessed with senseless thoughts that will
not go away, or displays a compulsion to engage in some type of
rigid behavior such as lining up your pencils just so before
studying, stepping over cracks in sidewalks, ect..
Obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors become a 'disorder' however
when they begin to interfere with your life and cause distress.

 The Anxiety Panic Internet Resource -excellent site for information on different
types of anxiety disorders and treatments...you can also find
support if you are suffering from an anxiety disorder

 Anxiety Disorders -Personal descriptions of how different anxiety disorders
can affect you, Quick Facts, treatments, and where to get help...

 Panic attacks, anxiety, shyness, and phobias -short description of anxiety disorders..


Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a debilitating disease with symptoms including:
 
Paranoid symptoms include the patient thinking that people are
spying on him, following him, or can read his thoughts.  Delusions include
the patient thinking that everything involves him/her or that
they are someone else (a famous person, cartoon character...). Schizophrenics
thoughts are disorganized so that they may skip from one subject
to a totally unrelated one, and may not be able to be understood by anyone.
Inappropriate emotions could include for example, laughing while speaking
of something sad.

 Schizophrenia -information for professionals, students, and people suffering
from schizophrenia....chat and support

 Dept. of Social Psychiatry -University of Groningen...
general information about schizophrenia, cognitive aspects, subjective
aspects, and research...
 
 
 
 

Psychologists and Students...

 
 Trauma Information -information for clinicians and students
 
 
 

General Information

 Mir Glossary of Mental Health Terms -excellent site to find out exactly
what common mental health terms mean, in plain english!

 Facts About Mental Health -facts about mental illness in general

 
 
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Shelley Riseden
Psychology student-Ball State University
Last updated Jan 13, 1998

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