Features Related to Mental Health

1. Getting ADHD Kids Back to School
   

   For Trish White, 32, and her kids, Joshua, 11, and Elissa, 7, the end of summer means more than just heading back to school. It means getting reacquainted with more structure and routine, adjusting to the demands of homework, and the rigidity of an eight-hour school day -- not to mention the social

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2. Forgive and forget
   

   Christians view forgiveness as an offshoot of love -- a gift given freely to those who have hurt you. Forgiveness, however, may bring enormous benefits to the person who gives that gift, according to recent research. If you can bring yourself to forgive and forget, you are likely to enjoy lower bloo

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3. Why Multitasking Isn’t Efficient
   

   Kris Oser, 37, of Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., is an email fiend. A single mother and director of communications for a market research company, she has to be immediately accessible to executives and the news media. That means Oser is often on the phone and messaging several people at the same time -- a

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4. The Truman Show Delusion: Real or Imagined?
   

   Two doctor/brothers, Joel and Ian Gold, have identified symptoms of a mental illness unique to our times: the Truman Show delusion, named for the 1998 movie that starred Jim Carrey as a suburbanite whose movements were filmed 24/7 and broadcast to the world. The two say a handful of individuals are

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5. 8 Myths About Bipolar Disorder
   

   Because of increased awareness and diagnosis, more people than ever before have a basic understanding of bipolar disorder, the condition formally known as manic depression. Yet myths persist about this mental disorder that causes mood shifts from depression to mania and affects a person's energy and

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6. Beyond 'White Coat Syndrome'
   

   When Dorothea Lack was a little girl, she hid under a doctor's desk to avoid a vaccination. Undaunted, the doctor crawled under the desk and vaccinated her then and there. Lack said the incident provoked a fear of doctors that followed her into adulthood. "I didn't feel I could trust them," says Lac

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7. Minimize School Morning Mayhem for ADHD Children
   

   Getting any child up and out the door in time for school can be a trying experience, but if a child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this process can make you want to pull your hair out. Think about all that can go wrong: The backpack may not be where it was supposed to be or the

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8. Tips to Reduce the Side Effects of ADHD Medications
   

   Stomach upsets, weight loss, insomnia are all common side effects of ADHD medications. Often they are mild, not lasting beyond the first few weeks -- but not always. For many kids, the battle with side effects is constant. Steven Parker, MD, director of behavioral and developmental pediatrics at Bos

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9. Skinny Sweepstakes
   

   By Hara Estroff Marano “I started starving myself when I was 12 or 13," Chloe, an absolute beauty, recalls. "I wasn't overweight, but I wasn't as thin as a lot of my friends. It was just something I noticed." Around that time, "a lot of problems" erupted in her family. "Dieting made me feel like I w

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10. Bipolar Disorder: Tips for Family and Friends
    

    Ongoing treatment -- both psychotherapy and medication -- is essential to controlling the mood swings of bipolar disorder. How can family members help their loved one stick with treatment? "Learn as much as you can about the disease," says Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, professor of psychiatry at John H

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