Specific Phobias in WomenFamily Resources, Mental Health, Mental Health - Women, Personal ResourcesBy PromisesJanuary 16, 2020Specific phobia is a medical term used to describe a persistent, irrational fear-based reaction to things or situations that have a minor or nonexistent potential to cause harm. Various people can develop this type of response to almost anything. However, some phobic reactions occur much more frequently than others. Women and girls develop specific phobias… Details
Schizoaffective Disorder in WomenFamily Resources, Mental Health, SchizophreniaBy PromisesJanuary 15, 2020Schizoaffective disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by a set of symptoms that combines features of schizophrenia with features of depression, mania, or some other form of mood disorder. Compared to most other mental illnesses, doctors know relatively little about schizoaffective illness. This is true, in part, because of the complex combination of symptoms that… Details
Narcissistic Personality Disorder in WomenFamily Resources, Mental Health, Mental Health - Women, RecoveryBy PromisesJanuary 14, 2020Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a mental health condition marked by deep-seated insecurity hidden behind such things as outsized displays of arrogance, self-importance, and self-adulation. This condition affects a small but significant percentage of American adults. Both women and men develop NPD. However, the condition’s impact on women differs from its impact on men in… Details
Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise SpecifiedBipolar, Family Resources, Mental Health, Personal ResourcesBy PromisesJanuary 13, 2020Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (BP-NOS) is the diagnostic category that mental health professionals use when describing bipolar symptoms that don’t fit the criteria for an official form of bipolar illness. As such, the category acts as a generalized depository for bipolar-related characteristics. Despite its catchall nature, a BP-NOS diagnosis is medically serious. In many… Details
Histrionic Personality Disorder in WomenFamily Resources, Mental Health, Mental Health - WomenBy PromisesJanuary 12, 2020Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by highly dramatic and/or emotional attention-seeking conduct that disrupts a person’s ability to participate fully in everyday life. It belongs to a larger group of conditions commonly referred to as Cluster B personality disorders. Women develop histrionic personality disorder roughly four times more frequently than men.… Details
Avoidant Personality Disorder in WomenFamily Resources, Mental Health, Mental Health - Women, Personal ResourcesBy PromisesJanuary 11, 2020Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a persistent pattern of excessive shyness, sensitivity, or sense of inadequacy that hinders full involvement in social and/or interpersonal aspects of everyday life. Avoidant personality disorder in women develops at roughly the same rate as men, and it affects people from both genders in essentially… Details
Dysthymia in WomenFamily Resources, Mental Health, Mental Health - Women, Personal ResourcesBy PromisesJanuary 10, 2020Dysthymia is a psychiatric condition that belongs to a larger group of conditions known as depressive disorders. People with the disorder have somewhat less severe forms of some of the symptoms found in people with major depressive disorder (major depression). However, by its very nature, dysthymia lasts for extended periods of time, and its overall… Details
Adjustment Disorders in WomenFamily Resources, Mental HealthBy PromisesJanuary 9, 2020Adjustment disorder is a general term used to describe several related forms of mental illness that can occur when people don’t recover from the effects of traumatic or stressful events within a certain amount of time. The specific symptoms of these conditions vary according to the severity of a person’s adjustment difficulties and the particular… Details
When Perfectionism Becomes DysfunctionalMental HealthBy PromisesJanuary 8, 2020The personality disposition called perfectionism comes with pluses and minuses. Coupled with the right combination of other character traits, work habits, and values, it can help in achieving goals. What experts sometimes call “maladaptive” perfectionism, though, can actually hinder accomplishments and working relationships. It can be at this point where perfectionism becomes dysfunctional. How Perfectionism… Details
Protecting Relationships from DepressionDepression, Family Resources, Mental Health, RecoveryBy PromisesJanuary 7, 2020According to statistics, nearly 15 million adults in the U.S. struggle with depression. While that number alone is staggering, it doesn’t even tell us half the story when it comes to the condition’s actual impact. You see, the depression that directly afflicts millions also has a significant effect on those around them – their spouses,… Details
