Men and Binge Eating Episodes: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
Men suffer from eating disorders for different reasons than women. Focusing on men, this article looks at binge eating causes and symptoms, and the treatments that can help.
How Massage Therapy Can Help Fight Depression
Massage therapy has been found to be effective for treating depression, but critics suggest that this is merely a placebo effect. Assuming this is incorrect, this article offers some possible mechanisms for how massage therapy treats depression.
Using Exercise to Defeat Depression
Exercise has been shown to help treat mild depression and is a helpful complement to depression treatments, but many have wondered why exercise has this effect on depression. This article explores some physical and psychological ways that exercise helps to reduce depressive symptoms.
Appetite Suppressants for Binge Eating Disorder: Insights into their Use
People with binge eating disorder (BED) can find some relief in psychological treatments, but typically these are unable to help with weight loss. Appetite suppressants have been proposed to help those with BED to lose weight. This article discusses the different types and their effectiveness.
Controlling Binge Eating Disorder: Tips You Should Know
A key symptom of binge eating disorder is a loss of control while eating. This lack of control can be difficult to overcome, but this article offers tips and discusses therapies for controlling binge eating disorder.
Binge Eating Disorder and ADHD: Exploring the Link Between the Two
It is not uncommon for some people with ADHD to binge eat. But is there a link between the two disorders? This article examines the limited research on binge eating disorder and ADHD.
Melatonin and Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal affective disorder or SAD affects up to 10% of the population, but its cause is still uncertain, although the hormone melatonin has been suggested. This article examines the relationship between melatonin and seasonal affective disorder.
Causes of Binge Eating: Spotlight on Binge Eating Causes
Binge eating involves regular overeating which is secretive and compulsive. Researchers have searched for possible causes of binge eating, and it appears that there are many. This article specifically discusses three binge eating causes.
Evolutionary Depression: Evolutionary Approaches to Depression
Depression is something of an evolutionary mystery. Such a dangerous disorder should have been weeded out by natural selection. That it hasn’t has led some evolutionary psychologists to believe that it has a benefit and this knowledge is guiding some treatments.
Causes of Night Eating Disorder: Insight into Night Syndrome Causes
Night eating syndrome is an eating disorder characterized by continuous eating later in the day and overnight. A number of causes of night eating syndrome have been proposed and this article looks at two of them.
The Characteristics of Cluster A Personality Disorders
Cluster A personality disorders include paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders. While each shares the same underlying characteristics of Cluster A personality disorders, the symptoms of each are distinct. This article discusses these characteristics and symptoms.
What is Dependent Personality Disorder?
Those with dependent personality disorder (DPD) have a need to be cared for due to a lack of belief in their own abilities. This article discusses how dependent personality disorder is defined, the symptoms of this disorder, and theories about its cause.
Byetta Depression: Does Byetta Cause Depression?
Byetta is a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but diabetes discussion boards have posited the idea that using Byetta causes depression. Byetta can have some nasty side effects which may contribute to depression, but what is behind the Byetta depression? Is it the drug, the disease, or both?
Exploring the History of Bulimia
Bulimia is a relatively new disorder. Even though the Romans and other ancient cultures regularly feasted and purged, that practice is not the same as bulimia today. This article discusses the history of bulimia from ancient purging practices to the modern evolution of the eating disorder.
The Relationship Between Anxiety Disorder and Depression
Anxiety disorders and depression cover a wide spectrum of mental illness, but they are distinct disorders. However, it may surprise you how often they occur together.
Hypnosis and Binge Eating: Can Hypnosis Stop Binge Eating?
Hypnosis is viewed skeptically by some as a treatment for any condition. However, there are studies that highlight its effectiveness in treating in chronic pain. This has led some to wonder if hypnosis would be a useful binge eating treatment.
Binge Eating Hormones: A Look at Hormonal Balance and Binge Eating Disorders
Binge eating is a fairly common behavior, but it turns into a disorder when it becomes compulsive and frequent. While treatment usually focuses on the psychological, it appears that the existence of binge eating related hormones could help binge eaters to change their negative behaviors.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Treatment for Major Depression
Major depression is a serious mental illness characterized by a depressed mood and a lack of pleasure from activities that used to be enjoyable. Cognitive behavior therapy treatment can offer much needed relief from major depression.
Exploring Medications for Cyclothymia
Cyclothymia is a variation of bipolar disorder which usually affects people throughout their lives. Medications can help to relieve problematic symptoms. This article discusses some medications for cyclothymia and how they affect the brain.
Cognitive Psychology for Teen Depression: How This Treatment Approach Helps
Teen depression is a concern today, but medications have been shown to increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior for some teens with depression However, a therapy formed from cognitive psychology can help to alleviate depression. Let’s look at cognitive psychology and teen depression.