However, the pressures of his newfound fame, coupled with the echoes of his tumultuous childhood, conspire to bring Helfgott's latent schizophrenia boiling to the surface, and he spends years in and out of various mental institutions. Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd...
Schizophrenia. This is chronic and serious. It affects an estimated 2.4 million Americans. It seriously affects a person’s ability to navigate the world. Borderline Personality Disorder. This is characterized by unstable relationships, impulsive behaviors, and emotional swings. Dementia that encompasses ...
Application of a neuropsychological perspective to the study of schizophrenia has established a number of important facts about this disorder. Some of the key findings from the existing literature are that, while neurocognitive impairment is present in most, if not all, persons with schizophrenia, the...
Background The aim of this research is to study the views and perceptions of the general population on two of the most common psychiatric illnesses: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In the past few decades there has been significant progress in the direction of informing people about mental ...
In America, binge eating disorder ismore commonthan HIV, breast cancer and schizophrenia An estimated2.8 percent of Americanswill face binge eating disorder at some point in their lives In America, binge eating disorder isthree times more prevalentthan bulimia and anorexia combined ...
postpartum psychosis is classified under the "short psychotic disorder" section, which includesschizophrenia spectrumandother psychotic disorders. Postpartum depression is also not uniquely classified in the manual, but is described as a major depressive episode timed with the onset of peripartum, which...
Tardive dyskinesia, a drug-induced movement disorder that can cause involuntary lip puckering, tongue movements, frowning, and more, can be a side effect of long-term use of antipsychotic drugs typically prescribed for conditions such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder....
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, prion disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are a dissimilar group of disorders that share a hallmark feature of accumulation of abnormal intrane
Intervention efforts need not wait until youth experience the onset of a depressive disorder. Preventative interventions aim to reduce the likelihood that youth experience depression in the future and represent one means to proactively reduce youths’ prospective risk for depression-related suffering (Heckm...
A mind of your own 7FactsAboutDepressionThatWillBlowYouAway About Kelly Brogan KELLY BROGAN, MD, is a holistic psychiatrist, author of the New York Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, Own Your Self, the children’s book, A Time For Rain, and co-editor of the landmark textbook...