Feeling stressed out? Juggling job and home can be daunting and stressful for anyone. It's important to find ways to decompress after work and find a balance to keep your mind and attitude healthy.

Throughout human history, ferocity, mercilessness, and lack of empathy were extolled as virtues and enshrined in social institutions such as the army and the courts. Although usually deplorable in nature we are still curious. Read more to find out why.

Abusers are an elusive breed, hard to spot, harder to pinpoint, impossible to capture. Even an experienced mental health diagnostician would find it difficult to determine with any degree of certainty whether someone is being abusive because he suffers from an impairment....read more inside!

Does anyone know the real cause of depression?

It may simply be the result of conditioning and socialization. In other words, when we hurt someone, we don't experience his or her pain. We experience OUR pain. Hurting somebody - hurts US. The reaction of pain is provoked in US by OUR own actions.

More information on the meaning of a dual diagnosis as it relates to mental health, drug addiction and how we have learned to cope.

Anxiety and depression have a lot of similarities and some are even of the opinion that these are the same type fear-emotions, that simply manifest differently in different people. Let's take a look at how these disorders differ.

Learn about different defense mechanisms some may use to cope with impulsive feelings or anxiety. Inside you will find defense mechanisms listed alphabetically A to D. The rest of them E-Z will be found under the "glossary of terms" subject title.

Personality disorders are not only all-pervasive, but also diffuse and shape-shifting. It is taxing and emotionally harrowing to watch how a loved one is consumed by these pernicious and largely incurable conditions.

The topic of how best to treat depression is one that gets a lot of attention, partly because the two competing schools of thought are promoted by adherents who do not see eye-to-eye.