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  • Integrated Mental Health Center
    • During Life's Journey
      • Children
        • About Mental Health
          • Answers to Questions About Your Child's Mental Health
          • Taking Care of Your Child’s Mental Health
          • Keep Tabs on Your Child's Development
          • Knowing When to Seek Treatment for Your Child
          • Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
          • Psychiatric Treatment Team
        • Behavior Issues
          • Behavior Disorders
            • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
            • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
            • Conduct Disorder
          • Helping Your Children Manage Anger
          • Techniques for Taming Tantrums
          • Temper Tantrums
          • It's Time to Bench Bad Behavior
          • When Kids Want to Buy, Buy, Buy
          • Help! My 9-Year-Old Wants to Dress Sexy
          • Lying and Stealing
        • ADHD and Autism
          • ADHD
            • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
            • The Symptoms of ADHD
            • A Joint Approach to Treat ADHD
            • Medications to Treat ADHD in Children
            • Understanding Ritalin Abuse
            • ADHD Is More Than Child's Play
          • Autism
            • Pervasive Developmental Disorders
            • Learning More About Autism
            • Autistic Disorder
            • Vaccines Can Save Children's Lives
            • What Every Parent Should Know About Vaccinations
            • Dispelling Myths About Autism
            • How to Cope With a Child's Chronic Condition
        • Kids and Anxiety
          • Separation Anxiety
          • Your Child’s Separation Anxiety
          • Making the Grade on School Tests
          • Help Your Children Chill Out
          • Helping Children Conquer Fear
        • Kids and Tough Issues
          • Helping Your Children Cope With Death
          • When a Family Grieves
          • Helping Kids Cope with a Divorce
          • Bullies and Victims Need Your Help
          • Watch for Signs of Youth Violence
          • The Trouble With Bullies
          • Protect Your Kids From Internet Crime
          • Are Children Safe at School?
          • Talk With Your Kids About These Issues
          • How to Talk About Drugs With Your Kids
        • Kids and Confidence
          • Building Kids' Confidence
          • Teach Kids to Handle Victory and Defeat
          • For Kids, Games Can Build Strong Minds
          • Eating Together Is Good for Kids
          • Pet Care Teaches Children Responsibility
      • Teens
        • About Mental Health
          • Helping Your Child Through Adolescence
          • Understanding the Teen Brain
          • Teens and the Self-Esteem Shield
          • Answers to Questions About Your Child's Mental Health
          • Taking Care of Your Child’s Mental Health
          • Your Teen's SOS Signals
          • Knowing When to Seek Treatment for Your Child
          • Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
          • Psychiatric Treatment Team
        • Teens and Depression
          • Understanding Teenage Depression
          • Is Your Teen Depressed?
          • Help Teens Triumph Over Depression
          • Kids' Depression Is Serious but Treatable
          • Depressed Kids Need Help
          • Overview of Mood Disorders
          • Major Depression
        • Teens and Anxiety
          • Performance Anxiety Can Choke Up Athletes
          • Answers About Anxiety
          • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
          • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
          • Phobias
          • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
        • Teens and Eating Disorders
          • Eating Disorders: When Food Is the Enemy
          • Eating Disorders: More Thin Kids Say, 'I'm Fat'
          • Female Athlete Triad: An Unhealthy Condition
          • Curb Emotional Eating
          • Beating an Eating Disorder
          • Anorexia Nervosa
          • Bulimia Nervosa
        • Teens and Substance Abuse
          • Alcohol Abuse
            • Is Your Teen Abusing Drugs or Alcohol?
            • Binge Drinking Dangers for Young People
            • The Dangers of Binge Drinking
            • Alcohol Use Among Teens Is Epidemic
          • Drug Abuse
            • Substance Abuse / Chemical Dependence
            • How to Spot Drug Use in Kids
            • How to Talk About Drugs With Your Kids
            • Could Your Child Have a Drug Problem?
