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Self-injury and self-harm behaviors are still hidden and stigmatized within the mental health profession.

Get psyched with Psych Central's ZoA Kessler and author Melissa Orlov in a fun hour of sharing about the good stuff in an ADHD / Non-ADHD partnership! Please join us for an uplifting hour that will leave you feeling re-energized, hopeful and ready to move forward! Host ZoA Kessler writes the popular blog, ADHD from A to ZoA here at Psych Central.A ... (more)

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson discovered that experiencing positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones leads people to a tipping point beyond which they naturally become more resilient to adversity and effortlessly achieve what they once could only imagine.

You may not be aware, but our own Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker has an e-book entitled Tending the Family Heart that highlights the importance of creating and nurturing the "heart part" of our families - that almost magical bond that interconnects every family member with all the others.

Monday we linked readers to an opinion piece in The New York Times by former Yale professor and literary critic William Deresiewicz.

Teenage depression is just as serious as clinical depression suffered by adults of any age.

We're pleased to introduce Bipolar Trek: The Voyages of BipolarLab with Dr. Yanni Malliaris, Bsc, PhD, who is a Clinical Psychologist - Psychotherapist , and Founder and Director of EDO the Hellenic Bipolar Organisation and BipolarLab.com. "Bipolar disorder the final frontiera these are the voyages of BipolarLab, its continuing mission to explore ... (more)

Problems with drugs and alcohol affect millions of Americans' lives each and every day.

I'm pleased to announce a free Psych Central webinar on the topic of the impact of anger in a marriage or romantic partnership with an adult with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder .

I have long been a fan of Dr. Elisha Goldstein's work. His blog here on Psych Central is one of my favorites sources of mental help tools and advice.

It's hard to tell where the habit to rapidly shovel food toward my mouth came from, but I think it may have something to do with 12 years of 20-minute school lunches.

We'd like to extend a warm welcome to the nearly 25,000 members of This Emotional Life , the three-part television series that originally aired in early 2010.