Parental Alienation versus Realistic Estrangement

Parental Alienation versus Realistic Estrangement

General

Lisa Zeiderman, Esq., CFL, wrote in Psychology Today that it is not unusual for the children of divorced and divorcing parents to have a “primary parent,” sometimes known as the primary caregiver and sometimes known as the psychological parent. This is the parent with...
Music and Mental Health

Music and Mental Health

General

In 2009, archaeologists excavating a cave in southern Germany uncovered a flute carved from a vulture’s wing bone. The delicate artifact is the oldest known musical instrument on earth — indicating that people have been making music for over 40,000 years. Although we...
Cultural Diversity and Mental Health

Cultural Diversity and Mental Health

General

According to the Public Health Advocate at UC Berkeley, People often think of mental health as a very personal matter that has to do only with the individual. However, mental illnesses and mental health, in general, are affected by the combination of biological and...
What Is Domestic Abuse?

What Is Domestic Abuse?

Anxiety, Depression, General, Psychologist

Does your romantic partner try to control you?  For example, does your partner try to control what you wear, how you spend your day, who you make friends with, or where you work if you are even “allowed” to work?  And, to control you, does he or she use insults,...
What Is Panic Disorder?

What Is Panic Disorder?

Anxiety, General

Have you ever felt, all of a sudden, a sense of impending doom—feeling like you were losing control, going crazy, or even dying?  If you have a mental health condition called panic disorder, then you are quite familiar with this feeling. So, what is panic disorder? ...
COVID19 Related Psychiatric Illnesses

COVID19 Related Psychiatric Illnesses

Anxiety, Depression, General

This article explores the mental health consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and their treatment. COVID19 Related Psychiatric Illnesses symptoms COVID-19 is a contagious respiratory illness; not surprisingly, its best-known symptoms are respiratory too...