Over 30 years ago eating disorders were rare, and got very little publication, or advertisement. Today eating disorders can be seen in magazines, websites, even the daily news we hear about young girls who have died from these disorders. Why has the incidence of these increased so dramatically? Why ...

Anorexia and Bulimia The Basics: All psychological eating disorders deal with the victim's pre-occupation with food and the fear of gaining weight and becoming "big". Around the sufferer of an eating disorder, weight and body image may be continuously discussed, whether it be at home, at scho...

Bulimia Nervosa Definition "Bulimia was classified as a distinct disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980; the name was changed to bulimia nervosa in 1987." Bulimia nervosa is known as the "binge-purge syndrome", which in its extreme form, can also le...

Stephen Sinclair PMS Why is that when women suffer form premenstrual syndrome, also known as PMS, they always have to take it out on the ones that love them? I truly believe that my mother has the worst case of PMS in the world. She is probably one of the sweetest ladies on this planet, but if y...

There is a time in everyone's lives where they go into a time of depression, and whatever method one chooses to cope with these feelings is solely up to them. For the longest time suicide has played a major role in our society. Suicide will never leave the universe or imaginarily disappear, it will...

The physical benefits of exercise has been the main motivating factor for many people who adopt a regular physical fitness program. Physicians have long known the benefits of regular exercise and a healthy diet, although weight loss or weight management has been a major influence for people who begi...

Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a personality disorder that is wide spread among our country. There are two main parts to this disorder. These two parts are depression and mania. Depression and mania are two completely opposite problems. Depression is a persons extreme low. While ...

The killing of own life intentionally is referred as suicide. Over the past years, American society has been concerned about this issue, especially teenage suicide. The suicide rate among teenagers is not constant for a period of time; it keeps changing over time. Most of the time, the suicide rate ...

The internet has been a great innovation since it was created and has served as a highly useful tool in every business, institution, and household. Because of its convenience, like every other convenient tool in this world, the internet makes everything too convenient. It has now replaced day to d...