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Anthony’s comment: It is possible that a person wouldn’t recognize the symptoms he or she had in order to seek help. In fact, it isn’t necessary to recognize these symptoms in order to seek help....

Historically, the sciences were considered a part of   philosophy called natural philosophy, because they pertained to thinkers concerned with the state of nature.  Psychology was that part of natural philosophy associated with human nature. As...

Literally thousands of different chemicals participate  in brain function and fall into different groups based  on their chemical structure, mechanism of action, psychotropic effects, from where they originally come, or  disease process they are designed...

Anthony’s comment:  Although depression is not 100% heritable, I believe it often  runs in families even if one is not aware of it being present in  other family members. In the early 1970s, due to...

Depression is a medical condition that affects a per-son’s thoughts and feelings as well as the body. It can be associated with various physical problems in areas such as sleep, appetite, energy, libido, and thinking....

The brain is a complex organ comprising gray matter and white matter. Gray matter consists of the cell bodies of neurons and other support cells , and white matter consists of long tracts of axons...

The DSM-IV-TR ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Fourth Edition, Text Revised) is considered the standard diagnostic manual for establishing the diagnosis of various mental disorders. Of note, in its introduction a...

Before mental illness can be defined, the concept of illness needs to be understood more completely. As medicine has become increasingly driven by techno-logic advances, the concept of disease has supplanted the concept of illness....

Emotions are regulated by the complex interaction between various brain components and the environment in a feedback loop that allows for both the environment to impact brain structure and function and the brain to impact...

Emotions or feelings are often distinguished from thoughts. Emotions are typically considered the irrational or animal part of humans, whereas thoughts are the rational part. Strong feelings such as anger, joy, fear, and sadness result...

No one definition for emotions exists. Many dictionaries refer to “feelings” or “moods” when defining the word; this further begs the question of what they are. Scientists who attempt to study emotional phenomena characterize them...