Treatment and Diagnosis for Common Disabilities:

Schizophrenia: Art therapy can help doctors examine their patients symptoms through
artistic and symbolic means. The living experience of the schizophrenic can be
interpreted through their images that they create. While there are no cures as of yet,
antipsychotics can help reduce the voices that interrupt their daily activities and
improves their quality of life dramatically.

Obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD): Some people experience either obsessive

thoughts or compulsive thoughts, and some more experience both. Obsessions include
fear of being contaminated by germs and causing harm to yourself and others, intrusive
sexually explicit and violent images, and excessive attention to something considered
unlucky or lucky. Compulsions include excessive double-checking, repeatedly checking
in on loved ones, excessive arranging and ordering things and more.
Exposure and response prevention involves repeated exposure to your obsession, then
being asked to refrain from certain compulsions in response to the anxiety caused by
the obsessions.

Depression: While very common, depression often goes undiagnosed and mistreated,
which can lead to major depression, and with inattention to that leads to high suicide
rates. Many primary doctors and psychiatrist can diagnose depression easily however.
Those who are clinically depressed attempt to tough it out, but to effectively treat it, they
or their loved ones must seek care from licensed mental health professionals. Many
treatments for depression are available and typically include a combination of
psychotherapy and medication.Psychotherapy teaches patients how to overcome
negative attitudes and feelings and helps them return to normal activities. Drug therapy
is intended to treat symptoms that are thought to result from abnormalities in brain
circuits that regulate mood, thinking and behavior. It may take several weeks for an
antidepressant to fully work to ease depression symptoms, so it's important to stay on
the medication.

Those who could help with Learning Disabilities1

All need to have training and direct experience with learning disabilities and must have
up-to-date information about current LD research and have working knowledge of local,
state and federal guidelines for providing help in different setting:

Clinical or educational psychologists

School psychologists
Neuropsychologists
Learning disability specialists

Where to find these people:

NCLD's Resource Locator
NCLD's LD Navigator
Learning Disabilities Association
International Dyslexia Association
Adult education office of your local school system or community college
Adult literacy programs or literacy councils
Community mental health agencies
Counseling or study skills center at a local college or university
Educational therapists or learning specialists in private practice
Guidance counselors in high schools
Private schools or institutions specializing in learning disabilities
Special education departments and/or disability support services coordinator in
colleges or universities
State Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Local hospital-based programs

Helping with physical disabilities

The Moray Council2

"Where to Seek Help If You Suspect You Have LD | Do I ..." 2012. 4 Nov. 2014
<http://www.ncld.org/adults-learning-disabilities/do-i-have-ld/where-seek-help-if-suspect-you-have-ld>

 DADS3
Just Ask4

"Services for People with a Physical Disability - The Moray ..." 2010. 4 Nov. 2014
<http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_61088.html>
3
"Help for People With Medical or Physical Disabilities - Texas ..." 2014. 4 Nov. 2014
<http://www.dads.state.tx.us/services/medicalphysical/index.html>
4
"Interacting with People with Disabilities | The Basics | Just ..." 2006. 4 Nov. 2014
<http://uiaccess.com/accessucd/interact.html>