Mental Health - July 2007

Mr. Choi's therapist wants to help him become aware of his conflicting childhood feelings of love and hate for his parents. The therapist's goal best reflects a primary aim of:

A. client-centered therapy.
B. cognitive therapy.
C. psychoanalysis.
D. systematic desensitization.
E. operant conditioning techniques.

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2007-07-01 15:21:23 · 7 answers · asked by hey dude 2

After ten years of medication for depression, PTSD and ADHD how do I know when I can start reducing meds? My doctor says due to my progress it is time but is up to me. I have been totally stable for several months. My doc says it is up to me what should I do? I take high doses of a lot of meds and dont want to damage my organs from high dosages of various scripts if I do not have to. Any thoughts? Please?

2007-07-01 15:16:39 · 7 answers · asked by sliverofdignity 3

How do I get myself to feel less tired and more energetic? I have really big tests (SHSAT NYC THING) this November and I only want to focus on studying. How do I do that?

2007-07-01 15:15:49 · 2 answers · asked by hUMOR*mE 2

there is this lady i know who controls her husband, who is never happy, she complains about everything and doesn't want to listen to anything, she is 30 years old but when you tell her she is wrong she gets upset and cry's and runs off like a kid. she screams back at everyone and is just constantly uspet but there is no reason to be upset. she has a perfect life but she is just upset and doesn't want to do anything and doesn;t want to work.

what could be wrong with her, maybe ADD? or what.

2007-07-01 15:14:29 · 26 answers · asked by cleo 1

I graduated from college, but I didn't get to make the GPA high enough to go to graduate school. I'm mentally disabled & my disability affects my functioning in school. It seems like I'll never pass. I feel like a failure. I'm back in college taking undergraduate classes, & it's not working out for me. & I was told that by being in the grad prep program for this school & making straight A's with a perfect GRE score still won't guarantee me to get into grad school. I suck at writing papers, & the professor always says that I don't follow directions, which is part of my disability. I have comprehension problems. & I want to work. Also for student loans, I was told I can get them discharged, since I'm disabled. Should I continue with school, wasting the government's money, KNOWING I'm not gonna pass these courses or should I quit & give up? It's so stressful that it's driving me to a panic attack. & I can't work because they'll cut off my SSI & Social Security benefits.

2007-07-01 15:10:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What would you recommend I do to increase my IQ? That is, what sort of mental excercises would you recommend I take up. Or, would I have to adjust my food intake, or both?

2007-07-01 14:48:24 · 9 answers · asked by Mike M. 7

It happens to me all the time.

2007-07-01 14:37:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wanna just end thise painful life. What's the easiest way I can just leave this earth w/o suffering while I die?

2007-07-01 14:07:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-01 13:36:29 · 21 answers · asked by cpc26ca 1

2007-07-01 12:45:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

im 30 years old, have had a very traumatic life and have been treated badly and victimized by alot of people. i now have borderline personality disorder, anger/rage problems, ptsd, high anxiety and panic, social phobia, bad mood swings, very low self esteem..im presentley in a que for therapy.
however...
for along time now ive had the feeling people are talking about me, treating me different, socially ostracizing me, preventing me from having a life and achieving things, preventing me from meeting a loving partner i choose, the girl i want, preventing me from getting and achieving employment, preventing me from emigrating from the uk, which is what id seriously like to do, to canada.......all these desires i would like ive never fullfilled in my life, ive never had a girlfriend or made any friends, because of what ive been through & disorder....and worst of all i think people high up, in society, organised gangs, the media, the government are causing me to be ostracized and are

2007-07-01 12:37:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-01 11:11:01 · 27 answers · asked by Phil J 1

life. I've never even been a virgin. Well maybe for a few months. I don't say this for sympathy, Please not that! I say it because it explains a lot about me. I have finally been able to know what it feels like when someone is being abusive in some way. I have kicked them all out of my life, and now I am all alone. I don't drive because of my mp. I really don't even leave my home. I thought maybe I could do some good here with answers, and at the same time make friends. But I don't know how. I feel so hopeless at times I have to go to the hospital to keep from hurting me. If I had some friends around, it would change that for good. I feel ugly, I know I'm not beautiful, but I do love me, and that should count for something. I know how to be a good friend, just can't find 'em anymore.
Help! I need somebody! (sorry stolen from the beatles) any way answers pls.

Peace.

2007-07-01 09:27:13 · 12 answers · asked by Linda B 6

I'm worried that my body will get accustomed to both and once I stop the Trazodone, the good feeling I get from Trazodone will go away and the Celexa alone will not be sufficient,

I guess I can up the dose of Celexa once I no longer need the Trazodone for sleep. I am on 20 mg of Celexa right now, and I heard that some people are on 40 mg. (I plan on using the Trazodone for a long period until winter time when I will feel comfortable to wing of the Trazodone.)

