Articles written by Martine Daniel

Depression is a mental illness that affects millions of people worldwide. But what is it like to experience depression?

Aug 29, 2010 - Martine Daniel

People with narcissistic personality disorder love themselves and will gladly take advantage of other people.

Jul 7, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Borderline personality disorder is characterised by instability, and is one of the more severe and debilitating personality disorders.

Jul 7, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Many people associate obsessive-compulsive disorder with repetitive hand-washing, but there is much more to this distressing disorder.

Jul 7, 2010 - Martine Daniel

People who constantly worry about being seriously ill suffer from a condition called hypochondria.

Jul 7, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Personality disorders come in many forms, each affecting a person differently. They may be mild or severe, and may disrupt lives considerably.

Jul 5, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Millions of people are affected by depression, which is sometimes referred to as the common cold of the mind.

Jul 5, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Multiple personality disorder is now called dissociative identify disorder, but the symptoms of this distressing disorder remain the same.

Jun 21, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Anxiety is a common problem that affects many people, but in its most extreme form it becomes known as panic disorder.

Jun 21, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a disorder that occurs when someone experiences a serious traumatic event and causes flashbacks and nightmares.

Jun 9, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Most people are affected by stress at some point in their lives, but there are a number of methods of managing stress

Jun 1, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Depth of field is one of the many tools at the disposal of the photographer who wants to take their skills a step further

May 21, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Shutter speed can be used both to create sharp, high-quality images or to create stunning creative visual effects

May 19, 2010 - Martine Daniel

More and more people are turning to homeopathic, natural treatments as alternatives to conventional medicine - but what is homeopathy?

May 3, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Even though most pets are fed packaged, so-called 'complete' foods, feeding supplementary fruit and vegetables is always beneficial.

May 3, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Whilst many people consider psychiatry to be an important field of medicine, there have been very strong anti-psychiatry movements in the last hundred years

May 2, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Isabella of Castile not only unified Spain but also sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage of discovery to the New World

Feb 26, 2010 - Martine Daniel

The 30 Years War was a civil war between rival religious factions in Germany that became a battle for European supremacy

Feb 26, 2010 - Martine Daniel

The Renaissance transformed art, and the Reformation revolutionised religion, but it was the scientific revolution that produced a whole new view of the universe

Feb 26, 2010 - Martine Daniel

As several sources of disaffection came to a head, France exploded into revolution at the end of the 18th century

Feb 26, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Napoleon Bonaparte rose from a relatively poor family to become Emperor of France by the age of 30, but he died in captivity after the Battle of Waterloo

Feb 26, 2010 - Martine Daniel

In this busy world, managing time is becoming increasingly difficult. This article offers some tips and tricks for making the most of precious time

Feb 21, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Schizophrenia was first classified a hundred years ago, but scientists still cannot agree on what causes psychosis and the mental illness known as schizophrenia.

Feb 17, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Because of the misconceptions about schizophrenia, many people are frightened by the thought of meeting a schizophrenic. In reality, there is little to fear.

Feb 17, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Carl Jung famously noted that every kind of addiction is bad, be it to alcohol or idealism, but how do people come to be so addicted to harmful substances?

Jan 28, 2010 - Martine Daniel

In drug trials, people are often given medicines with no active ingredients, and yet still report positive effects. This is known as the placebo effect.

Jan 26, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, is a relatively new treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder - but it is not without controversy.

Jan 26, 2010 - Martine Daniel

English king Henry V won a decisive victory in 1415 that paved the way for the Treaty of Troyes - when the English were given the right to rule the French Kingdom.

Jan 13, 2010 - Martine Daniel

One in every two hundred people are affected by schizoaffective disorder. It is important that they learn to live well with their condition.

Jan 8, 2010 - Martine Daniel

The evolution of communication from grunts and signs to a more sophisticated system was one of the most important developments in human history.

Jan 7, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Jealousy is a normal human emotion, but when jealousy becomes excessive, it also becomes destructive. Morbid jealousy is a disorder of the mind!

Jan 7, 2010 - Martine Daniel

Whilst most people will have heard of the psychiatric disorders schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, a merging of the two, is little known.

Jan 6, 2010 - Martine Daniel

As more and more people turn towards natural remedies instead of conventional medicine, even pet owners are beginning to look at holistic treatments for their animals.

Jan 2, 2010 - Martine Daniel

With one in four people experiencing mental illness, more and more people, dissatisfied with conventional drugs, are turning to complementary medicine as an alternative.

Dec 31, 2009 - Martine Daniel