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Childhood Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
According to The Huffington Post, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder has attracted its fair share of controversy since its addition to the DSM-5 in 2013. Kids who throw huge explosive tantrums can now be labelled, posing the question, ‘Have they really gone too...
Separation Anxiety Disorder in Children
Childhood Separation Anxiety Disorder is different from usual childhood fears due to its intensity that extends beyond appropriate developmental period for a child’s age. When children experience severe anxiety due to separation from their mother or primary care giver...
Why Youth Homelessness Matters
According to Homelessness Australia, there's a staggering number of homeless young people in Australia. When we think about homeless youths we often think about street kids, drug addicts and runaways. But this is not always the case. Most of the homeless youth aren’t...
Diagnosed With Parkinson’s Disease? You’re Not Alone
Parkinson’s Disease affects those between the ages of 50 and 60 but can affect younger people. It often goes unnoticed by everyone including the patient themselves as the symptoms can be very mild at first appearing with a small shake in a hand while it’s resting or...
How Pets Can Help Children Develop In Key Areas
According to the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne approximately 80% of Australians have or have owned a pet at some stage during their lifetime. Children can gain benefits that go beyond the physical when caring for animals aiding with development in confidence and...
The Co-Dependent Rescuer & Enabler
It can start with a well intentioned desire to help, but co-dependent relationships become dysfunctional helping relationships that occur when a person rescues, enables or supports another’s bad behaviour, immaturity, procrastination, underachievement, addiction or...
Emotional Immaturity Linked to Depression and Anxiety
The main characteristic of emotional maturity is the ability to see life clearly and accurately and to be able to deal with life’s ups and downs in a healthy way. Emotionally mature people are able to control their emotions and take full responsibility for their life...
Avoidant Personality Disorder
People with Avoidant Personality Disorder struggle with feelings of inadequacy and extreme shyness. These people are sensitive to rejection and show extreme social inhibition. They are also insecure and feel inadequate. The symptoms of this disorder affect a person’s...
Good Friday – The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
He was hung on a cross to die, but even after being tortured, teased and crucified for all mankind, death couldn’t hold Jesus down. He was raised from the dead by the Power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ unwavering trust in the father was a testimony to God’s love,...
Supporters Say The DSM-5 Enables Reliable Diagnosis
Those supporting the changes in the DSM-5 have one thing in common, they believe revisions in the new edition have fine-tuned diagnosis capabilities enabling real mental health professionals to reliably diagnose and effectively treat patients affected by psychological...
Rascism, Prejudice & Discrimination in Australia
”The Sydney Morning Herald published a story on how Paul Shin and his wife Isabella were brutally bashed at their own business, a general store in Terrigal NSW, by a 17 year old male, who during the attack was repeatedly yelling racist slurs at the couple. Mr Shin was...
14 New Disorders in the DSM-5
21st century living has contributed to the addition of 14 new Disorders in the DSM-5 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals around the world. The manual is...