More info…Carrie Fisher’s show Wishful Drinking covers a lot of territory, including some of the Hollywood people she’s known. ( Joan Marcus ) by Michael Portantiere Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking , her one-woman show based on her book of the same title, is a wry, hilarious, insightful, and occasionally touching theatrical memoir of the woman [...]

More info…Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say Ive a call. -Sylvia Plath Lady Lazarus Not only are they all artists of their own kind, not only are they extremely [...]

More info…by Sheila Wilson Psychotic symptoms are hallucinations or delusions. A hallucination or delusion is a cognitive misperception of reality. Most people think of hallucinations as being visual, but hallucinations can be auditory, olfactory, or tactile. A person may hear, smell, or feel things that are not present in the environment. Delusions are thoughts that [...]

More info…by Colin Jones Depression is a mental disorder that is quite often characterized by prolonged periods of sadness and melancholy, experts from the field of psychiatry say. But just because a person is moping around and generally hating the world around him or her, doesnt mean that he/she is suffering from depression, but if [...]

More info…Dr. Simon began by summarizing what he means by conventional treatment. Conventional treatment includes: Medications: Mood stabilizer medications, antidepressant medications, newer or atypical antipsychotic medications. Psychotherapy: Cognitive and behavioral therapies, interpersonal therapy, family therapy, psycho-education. If you use other treatments instead of conventional treatments, theyre considered alternative treatments. If you use them alongside conventional [...]