By Andrea Watson March 8, 2021 If this title rubs you the wrong way then you may not want to read this blog post. But I encourage you to do so anyway, because it’s something that’s actually already happening. Now before you flip out, I suggest you do some research. Either that, or just readContinue reading “On Using Psychoactive Substances to Treat Mental Illness”
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The Facts about Factitious Disorder
Valerie Rice | February 19, 2021 I heard the most interesting thing the other day. I was scrolling through tik tok,as one is wont to do, and heard “Some people just pretend to have mental illness for attention!”in an angry tone. Well, because I simply canNOT keep my little mouth shut, I decided to mentionContinue reading “The Facts about Factitious Disorder”
Personality Disorders
By Valerie Rice | November 19, 2020 There are numerous times someone walks into my office, is evaluated, and I know I can help them. And there are times I am paired up with someone who has a personality disorder. It isn’t that they can’t be helped, but that this particular type of disorder neverContinue reading “Personality Disorders”
Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Not Just a “Bad Kid”
By Valerie Rice | November 11, 2020 Some kids are just jerks, right? Or they have bad parents. Or someone should have spanked them. Or…hold up. I know where you are going. There is a disorder called oppositional defiant disorder, or ODD, that has nothing to do with being a bad parent or kid. It’sContinue reading “Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Not Just a “Bad Kid””
