What mental disorder do you have? Posted: 7 months ago by spamtrap
Mental disorders are extremely common in the world today. In fact, most people who have one may not even know it.
Take this quiz to find out what mental disorder you are most apt for. This doesnt mean you actually have the disorder.
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Hoarding is studied as mental disorder Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
U.S. doctors are finding that hoarding -- the act of constantly acquiring possessions -- is very different from obsessive compulsive disorder.
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Abortion 'leaves mental legacy' Posted: 4 months ago by doggylives
An abortion can cause five years of mental anguish, anxiety, guilt and even shame, a BMC Medicine study suggests.
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Mental Workout Boosts The Brain Posted: 3 months ago by karenben
Even the slower-witted among us can improve mental agility with a few daily brain teasers, a study suggests.
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On living with a mental illness. Posted: 12 months ago by 2manyusernames
A blog posting by a man suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder
A very personal account of a terrible burden.
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Can you find the sure sign of mental illness in this painting? Posted: 2 years ago by jaxomlotus
The artist was a mentally ill person and the picture contains a sure sign of the author's mental disorder. The artist had a phobia, and this is your clue.
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Lack of Sleep Linked to Mental Illnesses Posted: 9 months ago by maxriter
Sleep deprivation can lead to the development of mental disorders.
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Mental Floss--Keeping your mind sharp! Posted: 7 months ago by nesbyniccolo
Now if we could just get these guys to work on Mental Bleach.(for some of the stuff I can't unsee once seen on PLIME)
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Mental problems linked to removal of ovaries Posted: 11 months ago by Neiako
Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life.
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10 Most Interesting, Strangest Mental Disorders Posted: 1 year ago by Neiako
A psychiatrist can never know for sure what is in his patient’s mind. There are plenty of different diseases, deviations and disorders in psychiatrics. Here are the most interesting ones.
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Sleep disorders often mistaken for ADHD Posted: 3 months ago by muppet
"Many of the kids with a sleep disorder will present with inattention. They'll have fatigue. They may even look like a child who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but in fact, it's related to their sleep," said Thomas Burns, a neuropsychologist.
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'Santa Claus Is Coming To Get Me': Mental health charity sparks outrage with spoof Christmas carols Posted: 7 months ago by maxriter
For multiple personality disorder there is We Three Kings Disorientated Are; paranoia is coupled with Santa Claus Is Coming To Town To Get Me; narcissism - Hark The Herald Angels Sing About Me.
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A Terrible Wish - article about children with mental illness Posted: 2 years ago by capriccio
The writer describes the plight of children with mental illnesses as compared to those with leukemia or other medical disorders. Very moving.
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MIT corrects inherited retardation, autism in mice Posted: 7 months ago by 2manyusernames
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), a disorder of excess-excess synaptic connectivity, protein synthesis, memory extinction, body growth, excitability-and remarkably, affects 100,000 Americans and is the most common inherited cause of mental retardation and autism. The MIT researchers corrected FXS in mice.
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Rutgers Research Identifies Brain Cells Related to Fear and PTSD Posted: 1 week ago by bernardblack
About 40 million adults will suffer from some form of anxiety disorder, including phobias, panic disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is estimated that nearly 15 percent of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan develop PTSD. This research by Rutgers is hoped to point to new methods of treatment.
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British look at detaining dangerous mental patients Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Government ministers in Britain are in the midst of discussing controversial plans to allow mentally ill people to be detained against their will, even if they have not committed a crime.
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Impatient Kittens Posted: 2 months ago by doggylives
And by impatient I mean fricking mental. Obviously a matter of life or death, from the kittens point of view at least.
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Study finds that Bush failed to meet 11 of 18 mental development benchmarks Posted: 11 months ago by buddha
A non-partisan psychological study by the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report issued today that mentally challenged US President George W. Bush has failed to fully meet all but three of 18 developmental benchmarks set by Congress
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What Personality Disorder Do You Suffer From? Posted: 2 months ago by genkan
Pretty neat personality quiz thingum.
Hah, it says that I have extremely high histrionic tendencies.
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Mars Experiment to Push Mental Endurance to the Limit Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
Six people are to be confined for 520 days -- and will continue to 700 days if they pass this first milestone successfully -- in a mockup Martian spaceship in a research lab in Moscow.
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Memory Training Shown to Turn Up Brainpower Posted: 3 months ago by deEPCHill
Until now, it had been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience — what psychologists call fluid intelligence — is innate and cannot be taught (though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing).
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