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.
Grief is one of the most painful experiences we go through in life. Losing a loved one, either because he or she passed away or the relationship has …
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"To weep is to make less the depth of grief," wrote William Shakespeare. And he was not wrong. However, there are circumstances in which we are not …
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Displacement is a defense mechanism that we have all used at times. When we feel certain negative emotions or impulses, we do not always find the …
[Read more...] about Displacement, the defense mechanism that creates most of the problems
There are terrible stories that leave a deep emotional mark on those who know them, causing a vicarious trauma. Such was the case of Peter Connelly, a …
[Read more...] about Vicarious Trauma: The Huge Cost of Carrying Others’ Pain
Pain is not a purely physical experience. When we feel pain it is difficult to think of anything else. The sore area continually demands our …
The rebound effect is one of the psychological phenomena that most influences our lives. It is also one of the most unknown. So we fall into its …
[Read more...] about Rebound Effect: Nothing is fixed as intensely as what you want to forget
Narcissism is an increasingly common feature. It is estimated that 6.2% of the population suffer from a narcissistic personality disorder, but the …
