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of mental illnesses characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and distorted views of reality. It affects roughly one hundred fifty people out of one hundred thousand and accounts for more than half of all hospitalizations. Schizophrenia usually appea…

Every year more than 19 million American Adults suffer from clinical depression. Many people begin to feel depressed as the result of some recent, notable event or events, which occurred in one's life. However, these events are often not the the only…

brain syndrome which results in global cognitive impairments. Dementia can occur as a result of a variety of neurological diseases. Some of the more well known dementing diseases include Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct dementia (MID), and Hunting…

There are two ways in which schizophrenics are viewed. Some view people with this disorder as blessed because they see visions and communicate with voices, as if they were getting messages from higher beings. Psychics often say that the way they predic…

Schizophrenia is a primary focus in the medical community due to its complexity, the lack of understanding about it, and increasing need for treatment in the field of neuropsychiatry. It is thought that the progression of the disorder influences…

gruesome and will cause the loss of many lives. Everyone grieves over those lives that were lost, but what about the people that live? What about the people that are in the military hospitals who are now amputees? How about the ones that have psychologic…

the many hardships of prejudice and maltreatment by people who lack the knowledge and understanding of their mental conditions. Usually what people don't know about, they consider strange or awkward and this is the case with the hardships of the…

that affects many children around the world. Once the symptoms of ADD, a common learning disorder, have been diagnosed, then an individualized process of on-going treatment can begin. Attention Deficit Disorder is definitely genetic. It has…

as ADHD, is a behavioral syndrome that can be found in both adults and children. Former ally known as hyperactivity, major symptoms are inattention and distractibility, restlessness, inability to sit still, and difficulty concentrating on one thing…

themselves or their loved ones in an attempt to gain the attention and sympathy of others, but people with Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome (MSBP) do just that. Someone who has this mental illness is a parent, most often the mother, who fabricates illnesses…