If your child shows ongoing social, learning, or emotional difficulties, a professional mental health evaluation can clarify needs and connect you with effective supports - early assessment improves outcomes and guides practical steps.
Hypnosis can help reframe automatic fear responses tied to public speaking. Used alone or alongside rehearsal, coaching, and evidence-based therapies, guided hypnosis offers relaxation and mental rehearsal to reduce stage fright for some people.
Crack is a smoked form of cocaine that produces a rapid, intense high and strong cravings. It carries serious physical, psychological, and social risks. Effective care relies on behavioral therapies, structured support, and, when necessary, inpatient treatment.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a persistent pattern of angry or defiant behavior beginning in early childhood. Evidence-based care emphasizes parent training, CBT, and family supports rather than routine medication.
Updated overview of conduct disorder (CD) for parents and clinicians: diagnostic framing under DSM-5, typical behaviors, causes, prognosis, and evidence-based treatments including parent training, CBT, and multisystemic approaches.
An updated overview of cocaine addiction: how the drug affects the brain and body, key health risks (including cardiovascular events and fentanyl contamination), evidence-based behavioral treatments, and harm-reduction strategies to reduce immediate dangers.
Recovery from addiction is often nonlinear and challenging because of withdrawal, cravings, and co-occurring mental health issues. Combining medication, behavioral therapies, peer support, and harm reduction improves outcomes.
Medications can help reduce craving or deter drinking, but they work best when combined with counseling, coordinated care, and ongoing aftercare for alcohol use disorder.
Aviophobia (fear of flying) is an intense anxiety about air travel. Symptoms include panic-like reactions and avoidance. Treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy, graded exposure, and VR can reduce fear; short-term medication may help under medical supervision.
Addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder involving compulsive substance use or behaviors despite harm. Modern care combines medication, psychotherapy, and social support; recovery often requires long-term strategies.
Six common causes of overeating - stress, confused hunger signals, temptation, emotional eating, reward-driven food choices, and poor sleep - with practical steps to reduce reactive eating and when to seek professional help.
A concise 2025 update on mood disorders: what they are, how clinicians classify major depressive and bipolar conditions, common treatments, and when to seek help.
Medication can be essential for some mental-health conditions, but many people benefit from non-drug strategies. Use shared decision-making, combine therapy and lifestyle changes when possible, and review medication regularly.
Short, actionable updates on gaining weight safely, evaluating leukocytosis in renal colic, evidence-based panic attack care, and modern treatments for Fabry disease.
Lasting happiness comes less from external gains and more from how you notice and work with your thoughts. Use awareness, simple cognitive shifts, and brief calming visualizations to access a more stable inner well-being.
Alcohol use disorder is treatable with a combination of medications, behavioral therapies, medical detox when needed, and peer support. Treatment should be tailored to severity, health status, and personal goals.
Hot flashes (vasomotor symptoms) are common around menopause. Estrogen therapy is the most effective treatment but requires individualized risk-benefit discussion. Nonhormonal drugs, behavior changes, CBT, and some complementary options can also help.
Stress relief begins by treating stress as a signal: identify the root cause, practice consistent self-care, and use prayer or reflection alongside practical action.