            • Cough Medicine Abuse by Teens
            • Teens and Prescription Drugs
        • Teens and Tough Issues
          • Put Peer Pressure in Its Place
          • Watch for Signs of Youth Violence
          • The Trouble With Bullies
          • Bullies and Victims Need Your Help
          • Bullies Go High-Tech
          • Monitor the Messages Children See and Hear
          • Protect Your Kids From Internet Crime
          • Teen Suicide
          • Teen Suicide: Learning to Recognize the Warning Signs
          • What You Must Know About Suicide
          • We Can Head Off Teen Tragedies
          • Helping Kids Cope with a Divorce
          • Helping Your Children Cope With Death
          • Talking Sex With Your Teen
          • How to Help Teenagers With Addicted Parents
          • The Truth About Kids and Divorce
        • A Healthy Outlook
          • Sunny Self-Talk: Seeing Through the Storm
          • Creating a Positive Body-Image
          • How to Develop a 'Can-do' Personality
          • Helping Teens Embrace Self-Care
      • Adults
        • About Mental Health
          • What You Need to Know About Mental Illness
          • Where to Turn for Mental Health
          • Mental Health: Finding the Help You Need
          • When to Seek Help for Your Mental Health
          • Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
          • Statistics
          • Psychiatric Treatment Team
          • Mental Health Glossary
          • Knowing When to Seek Treatment
        • Adults and Depression
          • Hope for Depression in Adults
          • For Adults: Take Care with Antidepressants
          • Major Depression
          • The 5 Top Warning Signals of Depression
          • Depression and Your Health
          • When It’s More Than the Blues
          • Women and Depression: Understanding the Gender Gap
          • Men and Depression
          • Helping Someone With Depression
          • To Treat Depression, a Healthy Dose of Exercise
        • Adults and Stress
          • Managing Stress
            • Coping With Major Life Changes
            • Change Your Life, Reduce Your Stress
            • Sidetrack Your Stress
            • 5-Minute Stress Solutions
            • De-Stressed Is Best
            • Breathing Techniques to Short-Circuit Stress
            • Managing Stress With Exercise
            • Using Yoga to Relieve Stress
            • Relaxing Ways to De-Stress
          • Stress and the Workplace
            • Managing Work-Related Stress
            • Dealing With Deadline Stress
            • Seek Success, But Skip the Stress
            • Perform Under Pressure
            • Learning to Handle Workplace Conflict
            • Manage Your Emotions at Work
          • Stress and Homelife
            • How to Juggle Home Life and Work Life
            • Don't Invite Stress to Your Wedding
            • How to Lower Your Financial Stress
            • Working Mom? Aim for Less Stress
            • Ways for Working Parents to Tame Stress
            • When Your Marriage Is on the Rocks
        • Adults and Anxiety
          • Don't Let Anxiety Control Your Life
          • If Anxiety Takes Over, Seek Help
          • Techniques for Taming Your Everyday Worries
          • Do You Have a Problem With Perfectionism?
          • Why Worry When You Can Be Concerned?
        • Adults and Abuse
          • Domestic Violence
          • Understanding Domestic Abuse
          • Recognizing Domestic Violence
          • Close the Door on Intimate Partner Violence
          • Protect Yourself from Sexual Assault
          • Recognizing a Partner's Emotional Abuse
          • Sexual Harassment's Emotional Toll
          • What You Can Do to Prevent Child Abuse
          • How to Stay Safe in a Crowd
          • Women and Substance Abuse
        • Adults and Alcohol
          • Some New Information on Alcoholism
          • Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Q and A
          • Break Through the Alcoholic's Psychological Defenses
          • Alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous
          • When a Family Member Is in Recovery
          • Helping an Unwilling Alcoholic
          • Helping a Friend With an Addiction
          • What to Do If You Relapse
          • How to Cut Down on Drinking
          • Social Drinking vs. Problem Drinking
        • For Your Well Being
          • Focus on Keeping Your Spirits Up
          • How to Improve Your Mental Health
          • Being Social Helps You Be Well
          • Build a Buff Brain
          • Yoga for Your Mind and Body
          • Breaking Yourself Out of a Rut
          • Sunny Self-Talk: Seeing Through the Storm
          • Positive Ways to Accept Criticism
          • Healthful Ways to Manage Change
          • Goal Setting for Everyday Success
          • Keeping Your Spirit Healthy
      • Seniors
        • About Mental Health
          • What's Your Mental Fitness?
          • What You Need to Know About Mental Illness
          • When to Seek Help for Your Mental Health
          • Where to Turn for Mental Health
          • Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
          • Statistics
          • Psychiatric Treatment Team
        • Seniors and Depression
          • Depression Not a Normal Part of Aging
          • Major Depression
          • Depression Q and A
          • For Seniors: Is It More Than the Blues?
