Disorders   Community

This community is currently unmoderated. Want to become its Community Leader?

Subcommunities: ADD and ADHD  |  Anxiety and Panic  |  Bipolar Disorder  |  Depression  |  Eating Disorders  |  Multiple Personality  |  Obsessive-Compulsive  |  Post Traumatic Stress


Recent Articles

Are You Falling Prey To This Common Myth About ADD?
Don't Let This Common Myth Prevent Your Child From Getting The Help He Needs
A feature article by sadiyya seedat, Apr 19, 2008        

Is your child suffering from ADD and you're not even aware of it because you've fallen prey to this common myth. Read this article and find out the most common myth that prevents ADD children from getting the help they need.       read: Are You Falling Prey To This Common Myth About ADD?

The Brain That Changes Itself: Book Excerpt
This book is about the revolutionary discovery that the human brain can change itself, as told through the stories of the scientists, doctors, and patients who have together brought about these astonishing transformations.
A feature article by an Alumbo member, Apr 14, 2008        

This book is about the revolutionary discovery that the human brain can change itself, as told through the stories of the scientists, doctors, and patients who have together brought about these astonishing transformations. Without operations or medications, they have made use of the brain's hitherto unknown ability to change. Some were patients who had what were thought to be incurable brain problems; others were people without specific problems who simply wanted to improve the functioning of their brains or preserve them as they aged. For four hundred years this venture would have been inconceivable because mainstream medicine and science believed that brain anatomy was fixed. The common wisdom was that after childhood the brain changed only when it began the long process of decline; that when brain cells failed to develop properly, or were injured, or died, they could not be replaced. Nor could the brain ever alter its structure and find a new way to function if part of it was damaged. The theory of the unchanging brain decreed that people who were born with brain or mental limitations, or who sustained brain damage, would be limited or damaged for life. Scientists who wondered if the healthy brain might be improved or preserved through activity or mental exercise were told not to waste their time. A neurological nihilism -- a sense that treatment for many brain problems was ineffective or even unwarranted -- had taken hold, and it spread through our culture, even stunting our overall view of human nature. Since the brain could not change, human nature, which emerges from it, seemed necessarily fixed and unalterable as well.       read: The Brain That Changes Itself: Book Excerpt

Freedom from Obsessive Eating
Liberation from Compulsive Eating
A feature article by Bermuda Writing Institute, Mar 31, 2008        

Extreme effort is needed to stop the unmanageable desire for food. Considering that, develop your fighting skills to overcome compulsive actions.       read: Freedom from Obsessive Eating

Resource Highlights

Douglas Frans, PhD
A Personal Trainer Service        

Self-empowerment coaching and assessment designed to support and assist in assessing critical domains of personal power and establish goals for self-interventions. Free Empowerment IQ test and weekly power inspirations. go there (offsite link)

Featured in Shopping

A book by Cliff Havener        

Relevant Discussions

Other Alumbo pages related to Disorders: