Diagnosing Seasonal Affective Disorder
by Rickie Smith.Diagnosing Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can be rather difficult because it is hard to distinguish it from other forms of depression. Before doctors can do diagnoses on a patient, typically they will have to rule out other medical conditions. S...
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Lithium for Mood Disorders
by Alien.Lithium (pronounced /?l??i?m/) is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft alkali metal with a silver-white color. Lithium is used to treat manic or depressive (bipolar), and depressive disorders. Lithium brand names ar...
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Cyclothymic Disorder - Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
by peterhutch.Cyclothymia is a chronic bipolar disorder consisting of short periods of mild depression and short periods of hypomania (lasting a few days to a few weeks), separated by short periods of normal mood. Individuals with cyclothymia (thymia: from the Gre...
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Information on Delusional Disorder -
by Corwin Brown.Delusional disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a psychotic mental illness that involves holding one or more non-bizarre delusions in the absence of any other significant psychopathology (signs or symptoms of mental illness). In particular, a...
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