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Histrionic Personality Disorder

However, the child of a parent with this disorder might simply be repeating learned behavior.

Guide to Psychiatry and Counseling

And if you consider the multiple approaches to treatment, ranging from counseling to various forms of psychotherapy, the whole mental health system...

Signs of An Eating Disorder

It’s common for people with eating disorders to hide their unhealthy behaviors, so it can be difficult to recognize the signs of an eating disorder...

Compulsive Overeating and How to Stop It

People who compulsively overeat, though, may use food as their only way of coping with negative emotions. They think about food all the time and fe...

How to Have a Healthy Relationship with Food

If you have binge eating disorder or think you might, you can learn how to form a positive relationship with food -- and that can help you stop ove...

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

DBT was initially designed to treat people with suicidal behavior and borderline personality disorder. It teaches patients skills to cope with, and...

Mental Health and Deep Brain Stimulation

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an evolution of two surgical procedures that have been shown to help control symptoms of certain disorders such as ...

Understanding Alcohol Use Disorder -- The Basics

Most common is damage to your liver, which over time can lead to cirrhosis (scarred liver). Heavy drinkers typically have impaired liver function, ...

Street Drugs: Know The Facts and Risks

What type of drug is it? Users either smoke it like marijuana or make it into an herbal tea- like drink. What type of drug is it? But the compounds...

How Pot Affects Your Mind and Body

Marijuana, weed, pot, dope, grass. The THC level usually peaks in about 30 minutes, and its effects may wear off in 1-3 hours. If you drink or eat ...

Heroin

Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows in Mexico, Asia, and South America. Learn more about why heroin is ...

Drug Overdose

Generally, in an overdose, the effects of the drug may be a heightened level of the therapeutic effects seen with regular use. Large overdoses of s...