Mental health advice Web4health

Mental health FAQs directory

2007-04-01T03:45:00.000-07:00

Our mental health webpage web4health provides more than 1000 questions and answers related to mental health. See some of the recent FAQs for more information:

Substance abuse and addictive disorders

Is alcoholism inherited?
Alcohol addictions
Withdrawal from alcohol addiction
Negative effects of marijuana/cannabis/hashish
Living with an alcoholic
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of alcohol, narcotics and other addictions
What happens when you stop/quit smoking
Quit smoking tips
How dangerous are XTC/Ecstacy pills?

What does an XTC user feel?
Slang names for heroin and cocaine
Self-harm, teenagers cutting themselves
Teenagers self-cutting is a kind of addiction
Causes of addiction
Psychiatric drugs addiction problem
Benzodiazepine (Valium, Sobril, Xanax, etc.) dependence
Benzodiazepine (Valium, Sobril, Xanax, etc.) duration of effects
Benzodiazepine (Valium, Sobril, Xanax, etc.) withdrawal symptoms

ADHD
Inattentive ADHD type
ADHD symptoms
ADHD medicines
ADHD treatment
ADHD in toddlers

Anxiety, panic, phobias
Panic attack symptoms

Picking your nose all the time
Anxiety attack symptoms
Phobias
Snake phobia treatment

Children and child abuse
Learn to say no!
Childrens sexual games
Child molestation trauma

Depression and mood swings
Cronic fatigue syndrome
Why do I always feel tired?
Tired all the time
Always tired and other physical symptoms of depression
Effects of depression
Antidepressants (Prosac, Cipramil, Seropram, Lexapro, etc.) side effects

Antidepressants (Prosac, Cipramil, Seropram, Lexapro, etc.) effect on body weight
Antidepressants (Prosac, Cipramil, Seropram, Lexapro, etc.) withdrawal
Antidepressants (Prosac, Cipramil, Seropram, Lexapro, etc.) during pregnancy
Natural cures for depression
Personality disorders articles
Personality disorders overview
Sociopath definition

Eating disorders

Different kinds of eating disorders
Articles about anorexia nervosa
Anorexia history
Signs and treatment for bulimia nervosa
Causes of addiction and eating disorders
Quick weight loss methods
What is my BMI
GI (Glycemic Index) table
Effects of eating disorders

Obesity health risks
Slimming: Good weight loss methods
Best söo,,omg diets
Causes of missed periods
Anorexia and obesity pictures
Gastric bypass and lap band surgery
What is my ideal weight
Pregnancy weight loss or gain
Anorexia tips

Food to eat, food to avoid

Relations,marital problems
Free online marriage counselling
Affairs with married men
Reasons for divorce
Overcoming grief
Infidelity
Jealousy

Commitment phobia
Lonely women, rebound relationships
How to express your love

Sexual problems
Sexual aversion disorder
Sexual Education in Schools
Erection problems help
Loss of sexual desire in women

How to increase male sex drive
Female sexual arousal problems
Making a woman orgasm
Treating women's orgasm problems
More about women's orgasm problems
Causes of sex pain
Rate my penis
Does penis size matter
Male premature ejaculation tips

Premature ejaculation treatment

Sleeping problems
Insomnia
Sweaing at night

More articles from Web4Health
Muscle twitches
Positive thinking, positive attitude
How does the human brain work?

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Psychology advice and mental health information

2006-12-23T08:17:00.001-08:00

Starting in 2001 our mental health and psychology portal is still growing. We provide about 1000 frequently asked questions about depression, eating disorders like anorexie oder bulimia nervosa or obesity, adhd and comorbid disorders or sexual problems. Psychotherapists from Sweden and Germany are currently answering these questions. While we get no more financial support we are still trying to answer all questions of our users worldwide.

Merry christmas and a happy new year and all the best wishes of the web4health group to all of you!

Headache : Danger signs in headache patients

2006-01-08T03:54:00.000-08:00

Usually a blog uses some kind of interesting content of a webpage with related content and we make some comments about this topic. Today I did it the other way round. Last year I found the very comprehensive and interesting webpages of Dr. Shahul Armeen, working in Ranchi, India. His webpages Psyplexus are a great source of information for mental health professionals. So I thought I might ask him to use some of his content for our multilingual webpage for mental health. Headache : Danger signs in headache patients is a first result of this and you can find the original posting at Clinical psychiatry

Maybe we find more mental health professionals interested to provide short information texts for our project or people interested to translate the webpages to other languages. Right now we cover English, German, Swedish, Italian, Finish and Greece...

