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Featured Topics | Mass Violence |  | This topic center provides resources on coping with and discussing mass violence events that have occurred.More...
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| Mental Health Recovery |  | This center contains material on taking control of your own mental health recovery and creating self-help plans for daily living and crisis times.More...
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| Terrorism & War |  | Terrorism is the use of force or violence against persons or property in violation of the criminal laws of the United States for purposes of intimidation, coercion or ransom. More...
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Other Topics of Interest | Abuse |  | Abuse occurs when people mistreat or misuse other people, showing no concern for their integrity or innate worth as individuals, and in a manner that degrades their well being.More...
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| Addictions |  | Addiction is the repeated involvement with a substance or activity, despite the substantial harm it now causes, because that involvement was (and may continue to be) pleasurable and/or valuable.More...
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| Alzheimers Disease and other Cognitive Disorders |  | This topic center provides information on Alzheimer's Dementia, other forms of dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and other cognitive disorders such as Delirium, all of which cause problems with thinking, memory, attention, judgment and emotion regulation. More...
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| Autism Spectrum Disorder |  | This topic center provides a comprehensive overview of causes and treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder, a brain disease characterized by the presence of persistent (ongoing) communication and social issues. More...
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| Bipolar Disorder |  | Bipolar Disorder causes people to swing between extreme, severe and typically sustained mood states which affect their energy levels, attitudes, behavior and ability to function. More...
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| Depression: Depression & Related Conditions |  | This center provides an in-depth look at Major Depressive Disorder by summarizing symptoms and diagnostic criteria according to the current standards, prevalence and course, historical and contemporary understandings of the causes of the illness, as well as diagnosis and treatment. More...
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| Impulse Control Disorders |  | These are a loosely grouped set of conditions that all feature behavior that is acted out in an uncontrolled/impulsive manner that often has self-destructive consequences.More...
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| Intellectual Disabilities |  | The terms "intellectual disability" and "intellectual developmental disorder," (formerly mental retardation) are two diagnostic labels with nearly identical meanings; i.e., they each describe a set of difficulties associated with limited mental abilities such as reasoning, planning, abstract thinking, judgment, academic learning (the ability to learn in school via traditional teaching methods), and experiential learning (the ability to learn by trial and error, or by observation). More...
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| Mental Disorders |  | In this family of topic centers, you will find information concerning various mental disorders.More...
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders |  | Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders are a group of similar psychiatric disorders. These disorders are characterized by repetitive thoughts, distressing emotions, and compulsive behaviors. The specific types of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors vary according to each disorder. More...
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| Pain Management |  | Pain is a complex perception that differs enormously among individual patients, even those who appear to have identical injuries or illnesses.More...
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| Personality Disorders |  | This topic center provides a comprehensive overview of the personality disorders, which are pervasive and chronic psychological and relational problems associated with rigid, inflexible interpersonal behavior and social coping deficits. More...
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| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |  | Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders Trauma contains the following diagnoses: Reactive Attachment Disorder, Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Adjustment Disorders, and Unclassified and Unspecified Trauma Disorders. More...
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| Psychological Testing |  | Psychological Assessment is a sub-field of Clinical Psychology specializing in the measurement of human abilities, traits and characteristics. More...
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| Psychotherapy |  | An overview of psychotherapy (talk therapy for mental health), describing modern empirically validated therapies, and the historical therapy schools (e.g., cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic and family systems).More...
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| Schizophrenia |  | A comprehensive overview of the nature and treatment of Schizophrenia, a brain disease associated with psychosis (hallucinations and delusions), and disorganized behavior. More...
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| Sleep Disorders |  | Troubled sleep may be a sign of emotional or physical disorders and something you should talk about with a doctor or sleep specialist.
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| Stress Reduction and Management |  | A comprehensive overview of how to reduce stress. We cover the nature of stress, and the many different methods people can use to reduce and manage their stress. More...
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| Suicide |  | A comprehensive overview of Suicide, addressing the nature of suicide, what to do if you are suicidal, and how to help friends or family members who are suicidal. More...
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| Wellness and Personal Development |  | Wellness is a broad topic that includes disease prevention, stress reduction, and even personal, social and spiritual growth. Until quite recently, very little attention was ever paid to helping people who are not ill, disordered or diseased in some way learn how to further enhance the quality of their lives, or prevent the onset of future illness.
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