All About Psychology
Mental disorders are becoming everyday more frequent, not only anxiety and depression but also psychiatric diseases as psychosis and bipolar disorder. Mental diseases are also extending to increasingly younger populations. Such is the case of the eating disorders, which now also affect adolescents.
The symptoms of the most severe mental diseases are usually controlled by resorting to psychotherapy and drugs, while mental disorders can be treated with therapy, as long as there is a good therapeutic adherence. Discover all the mental pathologies, their symptoms, causes and treatments.
A car accident lasts only a few seconds, but in some cases, its psychological consequences can last for months or even years. It's normal to feel fear or anxiety in the days following a collision, or …
[Read more...] about The Mind’s Journey after a Car Accident: How Post-traumatic Stress Develops
Although the term is little known, even among mental health professionals, the fear of driving is called "amaxophobia" and affects 33% of drivers on our roads today. This disorder falls under the …
The term anhedonia was coined by Ribot in 1897 and since then it has contained several definitions: “Blockage of the capacity for reward in the face of usually reinforcing stimuli” or the one given to …
[Read more...] about Anhedonia: The inability to experience positive emotions
When we think about grief, we almost always associate it with loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a separation, or even the end of an important life stage that forces us to bury a role we had …
[Read more...] about Anticipatory Grief: Why we suffer for what we haven’t yet lost
No one fully prepares you for everything that can happen after childbirth. They talk about the baby, the exhaustion, and the sleepless nights, but almost no one talks about the knot in your chest, the …
[Read more...] about 5 myths about postpartum depression that no one tells you about
Schizophrenia doesn't usually appear out of nowhere in adulthood. Rather, it's a process that develops slowly, gradually affecting thinking, emotions, and how a person relates to others and their …
[Read more...] about Schizophrenia: Clues to Detect It in Childhood
People with paranoid personality disorder are characterized by a long-standing pattern of pervasive distrust of others. They believe that others' motives are suspicious or even malevolent, so they are …
