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Many people are affected by mental health problems such as depression or panic disorders. These problems can make it harder to think clearly, manage how you feel, and work with other people. Sometimes you may feel helpless and hopeless. But you're not alone. Talking with others who suffer from these problems may help. And treatment can help you get back in control. Or maybe you're worried about someone else and want to help. Our information can answer your questions.
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- Abuse in Vulnerable Adults
- ADHD and Hyperactivity
- ADHD in Adults: Behavioral Strategies
- ADHD Medicines: Suicide Warning for Strattera
- ADHD Myths and Facts
- ADHD: Impulsivity and Inattention
- ADHD: Other Conditions With Similar Symptoms
- ADHD: Social Skills Training
- ADHD: Symptoms in Adults
- ADHD: Tests for Other Disorders
- Adjusting to a Chronic Illness
- Aggression in Youth
- Agitation and Dementia
- Alcohol and Drug Problems
- Alcohol and Drugs: When to Get Help for an Intoxicated Person
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse in PTSD
- Alcohol Effects on a Fetus
- Alcohol Misuse and Dependence
- Alcohol Use Problem: Other Health Problems That May Occur
- Alcohol Withdrawal
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Coping With Sundowning
- Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Maintaining Good Nutrition
- Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Making the Most of Remaining Abilities
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anger, Hostility, and Violent Behavior
- Anorexia Complications
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anorexia: Learning New Eating Behaviors
- Anorexia: Learning to Trust Others
- Anorexia: Other Health Problems That May Occur
- Antianxiety Medicines for Alcohol Withdrawal
- Antidepressant Withdrawal
- Antidepressants
- Antipsychotic medicines
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Assessing PTSD
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Autism and Vaccines
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Autism: Behavioral Training and Management
- Autism: Support and Training for the Family
- Avoiding Temper Tantrums
- Barriers to Psychological Care
- Behavior Rating Scales for ADHD
- Behavior Therapy for ADHD
- Being Abused: What Puts You at Risk?
- Benefits of Quitting Alcohol or Drugs
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
- Bipolar Disorder in Children: Other Health Problems That May Occur
- Bipolar Disorder in Children: School Issues
- Bipolar Disorder: Helping Someone During a Manic Episode
- Bipolar Disorder: Hypomanic Episodes
- Bipolar Disorder: Manic Episodes
- Biting as a Behavior Problem
- Blackouts Caused by Alcohol or Drugs
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Building Resilience
- Building Self-Esteem
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Bulimia: Misuse of Ipecac Syrup
- Bulimia: Misuse of Laxatives
- Bullying
- Bullying: Building a Child's Self-Esteem
- Bullying: How to Help Your Child Who Bullies
- Bullying: Signs a Child Is Bullied
- CAGE Questionnaire for Alcohol Problems
- Cancer Support: Dealing With Emotions and Fears
- Cancer Support: Managing Stress
- Cancer Support: When Your Cancer Comes Back or Gets Worse
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Emotional Health Benefits
- Caregiving: Making a Home Safe
- Caring for Adults With Autism
- Case Management for Schizophrenia
- Cathy's Story: Dealing With Stress
- Change a Habit by Setting Goals
- Cheryl's Story: Dealing With Depression
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Childhood Fears and Exposure to Violence
- Childhood Schizophrenia
- Chronic Fatigue: Antidepressants
- Chronic Fatigue: Changing Your Schedule
- Chronic Fatigue: Getting Support
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders
- Common Coping Responses for Stress
- Comparing Symptoms of Normal Moodiness With Depression in Children
- Complications of Grief
- Conditions Related to Dyslexia
- Conditions With Symptoms Similar to Depression in Children and Teens
- Confusion, Memory Loss, and Altered Alertness
- Coping With Osteoarthritis
- Counseling for HIV Infection
- Counseling for PTSD
- Dealing With Anxiety After a Loss
- Dealing With Guilt After a Loss
- Dealing With Negative Thoughts
- Debbie's Story: People Can and Do Recover
- Deciding to Get Treatment for PTSD
- Dementia
- Dementia: Assessing Pain
- Dementia: Bladder and Bowel Problems
- Dementia: Helping a Person Avoid Confusion
- Dementia: Legal Issues
- Dementia: Medicines to Treat Behavior Changes
- Dementia: Support for Caregivers
- Dementia: Testing How Well a Person Functions
- Dementia: Tips for Communicating
- Dementia: Understanding Behavior Changes
- Dental Anxiety
- Depression
- Depression and Coronary Artery Disease
- Depression and Suicide
- Depression and the Holidays
- Depression During Pregnancy
- Depression in Children and Teens
- Depression in Older Adults
- Depression Screening
- Depression, Anxiety, and Physical Health Problems
- Differences Between ADHD and Bipolar Disorder in Children
- Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
- Do I Have Depression?