          • When It’s More Than the Blues
          • Dealing With Late-Life Depression
          • To Treat Depression, a Healthy Dose of Exercise
          • Help for the Holiday Blues
          • What You Must Know About Suicide
          • Depression and Suicide
          • The Link Between Depression and Suicide
          • For Older Adults: Address Your Stress
          • Life After Loss: Walking the Path to Wholeness
          • Grief and Loss
        • Seniors and Memory
          • Remember This: Many Have Memory Lapses
          • Five Steps to Better Memory
          • With Alzheimer’s, Planning Is Key
          • Memory Boosters
          • Helping Someone With Memory Loss
          • How to Protect and Improve Your Memory
          • Don't Forget to Remember
        • Staying Mentally Fit
          • Focus on Keeping Your Spirits Up
          • How to Improve Your Mental Health
          • What's Your Mental Fitness?
          • It's Time to Think Positive
          • An Rx for RV Living
          • Five Ways to Age Gracefully
          • Fill Your Calendar for Better Health
          • Being Social Helps You Be Well
          • Many Seniors Go Back to the Books
          • How Hobbies Help Your Health
          • Age Doesn't Matter for Yoga
          • Finding a Yoga Class That's Right for You
          • Retire These 10 Myths of Aging
    • Common Conditions
      • ADD-ADHD
        • Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults
        • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
        • The Symptoms of ADHD
        • A Joint Approach to Treat ADHD
        • Understanding Ritalin Abuse
        • ADHD Drugs Safe, Experts Say
        • Medications to Treat ADHD in Children
      • Autism
        • Autistic Disorder
        • Pervasive Developmental Disorders
        • Dispelling Myths About Autism
        • Learning More About Autism
        • Autism Has Many Faces
        • Vaccines Can Save Children's Lives
      • Bipolar Disorder
        • Manic Depression / Bipolar Disorder
        • Are You a Compulsive Shopper?
        • Living With Bipolar Disorder
        • Managing the Highs, Lows of Bipolar Disorder
      • Depression
        • Depression and Suicide
          • The Link Between Depression and Suicide
          • What You Must Know About Suicide
          • Depression and Suicide
        • Other Mood Disorders
          • Dysthymia
          • Seasonal Affective Disorder
        • Overview of Mood Disorders
        • Major Depression
        • Understanding Depression
        • Depression Myths and Facts
        • Depression Q and A
        • Depression and Your Health
        • About Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
        • SAD: Let the Light In
        • Treat Depression: Don't Let the Blues Hang Around
        • Metabolic Syndrome: At Risk for Depression
      • Eating Disorders
        • Anorexia
        • Bulimia
        • Binge Eating Disorder
        • Understanding Compulsive Overeating
        • Eating Disorders in Men
        • Beating an Eating Disorder
        • Eating Disorders: When Food Is the Enemy
      • Grief and Loss
        • Grief and Loss
        • When a Family Grieves
        • Help for When You're Grieving
        • Helping Your Children Cope With Death
        • Life After Loss: Walking the Path to Wholeness
      • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
        • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
        • Q and A: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
        • Breaking the Habit: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
        • Are You a Compulsive Shopper?
