The Bipolar Disorder got its name because the mania is followed by - usually protracted - depressive attacks.

The manic phase of the Bipolar I Disorder is often […]

Maybe personality disorders are not objective clinical entities, but culture-bound syndromes.
Ever since Freud, more women than men sought therapy. Consequently, terms like “hysteria’ are intimately connected to […]

The insanity defense (when a?person is held not responsible for his criminal actions) rests on two pillars of evidence.
“It is an ill thing to knock against a deaf-mute, […]

Of the variety of anxiety forms in existence personality disorders are one of the most mysterious, difficult to explain and treat. Very severe anxiety is what can sometimes lead doctors to subsequently diagnose people with personality disorders.
These diagnosis are controversial due to at present there being no real agreement on what it is that […]

Introduction to Psychosis ? Psychosis is chaotic thinking that is the result of a severely impaired reality test (?the patient cannot tell inner fantasy?from outside reality). Some psychotic?states are short-lived and transient (microepisodes). These last from a few hours to a few days and are sometimes reactions to stress. Psychotic microepisodes are common in certain […]