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence: Checklist of Things to Take When You Leave
- Domestic Violence: Getting a Protective Order
- Drug Misuse and Dependence
- Drug Problems: Helping Someone Get Treatment
- Drug Withdrawal in Newborns (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome)
- Eat a Balanced Diet for Mental Health
- Eating Disorders: Cultural and Social Factors
- Eating Disorders: Feeling Better About Yourself
- Eating Disorders: Malnutrition Tests
- Eating Disorders: Stopping Negative Thoughts
- Eating Disorders: Things That Put a Person at Risk
- Ecstasy (MDMA)
- Effective Parenting: Discipline
- Elder Abuse
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
- Emotional Eating
- Emotions and Menopause
- Examining Your Beliefs to Manage Stress
- Exposure Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Family Therapy for Depression in Children
- FDA Advisories for Antidepressants
- Fear and Anger in PTSD
- Feeling Depressed
- Fetal Alcohol Effects: Behavior and Learning Problems
- Fetal Alcohol Effects: How to Help Your Child
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Signs That Your Child Needs to Be Evaluated
- Gender Dysphoria
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Get Regular Exercise for Mental Health
- Grief and Grieving
- Grief and PTSD
- Grief and Your View Of Death
- Grief Counseling
- Grief: Crying Can Help
- Grief: Dealing With Feelings of Insecurity
- Grief: Helping Children Understand
- Grief: Losing a Loved One
- Grief: When Major Loss Challenges Your Beliefs
- Guided Imagery
- Handling Sadness and Yearning After a Major Loss
- Healthy Eating to Decrease Stress
- Healthy Eating: Influences on Eating Behavior
- Help for Anger Problems
- Helping a Family Member Who Has PTSD
- Helping Kids Handle Peer Pressure
- Helping Someone During a Panic Attack
- Helping Your Child Build a Healthy Body Image
- Hoarding Disorder
- How ADHD Affects Your Child
- How Storytelling Helps Children Express Feelings About Loss
- How to Track Your Stress
- Hyperventilation
- Illness Patterns in Schizophrenia
- Importance of Personal Relationships for Lowering Stress
- Independent Living for People With Disabilities
- Infertility: Emotional and Social Concerns
- Interactive Tool: Are You Depressed?
- Interactive Tool: Do You Have a Drinking Problem?
- Interactive Tool: How Well Do You Bounce Back?
- Interactive Tool: What Is Your Stress Level?
- Interactive Tools
- Keeping Change Going-Your New Normal
- Learning Disabilities
- Life Transitions and PTSD
- Light Therapy
- Living With More Than One Health Problem
- Making a Change That Matters
- Making Your Change Happen
- Managing Job Stress
- Martha's Story: A Voice for Recovery
- Marvin's Story: Coping After the Hurricane
- Medical History and Physical Exam for Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease
- Medical History for Alcohol Problems
- Medical History for Eating Disorders
- Medicine for Tourette's Disorder
- Medicines and Other Substances That Can Cause Symptoms of Depression
- Medicines for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- Memory Problems: Issues With Driving
- Memory Problems: Tips for Helping the Person With Daily Tasks
- Memory Problems: Wandering
- Mental Health Problems and Stigma
- Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
- Mind-Body Wellness
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- Mood-stabilizing medicines
- Multiple Sclerosis: Medicines for Depression
- Multiple Sclerosis: Mental and Emotional Problems
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Managing Your Energy
- Myths About Tourette's Disorder
- Myths and Facts About Depression
- Nail-Biting
- Nervous System Problems
- Night Eating Syndrome
- Nonepileptic Seizures (NES)
- Nonverbal Learning Disorder
- Not Ready for Change?
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obstacles to Grieving
- OCD Medicines Other Than SSRIs
- OCD: Exposure and Prevention Therapy
- OCD: How Family Members Can Cope
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Bipolar Disorder
- Opioid Use Disorder
- Other Types of Counseling for PTSD
- Overcoming Frustration and Anger
- Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
- Panic Disorder: Other Conditions That May Occur
- Parkinson's Disease and Depression
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Planning for a Change That Matters
- Postpartum Depression
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Practicing Gratitude
- Problem Solving to Manage Stress
- Psychotherapy for Erection Problems
- Psychotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- PTSD and Depression
- PTSD and Negative Coping
- PTSD and Panic Attacks
- PTSD and Physical Health Problems
- PTSD and Suicide Thoughts
- PTSD and Your Family
- PTSD Myths
- Questions About Substance Use Treatment Programs
- Questions Your Doctor May Ask Before Prescribing Medicine for Depression in Children and Teens
- Quick Tips: Reducing Holiday Stress
- Quick Tips: Reducing the Stress of Caregiving
- Ravi's Story: Coping With Back Pain and Depression
- Relapse of Schizophrenia
- Residential Treatment for Substance Use
- Responding to a Diagnosis of Cancer
- Ron's Story: Therapy Helps
- Rules of Conduct for Children in a Group Child Care Center
- Safety Plan: Preparing to Leave a Violent Relationship
