Women With PTSD Face Elevated Risk for Diabetes
Women with advanced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are almost twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as women with no history of the disorder, say researchers from Columbia University’s...
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You Can End Food Addiction for Good
Food addiction is a real problem for many people, and if you are one of those struggling with the disorder, you know how frustrating it is to try to stop eating and to be unable to control your urges....
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Mental Stress Worsens Heart Disease in Women
A high level of mental stress can substantially reduce the cardiac blood flow in women with heart disease, a new study by researchers from Atlanta’s Emory University finds. Doctors and researchers know...
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Domestic Violence Increases Women’s Psychosis Risk Up to 600 Percent
Recent findings from a group of Canadian, British and American researchers point to increased risks for psychosis and depression in women exposed to intimate partner violence, especially when those...
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The United States of Anxiety: Women Hit Hard by Disorder
In the autumn of 2014, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a comprehensive report on mental health called the Past Year Mental Disorders Among Adults in the...
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Postpartum Depression Can Lead to Chronic Symptoms
Many women experience a major change when they bring their first baby home. Tasked with caring for a child in the midst of recovery from delivery and a flood of hormonal changes, many women feel...
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Bipolar Disorder Symptoms May Follow Seasonal Trajectory
A new study suggests that bipolar episodes may manifest in somewhat predictable times of the year. Bipolar disorder is a chronic condition that is actually a disorder of the brain causing a person to...
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Integrate Treatment for Complex PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder
Researchers from the University of Connecticut and Elements Behavioral Health find that complex PTSD is not simply a subtype of BPD and suggest the disorders be addressed together. People affected by...
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Bipolar Disorder Patients Often on Multiple Prescriptions
Diagnosing bipolar disorder can be a long process. Physicians may only see a patient on days when they are in a low mood, and they may only catch the depressive part of the disorder. Likewise, if a...
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The Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Autism
When it comes to mental illness, sometimes making a diagnosis has to do more with degree than anything else. For example, you and I and everyone around us have good days and not-so-good days. Sometimes...
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Strength of Therapeutic Alliance Key in Borderline Personality Disorder...
New findings from a team of American researchers indicate that the strength of a client/therapist bond called the therapeutic alliance significantly impacts the success of treatment for borderline...
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Five Ways Addiction Could Be Damaging Your Family
It’s no surprise that an addict’s behavior affects people around her, but did you realize just how much it impacts your family? Whether the addict is a parent, a child, a spouse, a sibling or an...
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How Does Emotion Regulation Group Therapy Help People With BPD?
Recent evidence from a group of American researchers indicates that a treatment called emotion regulation group therapy helps people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) avoid self-harming...
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BPD Family Members and Loved Ones: Managing Expectations
Shantel’s family had been extremely happy with her progress as the result of a new therapy as well as renewed dedication on Shantel’s part. In the last 11 months, she hadn’t had a single crisis and had...
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Psychotherapy Provides Lasting Benefits for Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a form of severe mental illness that frequently leads to the onset of self-harming or suicidal behavior in affected individuals. Mental health treatment...
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Middle-Aged Women Most Frequent Victims of Depression
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just confirmed what many already knew: women between the ages of 40 and 59 have higher rates of depression than any other subset of the population....
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Many Patients With Schizophrenia Are Happy Despite Challenges
Schizophrenia can be an extremely challenging illness to live with, not only because of the symptoms of the illness, but also the significant social stigma that still surrounds the disorder. However, a...
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High Cortisol Levels in Women May Indicate Physical Abuse
New findings from a team of American researchers indicate that women exposed to physical intimate partner violence develop stress reactions that could significantly damage their ongoing mental and...
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The Healing Power of Love and Compassion
During her keynote presentation at the Freud Meets Buddha conference, the wise and witty Joan Borysenko, PhD, shared the following poem, written by Sufi poet Hafiz in the 1300s and translated by Daniel...
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Extra B Vitamins Don’t Reduce Older Women’s Depression Risks, Study Finds
Recent findings from a team of American researchers indicate that prolonged supplementation with high doses of folic acid and other B vitamins has no measurable impact on the odds that a middle-aged...
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