Preconceived Ideas on Mental Illness - Mental Health
There are so many preconceived ideas about mental health these days. Lots of information available online, via the internet and through physicians and word of mouth. Addressed here are some common concerns. Not true! There is definitely a link ... [... more]
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Serial and Mass Killers as Familiar Figures - Mental Health
A. Scholarly literature, biographical studies of serial killers, as well as anecdotal evidence suggest that serial and mass killers suffer from personality disorders and some of them are also psychotic. Cluster B personality disorders, such as ... [... more]
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Why are we Fascinated by Evil and Evildoers? - Mental Health
The common explanation is that one is fascinated with evil and evildoers because, through them, one vicariously expresses the repressed, dark, and evil parts of one's own personality. Evildoers, according to this theory, represent the "shadow" . [... more]
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The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is published by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. It included mental health disorders for the first time in 1948, in its sixth edition. In 1959, following widespread criticism ... [... more]
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The Psychology of Stalkers - Mental Health
Abuse by proxy continues long after the relationship is officially over (at least as far as you are concerned). The majority of abusers get the message, however belatedly and reluctantly. Others - more vindictive and obsessed - continue to haunt ... [... more]
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How Important is Empathy in our Society? - Mental Health
The Encyclopaedia Britannica quotes some fascinating research that supports the model I propose: If empathy increases with positive emotion, then it has little to do with the empathee (the recipient or object of empathy) and everything to do with ... [... more]
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Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder - Mental Health
The Negativistic (Passive-Aggressive) Personality Disorder is not yet recognized by the DSM Committee. It makes its appearances in Appendix B of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, titled "Criteria Sets and Axes Provided for Further ... [... more]
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Social Anxiety Disorder - SAD - Mental Health
What is Social Anxiety Disorder (aka SAD)? Social Anxiety is defined primarily, of course, to the reference in the name of one having difficulty with anxiety in social settings. What surprises many however, are the varying degrees and locales for ... [... more]
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