Category: Mental Health

The American Medical Association estimates that one in every 200 people will develop Parkinson’s Disease, a disorder that affects movement, speech and swallowing. There is no cure, but a video game created by Arizona...

“He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life away in fruitless efforts.” David Myers, Ph.D., a professor at...

Philosophers from the early centuries onward have long been captivated by the search for happiness. Their theories have been varied throughout the years, but they all believed they had ultimately solved the mystery. Ancient...

A simple phone call could be all it takes to help depressed patients reduce their symptoms. Researchers from Group Health Cooperative’s Center for Health Studies in Seattle studied 600 depressed patients. They tested two...

At the turn of the century, they called it “snake oil” and it cured what ailed you. Or did it? And what about modern-day pills and potions and medical treatments? Do they work? More...

Carrying out everyday tasks and activities such as driving and exercising, performing well at your job, and maintaining satisfying relationships is possible due to your capacity to remember. Whatever your age, you can take...

As we age, our bodies tend to deteriorate. Muscles shrink. Hearts and lungs weaken. We can counteract these with regular exercise, but there’s one very important part of our bodies that often gets overlooked...

For most of us, the end of summer and arrival of winter is no big deal. However, for some people, too little sunshine is a major life crisis — one with its own diagnosis:...

Doctors who see tattoos and/or body piercings at sites other than at the earlobes on their young patients may want to assess them for other risky behaviors, say researchers publishing in Pediatrics. Their study...

The best care for persons with advanced dementia is hindered because of the difficulty in estimating their prognosis with accuracy — until now. Researchers have created a model to help determine the risk of...

Another way to look at life, another way to look at death — this was the goal of Gerald Jampolsky, M.D., when he opened the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Sausalito, Calif., in 1975....

Alzheimer’s disease isn’t just about losing your keys. It’s about forgetting what your keys are for. This mind-robbing disease affects more than three million people in the United States and currently has no cure....

With the beautiful weather and renewed energy the season brings, many will tackle the yearly ritual of spring cleaning. While you’re removing clutter, consider cleaning your mind as well. After all, doesn’t it get...

The teenage years are some of the toughest we face. Sometimes the pressure can be too much to take. In a recent survey, 73 percent of teens said school stress is the number one...

A migraine headache is a moderate to severe headache, usually occurring on one side of the head only. It can last from several hours to three days, and is often accompanied by gastrointestinal problems...

What makes you happy? Money? Love? Family? Friends? No matter how they define it, 30 percent of people said they were very happy in a recent survey, 60 percent said they were pretty happy...