Category Archives: Psychiatric Treatment

  • Anhedonia, Schizophrenia, and Depression
    Friday, January 19th, 2024

    Anhedonia, Schizophrenia, and Depression

    Just about everyone goes through periods when it is difficult to experience happiness or feel joy, but what many people don’t know is that this phenomenon is called anhedonia,...
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  • PTSD Treatment for Veterans
    Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

    PTSD Treatment for Veterans

    This summer – the summer of 2023 – the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published an important document: guidelines for posttraumatic stress disorder...
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  • Virtual Reality Therapy, Phobias, and PTSD
    Tuesday, January 16th, 2024

    Virtual Reality Therapy, Phobias, and PTSD

    If you say the words “virtual reality” to most people, odds are they will think about immersive technology for video games and other forms of interactive entertainment, and they...
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  • Is COVID a Risk Factor for Psychosis?
    Tuesday, December 12th, 2023

    Is COVID a Risk Factor for Psychosis?

    Shortly after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, experts started paying close attention to the potential long-term impact of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19,...
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  • Specific Phobia: Diagnosis and Treatment
    Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

    Specific Phobia: Diagnosis and Treatment

    Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the United States, including a category of anxiety called specific phobias. Experts estimate that as many as 40 million adults...
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  • Self-Stigma and Bipolar Disorder
    Wednesday, November 15th, 2023

    Self-Stigma and Bipolar Disorder

    Despite decades of educational efforts and awareness campaigns, many people cling to the mistaken belief that individuals with mental health disorders are dangerous, incompetent, or otherwise inherently and irrevocably...
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  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression
    Friday, November 10th, 2023

    Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause considerable physical, cognitive, and psychological damage, including personality changes, and in some cases, mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and...
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  • Mindfulness and Mental Health
    Friday, October 27th, 2023

    Mindfulness and Mental Health

    Over the past twenty years, awareness of the importance of mental health has increased dramatically, and at the same, an increased awareness of the relationship between mindfulness and mental...
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