Performance anxiety in musicians

2005-12-29T09:28:00.000-08:00

An article by german psychologists from Dresden cover the topic ofPerformance anxiety in gifted adolescent musicians. Many musicians stick to rituals like cleaning the instrument, eating chocolate or walking in cirlcle. Only few of them used alcohol or other calming substance to reduce anxiety. Cognitive strategies to cope with this stress were also described and included positive cognitions or thinking of success with their performance. Praying was employed by about 55 % of the sample and was regarded to be highly effective in this situation. Only a small number (18.4) of the students tried relaxation techniques.

The musicians were seeking more help to optimize their situation. The best option would be to include some stress management like relaxation strategies in their regular instrumental lessons. This might be a good prevention for severe anxiety problems related to social anxiety problems later on.

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ALCOHOL HANGOVER taking a scientific point of view...

2005-12-28T10:23:00.000-08:00

Sometimes scientific work is rather practical :-) This paper studied different
ALCOHOL HANGOVER EFFECTS . I don´t know whether this is only reflects a problem of students but they seem to be very good test objects for psychology topics. Well, the results of this study are not very new : Heavy alcohol consumption lowed mood, caused disrupted sleep, symptoms of fatigue at the day after and caused additional physical and emotional symptoms. Knowing all these consequences including the risk of alcohol addiction will not stop us to start the new year with lots of drinks...
Another recent article is about randomized studies for treatment or prevention of alcohol hangover. They tested propranolol, tropisetron, tolfenamic acid, fructose or glucose, and the dietary supplements Borago officinalis (borage), Cynara scolymus (artichoke), Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear), and a yeast based preparation. All failed to achieve any significant benefit... The authors concluded : "The most effective way to avoid the symptoms of alcohol induced hangover is to practise abstinence or moderation.". This is true. Anyway, most people will not rely on scientific evidence but start a self-trial...

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Where are you from ?

2005-12-26T05:34:00.000-08:00

Web4health is a project started by European psychotherapists some years ago. We receive a lot of posts all over the world. So I thought it might be a nice idea to see, where they come from. I started right now, so I am the first and only using the

Frappr! tool. Feel free to join our community...

Impulse control disorders

2005-12-26T04:57:00.000-08:00

Onle some years ago no psychiatrist in Germany "believed" that adhd (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) might affect any adults. Right now they are just starting to recognize the life time prevalence of impulse control disorders.

Mental Health InfoSource Gives a summory of the recent National Comorbidity Survey in the US describing a rather high percentage of 8.9 % people (12 month prevalence) and 24.8 % life-time prevalence of disorders like adhd, intermittend explosive disorder (IED), conduct disorder (CD) or oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).

We care a lot about other psychiatric disorders, but do not recognize that mood disorders have a lower prevalence (20.8), substance abuse (14.6) and only anxiety disorders (28.8) exceed the number of patients with impulse control problems.

I think psychiatrists are simply not aware of the typical symptoms of impulse control disorders and mix them up with depression, all kind of personality disorders or substance abuse problems. They miss the chance to offer proper treatment options for their patients.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder

2005-12-22T23:52:00.000-08:00

In December 2005 two short articles give a summary of some very common methods to help patients with anxiety disorders.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective for 3/4 of patients with Panic disorder. This article in Current Psychiatry Online.
gives a brief but very comprehensive summary of symptoms and behavioral theray of anxiety disorders.

Aerobic exercise is another very simple but good method to cope with symptoms of anxiety disorders and The Acute Antipanic Activity.

NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

2005-12-18T00:18:00.000-08:00

It is not easy to live with a husband with a narcissistic personalty disorder. While they seem to be great at the beginning of a partnership life can be terror if they lack narcissistic supply.NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER Summarizes some of the symptoms and consequenes of this personality disorder.

Positive thinking: A skill for stress relief

2005-12-18T00:07:00.000-08:00

Positive thinking: A skill for stress relief - MayoClinic.com This article is about the role of positive and negative self-talk for psychological problems. Sound summary of the self destructive thoughts and a positive spin if you are able to identify your automatic negative thoughts and get a positive spin. These dysfunction thoughts may be relevant for a wrong body immage in eating disorders, anxiety disorders or depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy tries to identify your negative thinking patterns and change for a more functional attitude.

Substance Induced Sleeping Problems? Drugs as Insomnia Causes?

