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When what you are becoming crosses the thin line of your health issues and mental issues, diagnosis becomes a challenge, and the treatment may be quite difficult to administer. Those who have a problem are the first to quickly deny it, and those who are sick are first to say they are well. Here is one area when it involves both physical and mental problems, and how it can be helped. Read on... ----- 'Mood swings' could be a sign of bipolar disorder SINGAPORE: You're exuberant, upbeat and as happy as a lark one moment. Then, pessimistic and anxious the next. Before you brush it off as another regular mood swing, think again. You could be suffering from bipolar disorder, a mental disorder that affects approximately 0.5 to 2 per cent of the world's population, including celebrities such as funnyman Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller. Britney Spears ' recent erratic behaviour was also reportedly caused by bipolar disorder. Unlike depression which is characteri...

Image via Wikipedia By Dr Bill Maier We hear a lot about mothers struggling with Empty Nest Syndrome, but often it’s good old dad who takes it the hardest. All parents have a hard time when kids leave home, but a recent survey showed that many fathers actually take it harder than their wives. Some men go through long periods of depression and anxiety . Experts believe this is because fathers often have more regrets. They’ve been so busy building a nice home and a successful career that they’ve let the years slip through their fingers. Suddenly, they look up and it’s too late. Their child is gone, and they never developed the kind of relationship they wanted to have. If you still have children at home, take the time now to enjoy being with them while they’re young. Use the time you have to invest in their lives, and get to know them while you have a chance. From TODAY, Voices - Friday, 09-April-2010 ----- Blogged with the Flock Browser Related articles by Zemanta Parent...

Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr By Dr James Dobson We talked last time about the life-long consequences of divorce on children , but what about parent-child separation that occurs for reasons other than divorce? Recent research confirms that the consequences of any parent-child separation are severe. In one study of fathers whose jobs required them to be away from their families for long periods of time, the children tended to experience numerous specific reactions, including anger, rejection, depression , low self-esteem , and inevitably a decline in school performance. I think I understand at least in small measure, the pain of that separation. In fact I experienced it for a short time when I was six years old. My mother and father left me with my aunt for six months while they traveled. Even today I can remember vividly the evening they left. I sat on my mother's lap while she told me how much she loved me and how she and my father would come back for me as so...

This is a repost… the first time I did, it was simply a copy of the clipping, and it doesn't print well. So hopefully, this will be OK now. ----- PREGNANCY PROBLEMS They are a 'growing concern', but many women decline treatment ALICIA WONG, alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SHE was cranky and constantly craved her husband's attention — but she thought it was because she was pregnant, and those traits would go away in time. After all, this was her fifth pregnancy, and the previous four had gone smoothly. But after having difficulty breastfeeding her one-week-old baby boy due to an earlier fever, Madam Chong's emotions took a turn for the worse. "I was disappointed and very frustrated," the 39-year-old housewife shared. This soon escalated into insomnia. The final straw came when she woke up in near-hysterics one night. "That's when I realised something was not quite right," she said. Mdm Chong was later diagnosed at the National University Hospital wi...