Bipolar disorder is one of the most severe forms of mental illness. It is characterized by recurrent episodes of mania and even more often depression. The condition has a high rate of recurrence and it is dangerous if it is left untreated. If untreated, it has an approximately 15% risk of death by suicide. It is the third leading cause of death among people aged 15-24 years, and is the 6th leading cause of disability or lost years of healthy life ...

Information is stored in different parts of your memory, where information stored in the short-term memory may include the name of a person you met moments ago and information stored in the recent memory may include what you ate for breakfast. Information stored in the remote memory includes things that you stored in your memory years ago, memories of childhood for example. Beginning when person is in their twenties, he or she begins to lose brai ...

Anxiety attacks can be reduced and eliminated by changing one’s behavior. Stress management techniques, aerobic exercise, and meditation may help people suffering from anxiety. The goal is to calm, for everyone who has experienced anxiety attacks must know that caffeine, illicit drugs, and even some over-the-counter cold medications can aggravate the symptoms of anxiety disorder. However, it is very important to recognize the anxiety sympto ...

The Guillain-Barre syndrome can affect anybody; it can strike at any age and both sexes are equally prone to the disorder. The syndrome is rare, afflicting only about one person in 100,000. Usually Guillain-Barre occurs a few days or weeks after the patient has had symptoms. It is not so hard to recognize symptoms of a respiratory or gastrointestinal viral infection. Occasionally surgery or vaccinations will trigger Guillain-Barre syndrome. This ...

It is very difficult to explain what jealousy is. The most common definition would be that jealousy is an emotion by one who perceives that another person is giving something that he or she feels is due to them to an alternate. The examples of jealousy are everywhere around us. Children may become jealous when  their siblings get something that they haven’t. An adult may become jealous if their lover is flirting with someone else. Alth ...