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Professionals Specialising in Mood Disorders

Mood disorders are mental illnesses that center around chemical imbalances in the brain that cause emotional problems with depression, mania, or a combination of both. Symptoms of mood disorders include feelings of hopelessness, sleep troubles and other problems. Treatment with psychotherapy is helpful for dealing with a variety of mood disorders.

Related Specialties:
Bipolar Disorders | Depressive Disorders
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Abuse Trauma
Trauma that originates from abuse is similar to other types of trauma, but the effects can be longer lasting and sometimes more difficult to deal with. Even if the abuse occurs during childhood or adolescence, the after effects may carry on into adulthood. This is one of the reas...
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Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
The main difference between adjustment disorder with depressed mood and major depression is that the former is caused by an identifiable situation or event that has caused stress in a person's life. Also, the symptoms are generally less intense.  Usually, after the cause is ...
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Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood
Occasionally, people with adjustment disorder will display symptoms of both anxiety and depression. In these cases, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood is diagnosed. Because of the dual nature of this disorder, it can be quite difficult to deal with. As with...
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Adjustment Disorders
Big changes in life - either at work or in a relationship or elsewhere - can cause extreme stress in a person's life. While most people have ways to deal with the additional strain caused by big life changes, others may be affected by various adjustment disorders. The symptoms ca...
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Amphetamine Addiction
An addiction to amphetamines can cause disastrous things to happen in your life. For many, amphetamine intoxication can lead to abuse of the drug. Some of the long term symptoms of amphetamine addiction are loss of appetite, weight loss, mood swings, sleep disorders, and various ...
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Asperger's Disorder
While it is considered a milder form of autism, asperger's disorder is still a serious problem for many children. The symptoms are similar to those of autism - social problems, communication problems, and eccentric behavior - but they are generally seen in a lesser degree in thos...
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Atypical Depression
Also called clinical depression, atypical depression is a mild form of depression. Unlike other mood disorders, people affected by atypical depression generally are able to lift their spirits when something positive happens in their life. This is the major difference between atyp...
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Bipolar Disorders
Bipolar disorders are mood disorders that cause people to swing from one emotional end of the spectrum to the other. Because the mental illness combines depression and mania, the symptoms will vary depending on the stage a person is currently in, but they mirror the common signs ...
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Bipolar I Disorder
Bipolar I disorder is one of the most serious mood disorders. Symptoms include intense periods of mania followed by equally intense periods of depression. Because of the nature of the mental illness, other symptoms include those associated with depression and mania. Going back an...
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Bipolar II Disorder
Bipolar II disorder is differentiated from bipolar I disorder in that a person never experiences the full effects of the mania stage of the emotional equation. That said, symptoms still include mood swings (though not as intense), depression, as well as other physical and psychol...
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Hayley Daniels-Lake

5 ways to manage depression by Hayley Daniels-Lake

When we go to our doctors for depression all too often we are prescribed medication and sent away. I'm not denying that medication does work and if you want to take that then I see nothing wrong in that. However, many people are unwilling or unhappy about this option and therefor...


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Hayley Daniels-Lake

All about EFT by Hayley Daniels-Lake

What is EFT?


Gary Craig (EFT founder) explains what EFT is better then I ever could. "EFT is a new discovery that has provided thousands with relief from pain, diseases and emotional issues. Simply stated, it is a unique version of acupuncture except you don't us...


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Hayley Daniels-Lake

Being Happy is a Choice by Hayley Daniels-Lake

I know, people are always saying that being happy is a choice and believe me – I hate that saying as much as anyone but despite that it really is true. Have you ever noticed how some people seem to stay positive no matter what life throws at them whilst others get knocked back...


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Hayley Daniels-Lake

Can EFT help me? by Hayley Daniels-Lake

The short answer is yes. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) has been the subject of many studies and it has been proven that it works with physical as well as emotional difficulties.

EFT is similar to counselling and other talk therapies but employs a physical aspect as...


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Simon Maryan

States of Consciousness by Simon Maryan

The study of consciousness is an arduous process, be it from either psychological or philosophical perspectives. The scientific consideration of states of consciousness that differ from ordinary waking consciousness is a path filled with hazards and booby traps. Tart's (1975) ...


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Simon Maryan

The Power of Emotions by Simon Maryan

How to Capture a Good Mood

Life is full of occasions when the mood of a group or team changes without realising it, this leads to a corresponding change in performance. This article explains how we can choose which emotions to use and which to fend off.

Ther...


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Simon Maryan

The Use of Metaphors in Coaching by Simon Maryan

The Use of Metaphors in Coaching

 

The word metaphor is from the Greek metapherein, which means to transfer or to change. For our purposes in coaching, we use the term metaphor as a symbol that captures or represents qualities of our cli...


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