Mental Disorders

Like the milder form of the disorder, there is also a severe type which occurs in adult. More commonly today, it is coined as ADHD. (…)

Teachers and parents have their hands full these days with all the children with ADD. (…)

It was once believed in the past that only children suffered from attention deficit disorder. (…)

ADD in adults is tested through various diagnostic procedures. However, there is a set of definitive criteria which will point out the real diagnosis of the mental illness. (…)

More and more children are being diagnosed with attention deficit disorder these days. This condition seems to be more prevalent in boys of at least four years of age. (…)

Attention deficit disorder in young children is increasing with an alarming regularity. (…)

Your child can't seem to sit still, he can't concentrate on anything, he's a monster at school and at home, and he just won't listen to anything you or any other authority figure says. (…)

Identifying the symptoms of adult attention deficit disorder is very difficult. Symptoms are usually not very noticeable in adults as they are in children. (…)

Attention deficit disorder is a form of mental illness which can be experienced by adults and children alike. (…)

Attention deficit disorder is a condition that has become more prevalent over the last several years. Not necessarily because it's a new disease, it just has a name now. (…)

There are so many children on medication these days for attention deficit disorder that it boggles the mind. (…)

It used to be that you never even heard of an ailment affecting children called attention deficit disorder. (…)

Throughout time, it has always been believed that attention deficit disorder was something that only affected school-age children. (…)

Attention deficit disorder therapy is very useful in treating anyone affected by attention deficit hyperactivity disorders and in fact this disorder is the number one as far as disorders related to a person's behavioral as well as development impairments go; especially, amongst little children, and in fact, this disorder causes three main types of behavioral problems in children which are impulsiveness, inattention as well as over-activeness. (…)

Definition
Mental health is defined as a state or condition on which an individual feels a sense of well-being. (…)

Mental health issues affect nearly 15% of the population. This data can be alarming, considering that 2/3 of those diagnosed with mental disorder remains untreated. (…)

Extramarital pregnancy, divorce, and abandonment of one parent are some reasons why there are single parents. (…)

Focus on the Individual
The focus of recovery should be on the person or the individual and not the process of treatment. (…)

It has been an enduring belief that nutrition plays a significant role in the state of mental health of an individual. But is this true or not? (…)

Central to mental health assessment is the use of reliable and validated assessment tools. Among them are the mental health tests. (…)