I want to be a psychologist and i want to work with people who have bipolar, schizophrenia etc lol but i dont want to work with people with down syndrome because they scare me :/ not trying to mean but they do. So does psychology work with people like that ?? or would psychiatry be [...]
If you work in Psychology do you work with people with down syndrome and stuff?
April 12, 2011
How to deal with being raped by my father and then finding out he was killed in jail?
February 6, 2011
I was just 7 years old when the daily raping events occurred; it didn’t end until I told my best friend when I was 15, a sophomore in high school. Before that I saw my father every day of my life, it was the hardest thing I had ever gone there. I felt ashamed, hurt [...]
WHICH IS BETTER PSYCHIATRY OR PSYCHOLOGY!?
November 6, 2010
i love helping people about thier problems and studying the human mind. i also like making sure they are okkay. from my understanding psychologist make between 30000-60000 and psychiatrist makes 150000-180000. whoa big money difference. i really need to make that 150000 or more. BUT also i dont just wanna talk to biipolar or psyco [...]
Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment?
August 10, 2010
I’ve been diagnosed as being Bipolar and also having traits of Borderline Personality Disorder. I’ve been hospitalized six times over a period of six months and have nearly given up hope of recovery. I just don’t feel like I’m getting anything out of counseling, or not enough. I’m surviving, but barely.
I’ve been doing [...]
How do Psychiatrists get away with MURDER ?
May 24, 2010
Last summer I called my mother a "blitch" because she was yelling at my girlfriend.
My mother had a mental health warrant put out for me and three days later the police broke my window open and dragged me out of my bed in the middle of the night.
They put me in a mental hospital and [...]
How can I find group therapy in my area?
March 13, 2010
I need to find group therapy for bipolar disorder and abuse in Michigan and I can’t seem to find anything online. How can I locate someone?
anxiety and depression at the same time makes no sense to me, how bout you?
October 27, 2009
i get so stressed out about things i just shut down and don’t want to leave my house. i’ve missed so many days of work the past two months just cuz i can’t get out of bed.
but what i don’t understand is how some days being anxious about things makes me want to get [...]
I won't be able to go back to school at this rate - I might as well kill myself?
September 25, 2009
I’m a 15 year old boy in London, England. All of my shouting and arguments have caused my neighbours to avoid my parents. Even though my parents are great, and don’t deserve this, my dad was the one who caused this. He has bipolar disorder and his 3 month manic episodes are like the last [...]
I won't be able to go back to school at this rate - I might as well kill myself?
September 22, 2009
I’m a 15 year old boy in London, England. All of my shouting and arguments have caused my neighbours to avoid my parents. Even though my parents are great, and don’t deserve this, my dad was the one who caused this. He has bipolar disorder and his 3 month manic episodes are like the last [...]
Does psychiatry places too much emphasis on drugs?
September 18, 2009
Is it me or does psychiatry (or anything to do with mental health) place too much emphasis on drugs. It seems that when you complain of feeling depressed, they just whip out their prescription pad and put you on an antidepressant. I’ve heard of this being done even when the depression is due [...]
I won't be able to go back to school at this rate - I might as well kill myself?
September 16, 2009
I’m a 15 year old boy in London, England. All of my shouting and arguments have caused my neighbours to avoid my parents. Even though my parents are great, and don’t deserve this, my dad was the one who caused this. He has bipolar disorder and his 3 month manic episodes are like the last [...]
AARON BECK - How does his model of the mind differ from any other school of psychology? They are all models.?
September 13, 2009
Beck discovered that by increasing patients’ objectivity regarding their misinterpretations of situations or subjective sensations or feelings (cognitive distortions) and their negative expectancies, they experienced a substantial shift in their thinking and subsequently in their affect and behavior. This approach consists of a combination of strategies and techniques designed to modify the cognitive distortions and [...]
How to work with my doctor to get accurate diagnosis?
September 12, 2009
I was diagnosed as clinically depressed upon my release from a psychiatric hospital in 1999. I also got a diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder from two major car accidents in five months. After doing some research online, I feel that I fit much better in other diagnosis categories, including bipolar/manic depression, borderline [...]
am i too labelled , too old & stigmatized, & disadvantaged by my past?
August 26, 2009
heres my life so far:
- 31 years old , had a very hard life, many abuses, mainly psychological .
-ive lived alone in a one bedroom apartment on welfare for 6 years now
- so far , ive missed out on a normal life of employment, having friends, having a job, virtually everything.
- the [...]
Does anyone have information OR a paper on a counseling issue? (Exp. Art therapy, psychotherapy)?
August 21, 2009
I need a paper for my Psyc class Cinical and Counseling(PSYC 342) it has to be atleast 8 pages so I figured I get some help from experts. It has to address any issue dealing with counseling. Like counseling strategies for different disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar, behavior therapy….. etc
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