Drugs addiction represents a chronic brain disorder caused by some individual problems, characterized by compulsive drug-seeking behaviors, and high rates of relapse. The cycle of euphoria, crash, and craving , occurring multiple times per day – leads to a cycle of addiction and behavioral disruption, in order to stop the crash and reinstate the euphoria. […]
How the Web is Teaching Patients that it’s Not Always Best to do as the Doctor Orders
It was 1996. Most of the world was dancing the "Macarena" and Mark Zukerberg, the 24-year-old billionaire behind Facebook, was still two years away from puberty. Long before the term “social networking” was even in use, and long before people were electrified over the panoply of services offered by web 2.0., Gilles Frydman created ACOR.org, a […]
A long way to go
Judging from the comments of some of Zardari’s political associates – often a better indicator of his intentions than any promises made by the great man himself – the country may have just taken a step away from the goal of parliamentary democracy. It elected a president more in the mould of his illustrious predecessor […]
Indian IT Workers Under Tremendous Mental Pressure
People working in the Indian IT (Information Technology) Sector is facing tremendous work pressure and the number of people who are suffering with Psychological problems are increasing day by day. According to the reports for the year 2007, 20% of the worker in the IT sector in the region of Hyderabad, are facing mental disorders […]
Losing interest in Sex
Is she losing interest in sex? A study has revealed that women are fast losing interest in sex. And this has been revealed by a number of 40-something men. Loss of libido in women, or low sexual desire, is the most common sexual problem for members of the fair sex and the […]
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: What’s the Difference?
Before the advent of psychotherapeutic drugs in the late 1950s and early 1960s, people with serious mental illnesses – in particular schizophrenia and severe depression – spent much of their adult lives in large state hospitals. While doctors and researchers still do not have true cures for such disorders, advances in treatment and deinstitutionalization have […]