Even Toddlers Get the Blues
Your 3-year-old isn't her usual spry self. She no longer brightens at the sight of you first thing in the morning. She refuses to eat, and she hasn't been this cranky since she first started ... Read more... »
- Bipolar Overview
- Bipolar Symptoms
- Phases of Bipolar
- Causes of Bipolar
- Risk Factors for Bipolar
- How Bipolar is Diagnosed
- Frequently Asked Questions about Bipolar
- Children & Bipolar
- Work Issues in Bipolar
- Resources
- Treatments for Bipolar Disorder
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Treatment Overview
- Medications for Bipolar
- Medications for Bipolar Children
- Psychotherapy for Bipolar
- Herbs for Bipolar
- Viatmins for Bipolar
- Minerals for Bipolar
- Nutritional Supplements
- Living with Bipolar
- Online Bipolar Support Groups
- Depression
- Depression Overview
- Depression Quiz
- Symptoms of Depression
- Types of Depression
- Causes of Depression
- Treatment Options
- Frequently Asked Questions
- In Depth: Understanding Depression
- Medications for Depression
- Teenager Depression
- Living with Depression
Caregivers Articles
A Toolbox for ‘Fixing’ Your Kids
As a clinical social worker who serves families, I often hear the following request from parents: "fix my kids." "They won't listen to me, they're disrespectful, won't do chores," etc. I am sure you can ... Read more... »
Taking Charge of Your Own Healthcare
It's a common complaint. A new client comes to my office for help with pain management for recurrent and severe headaches. Although she has been diagnosed and treated for migraine, she hasn't responded to treatment. ... Read more... »
Psychosocial Treatments for Schizophrenia
Antipsychotic drugs have proven to be crucial in relieving the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia — hallucinations, delusions, and incoherence — but are not consistent in relieving the behavioral symptoms of the disorder.
Even when patients ... Read more... »
Overview of Treatment for Schizophrenia
Most patients do not experience a complete remission of symptoms. However, this disorder can be managed by a combination of psychosocial therapies and medications.
A psychiatrist, who attends to the biological or medical needs of ... Read more... »
Helpful Hints about Schizophrenia for Family Members and Others
A patient's support system may come from several sources, including the family, a professional residential or day program provider, shelter operators, friends or roommates, professional case managers, churches and synagogues, and others. Because many patients ... Read more... »
Finding Psychological Help for Your Child
Ten years ago, Lindy Garnette faced one of a parent's toughest challenges: She had to find psychological help for her child.
Her son, then 5, had bipolar disorder, a diagnosis that might lead to a lifetime ... Read more... »
The Therapist’s Job Is To Put Herself Out of Work
This odd but telling phrase represents the motto of many family therapists. It encapsulates the notion that a therapist's job is to encourage the client or family to become healthier, more independent, stronger, and more ... Read more... »
Should Parents Stay with Their Children in Therapy?
Parents often are unsure if they should be present when their children attend therapy sessions. Each practitioner has a different philosophy and the answer may depend on the age and diagnosis of the child. Here ... Read more... »
Married with Disabled Children
Can this marriage survive? It’s a question many of us ask as we try to juggle the care of a disabled child, the needs of our other children, and, oh yes, the relationship to that ... Read more... »
Dividing Things, Not Families
It was 10:45 on a warm summer day. Outside a stately mansion, parked on either side of the front door, were two large moving vans. Inside, the two van drivers and their assistants were becoming ... Read more... »
A Parent’s Guide To Protecting Kids with Intellectual Disabilities from Sexual Abuse
It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Depending on the study, it is estimated that from 60 to 90 percent of women with an intellectual disability will be sexually exploited or abused in the course of their ... Read more... »
Both Sides Now: Tips on Caring for the Person with Cancer
Laura has experienced both sides (and more) of the cancer caregiving relationship. As a social worker, she spent 20 years working directly with people who were medically ill. As the daughter, sister, and wife of ... Read more... »
Choosing Euthanasia for Your Pet
There is no simple way to accept when you need to make a decision regarding ending the life of your pet. This kind of purposeful death is called "euthanasia," and which many people refer to ... Read more... »
The 5 Stages of Loss and Grief
The stages of mourning are universal and are experienced by people from all walks of life. Mourning occurs in response to an individual's own terminal illness or to the death of a valued being, human ... Read more... »
