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Your Phone is Not Your Friend
A friend is a being that is there when you require help. Now imagine something or someone that provides you with exactly the things you lack at the time. You’re feeling bored? This friend provides you a lot of entertainment to witness and talk about! You don’t feel good? This friend gives you a million…
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Can Boredom Cause Depression?
Most of us think of boredom as a minor inconvenience – those long afternoons when nothing seems exciting or meaningful. But psychologists are beginning to see boredom as more than just an idle state of mind. When boredom lingers, it can chip away at our sense of purpose, drain motivation, and even set the stage…
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5 Ways to Make Winter Holidays the Best Time of the Year!
The winter holidays have just arrived as the world experiences the coldest days of the year. Whether you are religious, or not, there is something very cheery about the last week of December and the New Year to come! For some, this is a time of festivities. For others it is a time to relax…
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Do I Have a Personality Disorder?
Navigating through one’s troubles is difficult. To have issues is part of being human. However, it can often feel as if our problems are not really solvable. So what does one do? Perhaps one of your colleagues said something particularly rude to you. Or maybe things at home seem to be conflicted. Maybe the person…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria and Features of Prolonged Grief Disorder
One of the worst yet most frequent stresses in life is losing a loved one, which sets off a series of emotional, mental, and behavioral reactions that come to be known as grieving. People’s grief reactions vary depending on how they adjust to a significant death; they are not based on predetermined stages. When someone…
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Prevalence, Causes, Diagnostic Criteria and Features of Adjustment Disorders
Adjustment disorder is defined as a maladaptive emotional and/or behavioral reaction to an identified psychosocial stressor, encompassing people who struggle to adjust after a stressful event on a scale disproportionate to the amount or degree of the stressor. The symptoms are distinguished by stress responses inconsistent with socially or culturally anticipated reactions to the stressor and/or produce…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Acute Stress Disorder
Acute stress disorder (ASD) was added to the DSM-IV 20 years ago, but not much is known about how common it is, especially in the general community. ASD is a different diagnosis from PTSD, but the only difference is how long the symptoms last. This makes it harder to figure out how common ASD is.…
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Diagnostic Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common and intricate psychiatric problem that develops as a result of experiencing traumatic experiences, greatly affecting an individual’s mental health. PTSD is a condition that can cause a variety of symptoms, affecting cognitive abilities, emotions, physical sensations, and behavior. This can result in long-term difficulties and a higher likelihood…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
Disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED) is characterized by socially abnormal actions including straying from a caregiver, agreeing to travel with a stranger, and engaging in excessively familiar physical activities (such as hugging strangers) with strangers. The frequency range of symptoms for DSED is found to be between 4% and 11% and its prevalence rate of diagnosis…
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The Positives of Psychopathy
Psychopathy is a psychological construct that refers to callous and unemotional patterns of attitudes or behaviors. While much of the popular opinion on psychopathy is actually negative, there are some behaviors of psychopaths which are also seen positively. An evidence of the allure of psychopathy can be seen in the fact that Ted Bundy, the…
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Psychoeducation: Understanding Your Addiction
Addiction to chemical substances is not a comfortable condition. According to a study, 2.2% of people in the world have a problem with drugs or alcohol. 1.5% of people have an alcohol use disorder, compared to 0.8% of people with all substance use disorders put together (0.32% had a cannabis use disorder, 0.29% had an…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Reactive Attachment Disorder
Reactive attachment disorder is a trauma- and stressor-related early childhood syndrome caused by social neglect or maltreatment, according to the DSM-5. Children with this condition have trouble making emotional connections, cannot feel pleasant emotions, cannot tolerate physical or emotional contact, and may react aggressively when held, caressed, or comforted. Children with this condition are unpredictable,…