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Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders: Dependent Personality Disorder
A comprehensive look at Dependent Personality Disorder, complete with a definition, a thorough description, causes and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options, and prognosis. Also included is a list of resources at the bottom of the...
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Mental Health America: Personality Disorders
Article offers a definition of personality disorders while discussing the causes, treatment, and different types, each having their own behaviors and symptoms.
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Sada: Treating Seasonal Affective Disorder
This site describes three types of treatment for this disorder. These treatments are light therapy, anti-depressant drugs and psycho therapy.
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Collin College:general Psychology: Abnormal Behavior and Psychological Disorders
Explains the many different categories of abnormal behavior, and the subcategories in each group.
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Embrace the Future: Resilient Kids
Advice about strengthening your ability to bounce back from adversity. Learn key skills, such as problem solving, making friends, and positive thinking, that will help you stay happy, healthy, and productive.
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Kids Health: Migraines: What a Pain
All of us have had a headache at some point. A migraine is a very severe headache. They don't happen every day, but they are common among kids and adults. Use this site to learn more about headaches, migraines especially and learn what...
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Kids Health: Why Am I So Sad
Feeling sad is something that everyone has to deal with. Some people feel sad more often than others, some people feel it more intensely than others. There are ways to get over sadness, but it is a natural feeling that you cannot escape...
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Kids Health: Cellulitis
Cellulitis is an infection of the skin. It occurs most in places where the skin has been broken by a scrape or a bug bite. Read more about cellulitis, how it is treated, and how to avoid getting cellulitis.
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Kids Health: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
This article from Family Doctor.org explains common characteristics of people with the disorder, their fears, and treatments. This comprehensive article also contains links to similar sites.
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Kids Health: Kids and Eating Disorders
Find out about the problem of eating disorders. Is it in to be thin? There's a lot of information here. Be sure to look at the tabs to the left for additional resources.
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Anxiety Panic Internet: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
In addition to providing general information on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), this website includes a first-hand account of the disease. Learn how OCD, when left untreated, can control and ruin a person's life.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Online
Read about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the treatments associated with this disease. OCD Online provides general information about the disease and includes write-ups on successful treatment through cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Its Treatment
Organized into question/answer format, this website is a good introduction to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Read about the causes and treatments associated with OCD and learn how this disease can be managed through behavior therapy.
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Mental Health America: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
A fact sheet presenting basic information on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder including characteristics, causes, symptoms, treatments, and co-occurring illnesses.
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Eating Disorders
A thorough reference site for information on various eating disorders to help with both the identification and the treatment of eating disorders.
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Aetna: Inteli Health: How Does Depression Develop?
This page contains short descriptions of the causes of depression. There is a link to more information for each cause.
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Web Md: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Ocd)
This Health Guide from WebMD surveys obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD--including its causes, symptoms, risks, exams and tests, treatment, prevention, home treatment, and medications.
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Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
This learning module looks at how normal behavior is defined and perceived by society. The definitions of normal behavior shifts as societal norms change over time. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a...
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Mental Health America: Mental Health Info: Adhd and Add
Introduction to ADHD and ADD in children covers the signs and symptoms, causes, the impact they have, and how to get help.
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Psych Central: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
Written by a psychologist devoted to providing many resources on mental health, this site provides a synopsis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), as well as common symptoms experienced. The bottom of the page has a direct link to...
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The Body: Anxeity Disorders
This site from The Body provides general information on anxiety disorders. Explanations, quotes, symptoms, treatments, etc. Original resource from 2000 U. S. National Institute of Mental Health.
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University of Virginia Health System: Anorexia
Helpful information on the eating disorder, anorexia, including facts on causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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University of Washington: Neurological Disorder Resources
Eighteen different categories of mental illness are a part of this resource. Each category of illness has multiple links allowing for a very thorough investigation of each disorder.
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Internet Mental Health: Alprazolam
Learn the facts about the antidepressant alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax. Topics include pharmacology, warnings, adverse effects, and overdose.