2007-07-01 09:23:45 · 3 answers · asked by bradlitazole 2

2007-07-01 09:17:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know this person whom I suspect is suffering from it.Should I tell them and try to get this person some help?? Or just ignore it because it could create even more difficulities? Please Help with your knowledge of this terrible disease

2007-07-01 08:32:28 · 8 answers · asked by John 5

I`ve been depress since highschool because the kids weren`t nice to me.I`m 22 and I have suicidal thoughts.Can I overlook my suicidal thoughts if I been having it for years and I haven`t tried to kill myself? I`m a christian so i`m afriad to go to hell.

I stay home alot ;I became anti-social because of my highschool .I don`t have any friends.I basically don`t have a life.I usually get pannic attacks when I have to go to school or when I have to go outside.I`m too scared to get a job because I don`t know how i`ll be treated.I`m angry all the time because of the bad things people did to me .I`m even mad at my parents.

I never saw a doctor about this.Could it be a Bi-polar disorder?

2007-07-01 08:19:43 · 7 answers · asked by sweetpie65 5

I was wondering if anyone here, preferbly a doctor knew anything about stuttering. Ive been stuttering since i was little. It's better now then when i was younger. I only stutter sometimes, but when i do stutter it's those important times where i need not to stutter. I don't stutter when i read or anything like that, it's only speaking.Usually when i'm trying to explain something. My parents put me in speech classes in elementry school and junior high to help with it.The problem is i wouldnt stutter when i was in the class, but i would stutter outside of the class. My question is, is there anything that a doctor can do to help with it. I want to be a nurse and my parents said that this can affect from being one beause i'll have to relay messages to doctors really fast and get to the point, and i can't do that with my stuttering. I heard of this little divice that was invented that you can put in your ear to help stop stuttering. Is this true? I need advice!!
A Freshmen in College

2007-07-01 07:40:48 · 3 answers · asked by Natalie's mommy 4

Hi, I am a 25 year old male who suffers with anxiety and depression. My main goal in life is to sort out all the problems I have and get my life back on track.

Because I have been let down a lot in the past I had to deal with so many problems I do not know where to begin. When I was at school I was bullied and occasionally beaten. However, as many people in my position would have told somebody about what was going on I did not. I thought I could deal with the problems myself, however, I could not and it is a regret I still live with today. The bullying did not stop after school, it continued to go on through college, even my first job.

When I left my first job and started at my second job, the bullying stopped. However, I became so insecure by then I suffered with paranoia and panic attacks because I constantly worried about what people thought about me. After that job ended I just did not have the courage to find another one so I shut myself off from the world. I got depressed, moody and just ate and ate. I also would not talk to anyone at that time, even my own family.

After nearly a year of not doing anything with my life I realized I needed help, I do not know how I managed it but I went to see the doctors and told him about my problems. He then referred me to the mental health clinic, however, they felt I was not that bad and they referred me to I.V.S. the Independent Visitors Scheme and they paired me up with a volunteer once a fought night just to get me out of the house. When I first started going out I really found it difficult being around public crowded places and my panic attacks got worse. A while after that I decided to do a computer course.

Although I feel I have a long way to go I manage to work two part time volunteer jobs, as I am on incapacity benefits. And I am looking forward to one day having a full time paid job. Right now though I am just taking one day at a time.

I have also decided to go and see a counsellor and have just recently started seeing them for one on one sessions and then group therapy with people who have been in the similar position as me.

It has also affected my love life, in fact I do not even have a love life thanks to my anxiety and depression. I often wonder if I ever will. It has also affected my sex drive as I am still a virgin and have never been interested in sex. I know you will say that is because of the medication I am on, but the fact is I am not on any medication. The doctor felt I did not need it. Will my sex drive come back? Will I be able to have a love life as I am not interested in sex and suffer from anxiety and depression?

2007-07-01 06:46:51 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-01 05:26:04 · 8 answers · asked by Deep_S 1

im doing a school prodject for science about dieing and the plauge
i dont like doing this subject because i hate learning about death. but i need to know if there is a way or dieing without it hurting. like suicide.

2007-07-01 04:53:45 · 13 answers · asked by --- - 1

Please help me. I cannot figure out why I enjoy lying, and sometimes I believe my own lies. Please diagnose me. I am very upset about this. Am I just crazy? This is not funny-I am worried about myself.

2007-07-01 03:54:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

that pain last for tow weeks then my doctor return the medicin in small dose then add more doses and said it was chronic anexity and i should take medication all my life ive been taking medicine for four years the doctor change the medicine when i tell him that i hate to talk with my frinds in work i want to know when i get well and stop medicine because it makes me sleep a lot and wake up with new memory

2007-07-01 03:44:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-01 02:33:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous