Nancy Schimelpfening, About's Guide to Depression, has written an excellent and timely article on breaking bad habits. She contends that "A habit is any action that we have performed ... Read More

Autism continues to be one of the most difficult mental health problems to treat, yet parents spend thousands of dollars on treatments for their children, including such things as hormone ... Read More

New Year's Resolutions don't always stick. Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. has some ideas to help. An example: Set realistic goals. Habits and behaviors that are changed gradually have a ... Read More

A new study of 2,662 middle-aged women published in Diabetes Care found that symptoms of depression in were associated with higher levels of insulin resistance, which is a precursor to ... Read More

I've repeated several articles at the Holidays that emphasize how to deal with family get-togethers if you didn't grow up in a perfect family. My favorite is: Getting Together with ... Read More

Health insurer CIGNA agreed yesterday to change its policies and procedures to ensure easier and faster processing of transactions for claims and faster payments to psychologists and other specialty health ... Read More

One of the most controversial issues in the field of mental health has been the debate over recovered memories of abuse. Sign-up for a two week daily newsletter that presents ... Read More

Psychotherapy can be a friendly relationship. From the client's point-of-view the therapist can sometimes seem like a friend. It's important to understand how this relationship differs from a ... Read More

Mark Sichel, LCSW offers ten tips to help you deal with holiday stress. Number 6 is: "Be careful about resentments related to holidays past. Declare an amnesty with whichever ... Read More

A reader, Graham L Bridge, writes about e-therapy. "I feel that e-therapy should be able to operate across the broad spectrum of the Internet quite freely. I also feel ... Read More

A new study found that one million adult Canadians have suffered some form of panic attack during their lives. The statistics are from data collected for the "2002 Canadian Community ... Read More