2005-12-17T08:31:00.000-08:00

Sleeping pils are actually one of the most relevant causes of sleeping problems. Substance Induced Sleeping Problems? Drugs as Insomnia Causes? describes some relevant drugs and substances with a negative influence on the sleeping pattern due to a central stimulant effect on the brain.

Teenager feeling tired all day

2005-12-17T07:33:00.000-08:00

Tired even if i get 8 hours of sleep is a rather common problem of teenagers. It is a rather normal episode in life but medical conditions like iron deficit or sleeping disorders like sleep apnea can also have an influence. Sometimes adhd or depression can also cause lack of energy and tiredness.

Relationship advice : Husband negative and addicted to computers

2005-12-17T07:25:00.000-08:00

Many women complain about their hunsband and the lack of partnership. Read what Gunborg Palme wrote about this topic Husband negative and a computer addict

Natural Cures for Depression; Non-Drug Treatment of Depresion

2005-12-14T09:11:00.000-08:00

Natural Cures for Depression; Non-Drug Treatment of Depresion Many patients with mental health problems refuse to accept psychopharmacotherapy or cannot afford psychotherapy by skilled psychotherapists. Web4health.info summarizes different natural alternatives without chemical drugs for the treatment of depression and gives some self help advice for the treatment of depression.

Men and depression

2005-12-11T12:34:00.000-08:00

Very often gender differences of psychiatric disorders affect more women than men. But depression is different. More women than men will seek professional help by a psychotherapist or doctor, but more men commit suicide.
Real men - real depressiion describes signs and symtoms of depression in men, personal stories and treatment options. Very useful webpage for a very severe mental health issue

Insomnia - worries and thoughts that keep me awake

2005-12-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

Sleeping problems can cause a lot of somatic and psychiatric problems for the patients. Many of our readers of our Mental health portal complain about non- restorative sleep and chronic worries. Many psychiatric disorders may cause sleeping problems. One of the most frequently found problems are negative thoughts and bad sleeping patterns of modern life.

Insomnia - worries and thoughts that keep me awake gives a short introduction in the role of negative thinking and sleeping problems.

Prejudices about and Incidence of Obesity

2005-12-11T03:01:00.000-08:00

Prejudices about Obesity

Obesity is one of the major health problems of our modern society. Prejudices about obese patients cause a lot of distress to many women and men and avoid appropriate health seeking behaviour and change of eating behavior. To go for a change requires a lot of effort and support by the family and health care providers.

Welcome to web4health.info mental health and psychology information

2005-12-11T02:00:00.000-08:00

Web4health : Mental health and psychology information online

Web4health Mental health and psychology adviceis a multilingual web-site developed by medical practitioners, psychiatrists and psychotherapists from different European countries (Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden) that enables site visitors to ask questions about issues relating to mental health and well-being, psychiatry and related topics.

Operational since 1st July 2003, Web4Health developed to be a popular webpage in the mental health domain with well over 80.000 unique visitors per month and a loyal user community - due to the quality and reliability of the multilingual content provided.

As one of 32 finalists of the eEurope Awards for eHealth – 2004, Web4Health was presented at the High-Level European eHealth Conference and Exhibition in Cork, Ireland organised by the Irish Presidency from 5-6 May 2004 (Theme 1: eHealth Information tools and services for citizens).
Web4Health - The future
From a technical point of view, Web4Health developed a highly innovative approach for multilingual content dissemination with a natural language template based expert system tool for answering questions of Internet users in very different areas of interest. The system implies a lot of opportunities to be transferred to entirely different areas.
This innovation aspect is also true for the multilingual coverage of the site content. In the course of the present project the team developed among others a new machine translation engine for the Swedish-English translation and a new Finnish language webpage. This is an example how the project also addressed "smaller" language regions. For a follow-up project the team considers to include 12 European countries and cover also Eastern European languages. It is intended to optimize the system adapting it to the use of even more languages in the future. This implies great opportunities as regards adaptation of user needs in an enlarged European union with 20 languages.
Especially this aspect is of major interest to experts worldwide being active in the eHealth domain. The project team received a lot of positive feedback at the MEDNET 2003 and the 12th AEP (Association of European Psychiatrists) Congress 2004 in Geneva. Especially experts from Eastern Europe, Asia and African countries showed strong interest in this tool to disseminate public health information.
The Web4Health team believes that is one of the major tasks for the future will be to develop appropriate public health information tools in a multilingual environment. Based on present experiences the team developed new ideas how to proceed in the future and made a lot of valuable contacts world-wide.

We will try to collect valuable mental health information in this blogger and newsfeed and discuss related topics with our readers.