- Saying No to Alcohol and Drugs
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia and Pregnancy
- Schizophrenia and the Caregiver
- Schizophrenia: Encouraging Social Skills
- Schizophrenia: Encouraging Someone to Take the Medicines
- Schizophrenia: Helping Someone Who Is Hallucinating
- Schizophrenia: Helping Someone Who Is Paranoid
- Schizophrenia: Related Disorders
- Schizophrenia: Social Skills Training
- Schizophrenia: Warning Signs of Violence
- Schizophrenia: When Hospital Care is Needed
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Seizure Medicines for Alcohol Withdrawal
- Self-Care for AIDS Caregivers
- Self-Hypnosis for Stress
- Separation Protests: Helping Your Child
- Sexual Abuse or Assault (Rape)
- Sharing Memories With Older Adults
- Sherri's Story: Medicines Do Work
- Shoulder and Neck Massage
- Signs of Drug Use
- Signs of Stress
- Signs of Substance Use
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Connections
- Specific Phobias
- Spirituality and Your Health
- St. John's Wort
- Stan's Story: Getting There Hasn't Been Easy
- Staying Safe: After You Leave a Violent Relationship
- Staying Safe: If You Are in a Violent Relationship
- Stop Negative Thoughts: Choosing a Healthier Way of Thinking
- Stress and Diabetes
- Stress in Children and Teens
- Stress Management
- Stress Management When You Have Cancer
- Stress Management: Breathing Exercises
- Stress Management: Imagery Exercises
- Stress Relief and Relaxation
- Stroke: Behavior Changes
- Stroke: Changes in Emotions
- Stroke: Dealing With Depression
- Substance Use and Mental Health Problems
- Substance Use Problems in Older Adults
- Substance Use Support Groups: Being an Active Member
- Substance Use: Staying Alcohol- or Drug-Free After Treatment
- Suicidal Thoughts or Threats
- Suicide Assessment
- Suicide Threats: What to Do
- Support Groups and Social Support
- Supporting Someone Who Has an Eating Disorder
- Susan's Story: A Friend Really Helps
- Swallowed Air
- Symptoms of Depression
- Symptoms of Depression in Children
- Symptoms of Schizophrenia
- Symptoms of Severe Anxiety and Panic
- Taking Care of Yourself When You Have a Child With Physical, Emotional, or Behavioral Problems
- Taking Care of Yourself When Your Baby Is Fussy
- Talk to Others About Depression
- Tapping the Power of Optimism
- Teen Relationship Abuse
- Temper Tantrums
- Temper Tantrums: Keeping a Record
- Temporary Confusion or Decreased Alertness
- Thinking About a Change?
- Time-Out
- Tim's Story: Dealing With Trauma And Grief
- Tips for Finding a Counselor or Therapist
- Topiramate for Binge Eating Disorder
- Tourette's Disorder
- Tourette's Disorder: Habit Reversal Training
- Tourette's Disorder: Making Home and School Life Easier
- Tourette's Disorder: Tic Triggers
- Treatments for Developmental Stuttering
- Types of Domestic Abuse
- Unproven Treatments for Autism
- Unresolved Grief
- Violent Behavior
- Violent Behavior in Children and Teens
- Virtual Reality Treatment
- Warning Signs of Dementia
- Warning Signs of Suicide
- Warning Signs of Suicide in Adults
- Warning Signs of Suicide in Children and Teens
- Warning Signs of Suicide in Older Adults
- Ways To Reduce Stress
- Weakness and Fatigue
- What Increases Your Risk of Becoming a Victim of Domestic Abuse or Violence?
- Yoga
- ADHD: Should My Child Take Medicine for ADHD?
- Alzheimer's Disease: Should I Take Medicines?
- Depression: Should I Stop Taking My Antidepressant?
- Depression: Should I Take an Antidepressant?
- Depression: Should I Take Antidepressants While I'm Pregnant?
- Depression: Should My Child Take Medicine to Treat Depression?
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Should I Take Medicine for OCD?
- Panic Disorder: Should I Take Medicine?
- ADHD: Helping Your Child Get the Most From School
- ADHD: Helping Your Child Get Things Done
- Alcohol Problems: How to Stop Drinking
- Anxiety: Stop Negative Thoughts
- Bipolar Disorder in Children: Helping Your Child Prevent Manic Episodes
- Bipolar Disorder: Preventing Manic Episodes
- Chronic Pain: Using Healthy Thinking
- Depression: Dealing With Medicine Side Effects
- Depression: Helping Someone Get Treatment
- Depression: Managing Postpartum Depression
- Depression: Stop Negative Thoughts
- Depression: Supporting Someone Who Is Depressed
- Depression: Taking Antidepressants Safely
- Diabetes: Coping With Your Feelings About Your Diet
- Grief: Coping With Grief
- Grief: Helping Children With Grief
- Grief: Helping Older Adults With Grief
- Grief: Helping Teens With Grief
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Using Healthy Thinking
- Seasonal Affective Disorder: Using Light Therapy
- Stop Negative Thoughts: Getting Started
- Stress Management: Breathing Exercises for Relaxation
- Stress Management: Doing Guided Imagery to Relax
- Stress Management: Doing Meditation
- Stress Management: Doing Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress
- Stress Management: Managing Your Time
- Stress Management: Practicing Yoga to Relax
- Stress Management: Reducing Stress by Being Assertive
- Stress Management: Relaxing Your Mind and Body
- Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop
- Weight Management: Stop Negative Thoughts
Current as of: October 9, 2017
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD - Family Medicine
