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10 Signs You Need Dementia Memory Test
First, let’s define dementia. Dementia is a chronic loss of cognitive functioning that interferes with a person’s daily life. This includes the ability to think, reason, and remember. Geriatric Psychiatrists Can Diagnose Dementia With Different Types The common types of dementia include:…
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What Should You Know About Geriatric Psychiatry?
Geriatric psychiatry is a field of medicine that specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating geriatric patients or seniors who are 65 years or older. Aging is a natural process that all of us endure at one point in our lives, but for…
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How to Treat PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in someone who has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war, or rape, or who…
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Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists Newsletter (June 2022)
Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists Monthly Newsletter keeps you updated with the latest up-to-date news from the company. For this month’s newsletter, get to know Daniela Vasquez, Executive Account Manager, and find out what it is like to work at PNS.
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What is Social Anxiety?
Social anxiety is the overwhelming feeling of worry about every day activities. Activities that some people might take for granted and engage in with no problem – interacting with strangers, parties or large gatherings, using public facilities such as a public restroom,…
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What are behavioral issues in adults?
Regulating one’s emotions can be a hard thing to learn. We all have those times where we are just so angry it’s hard to control our actions–Or our mood range dramatically from elated to hopeless. Not only do mood swings create a…
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What is Anger?
There are three types of Anger: Aggressive anger is anger expressed directly to someone or themselves either physically or psychologically. This can be illustrated with yelling or hitting. Passive aggression is when a person internalizes their emotions and avoids dealing with the…
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What is Sexual Dysfunction?
Sexual dysfunction is an issue that can happen in both men and women, and is a disruption of any phase of the sexual response cycle. This cycle typically includes excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. Although sexual dysfunction is seldom talked about due…
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What Causes Alzheimer’s Disease?
What does it do to a person and how is it treated? Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive disease that slowly worsens over time and affects a person’s ability to think and carry out daily tasks. Since it is the most common cause…
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Schizophrenia – Are you hearing or seeing things?
“Are you hearing or seeing things that other people can’t”? This is usually the first question I ask someone who I suspect may have Schizophrenia. However, this doesn’t nearly encompass the entirety of this syndrome. The hallmarks of schizophrenia are both positive…
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How do you know if you are an addict? How do we treat addiction.
Recognizing Signs of Addiction Addiction is a complex and chronic disease, often with a relapse and remitting course, which typically manifests as uncontrolled use of certain substances, including a variety of illicit and non-illicit substances, or engagement of behaviors such as gambling…
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What is Stress and How It Affects You.
Stress is a natural and normal reaction that your body has to any change that requires an adjustment or response. In short, anything outside of the status quo is going to cause stress. Even just thinking about something abnormal or different can…
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Expert guidance on psychiatric conditions, treatments, and mental wellness written and reviewed by PNS providers.