      • Stress and Anxiety
        • Stress
          • Understanding the Stress/Health Connection
          • How to Fight Stress-Related Diseases
        • Anxiety
          • Answers About Anxiety
          • Panic Disorder
          • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
          • Treating Generalized Anxiety
          • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
          • Healing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
          • Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety
          • Phobias
          • Phobias Are Common, But Treatable
          • Adjustment Disorders
      • Substance Abuse
        • About Substance Abuse
          • Substance Abuse / Chemical Dependence
          • Stages of Substance Abuse
          • Understanding the Power of Addiction
          • Answers to Your Questions About Codependency
        • About Alcohol Abuse
          • Understanding Alcohol's Effects
          • Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Q and A
          • Health Risks of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
          • Alcoholism and Family History
          • Figure on These Factors When Drinking Alcohol
        • About Prescription Drug Abuse
          • Understanding Psychiatric Drug Abuse
          • Prescription Drug Addiction
          • Abuse of OxyContin Is on the Rise
        • About Illegal Drug Abuse
          • The Facts About Marijuana
          • Understanding Cocaine and Crack
          • Primer: GHB, the Club Drug
          • The Truth About Club Drugs
          • All About LSD
          • What You Need to Know About Heroin
          • The Menace of Methamphetamine
          • Primer: What You Need to Know About Ecstasy
    • Support and Stability
      • Getting Help
        • About a Mental Health Evaluation
          • Mental Health: Finding the Help You Need
          • When to Seek Help for Your Mental Health
          • Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
          • Statistics
          • Psychiatric Treatment Team
          • Knowing When to Seek Treatment
          • Controlling Mental Health Costs
        • Support Groups
          • Getting the Most from a Mental Health Support Group
          • How to Improve Your Mental Health
          • In Support Groups, You Get (and Give) Help
          • Get Support to Beat Bad Habits
          • Helping Someone With Memory Loss
          • Finding Support for Emotional Issues
          • How to Help Teenagers With Addicted Parents
        • Types of Therapy
          • Why I Use Psychotherapy
          • The Word on Talk Therapy
      • Staying Balanced
        • The Power of Resilience
        • The Power of Meditation
        • Learning the Power of Patience
        • Less Is More: How to Simplify Your Life
        • Everyday Ethics: How to Do the Right Thing
        • Keeping Your Spirit Healthy
        • Looking at Happiness as a Choice
        • Humor Is Good for You and Your Health
        • Moving Beyond All-or-Nothing Thinking
        • How to Feel Good When Your Life Isn't Perfect
        • Learn From Your Mistakes
        • Emotions and Cardiac Health
      • Caregiving
        • Being a Caregiver
        • Caring for the Caregiver
        • Caregivers Need to Care for Themselves
        • How to Plan for Long-Term Care
        • With Alzheimer’s, Planning Is Key
        • Caring for Aging Parents
        • Caring for an Ill Loved One
        • Helping Someone With a Mental Illness
        • Helping Someone With Depression
        • Helping a Friend With an Addiction
        • Helping Someone With Memory Loss
    • Extras
      • During Life's Journey
        • Section Features
          • Quizzes
            • Late-Life Depression Quiz
            • PMS Quiz
            • Seasonal Affective Disorder Quiz
            • Stress Quiz
        • Fast Facts
          • Fears and Anxieties
          • Grieving
        • Children
          • Autism
            • Section Features
              • Quizzes
                • Autism Quiz
        • Teens
          • Teens and Substance Abuse
            • Section Features
              • Quizzes
                • Inhalant Abuse Quiz
                • Marijuana Quiz
                • Addiction Quiz
              • Risk Assessments
                • Substance Abuse Assessment
        • Adults
          • Adults and Depression
            • Section Features
              • Quizzes
                • Depression Quiz
          • Adults and Stress
            • Section Features
              • Quizzes
                • Stress Quiz
              • Risk Assessments
                • Stress Trigger Assessment
            • Fast Facts
              • Managing Stress 1
              • Managing Stress 2
        • Seniors
          • Seniors and Depression
            • Section Features
              • Quizzes
                • Late-Life Depression Quiz
          • Seniors and Memory
            • Section Features
              • Quizzes
                • Memory Quiz
                • Alzheimer's Disease Quiz
      • Common Conditions
        • Section Features
          • Quizzes
            • Addiction Quiz
            • Stress Quiz
          • Risk Assessments
            • Depression Risk Assessment
        • Fast Facts
          • Social Phobia
          • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
        • Autism
          • Section Features
            • Quizzes
              • Autism Quiz
        • Depression
          • Section Features
            • Quizzes
              • Seasonal Affective Disorder Quiz
              • Depression Quiz
        • Stress and Anxiety
          • Section Features
            • Risk Assessments
              • Stress Trigger Assessment
        • Substance Abuse
          • Section Features
            • Risk Assessments
              • Substance Abuse Assessment
      • Support and Stability
        • Section Features
          • Risk Assessments
            • Understanding Your Response to Stress
        • Fast Facts
          • Relaxation
          • Bullying
      • Getting Started
        • Fixed
          • Mental Health: Finding the Help You Need
          • Stress Quiz
          • Late-Life Depression Quiz
          • Seasonal Affective Disorder Quiz
      • Know Your Risks
        • Depression Risk Assessment
    • More Resources
      • Online Resources
        • Online Resources for Mental Health