I write a blog about recovering from Childhood Abuse, Domestic Violence and its Aftermath, which includes Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Social Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
I'm a clinical child psychologist and neuroscience researcher working at a large Midwest university-based child psychiatric institute. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I conduct studies on affect regulation and mood disorders in children and adolescents. I'm also the founder of the Translating Research Project, a series of informational blogs designed to rapidly...
20-something female from Northern Ireland, living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder with psychotic and dissociative features, bipolar disorder type II, major clinical depression and social anxiety. Basically mad?!
Currently taking 600mg Quetiapine (Seroquel) and 225mg Venlafaxine (Effexor) daily, as well as use of Diazepam (Valium) and...
Cheri Fraker, CCC/SLP, CLC is an ASHA certified pediatric speech pathologist and certified lactation consultant. She provides therapy services at The Center for Neuromuscular Services and is the clinic feeding specialist for The Center for Selective Eating and Pediatric Feeding Disorders, a multi-disciplinary feeding team clinic at Kids at Koke Mill. Cheri developed the techniques of...
I am a licensed Clinicial Psychologist with specialized training in mood and anxiety conditions. I often treat individuals, couples, and families with a "here and now approach" to address their difficulties, as opposed to focusing on issues from childhood or subconscious conflicts. Short-term therapy (approximately 15 sessions or less) can be very helpful in many cases, and sometimes...
Dr. Michael Katz, MD, MS, President of EatingKids.com: Dedicated to the fight against Eating Disorders & Childhood Obesity. Dr. Katz is a Licensed Medical Doctor who also holds an MS in Biomedical Sciences. He created EatingKids.com not only to provide information, but to create a collaborative community of parents, doctors and educators who could fuel each others’ passion to...
Victoria Costello is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker turned science journalist and the author of memoir and prescriptive nonfiction books. Her published trade books include two psychology titles: The Parent's Everything Guide to Childhood OCD (Adams Media, 2008), and The Everything Guide to a Happy Marriage (Adams Media, 2009), both written with Stephen Martin, a marriage and family...
I am 60, 5'6", 267 lbs. Have bad lower back pain, impinged nerve from c-6 vertebrae down left arm and hand. Left hand goes numb. Arthritis in hands and legs and carpal tunnel syndrome. I need quit smoking for out of breath easily. Trying lose weight and eat healthy. Leg ankle is swollen and leg is red. Am a Christian, and finishing Early Childhood...
Carrie Rittling is a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor in the state of Arizona.
Her area of focus includes treating many childhood conditions including Adolescent Depression and Anxiety, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders and Autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Rittling’s approach can include interpretation of Neurotransmitter Testing, IgG Food Intolerance Testing and...
I've lived with mental illness for most of my life. It started out as Depression in my teens, and then by the time I was 20 I started having symptoms of Schizophrenia. I went untreated until I was 20. Some of the emotional pain from my childhood is still with me. This blog is about my life with mental illness and the many challenges I face with it.
