心理健康问题(mental health problem)是一个比较广泛的词汇,其中包含了心理/精神障碍 (mental disorder)以及可能未严重到被诊断为一个障碍的地步的有关心理障碍的一些症状(symptoms)。 心理障碍(又或者说心理疾病)(mental disorder)通常会非常显著地影响一个人的日常生活和他的人际关系,并会导致一个人在思想,情绪或者...
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For every patient, we collected demographic features, medical characteristics, health care services utilization, length of hospital stay, and after discharge referral. We selected 1456 patients; of these, 101 (6.9%) revealed a mental health problem. The median duration of symptoms was 5 months (...
"We didn't really know much about mental health. We had everything done and it was swept under the carpet." There is an average 10-year delay between young people displaying first symptoms and getting help. /Christophe Ena/AP How have COVID-19 restrictions impacted young people? "...
The chronic and relapsing nature of many mental health disorders are the rule and not the exception, thus, the need for long-term follow up and assessment methods become essential for patients’ symptoms reduction and recovery. Traditional monitoring methods rely on retrospective reports which are su...
Although symptoms of mental illness differ depending on the type of illness and seriousness of the problem, common symptoms of mental health issues include changes in sleeping and eating habits, social withdrawal, feelings of hopelessness, anger, and prolonged sadness, suicidal thoughts, and substance...
Mood-stabilizerscan be useful in treating active (acute) symptoms of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. Is it possible to prevent mental health disorders? A variety of factors can contribute to thepreventionof mental-health disorders. For example, people who feel less isolated and alone...
OTC Supplements and Your Mental Health Can supplements like St. John’s wort and vitamin D ease symptoms of depression? Breaking the Stigma of Antidepressants There’s no shame in taking medication to feel better, and it’s important to tackle the misconceptions around treatment for depression. ...
Harold Koplewicz:We have an educational system, but do we have a system that’s going to treat mental health symptoms and mental health disorders with the same kind of respect, scientific rigor, and funding that led to the advances we’ve made in cancer or diabetes or seizure disorders?
The national study in March 2020 measured mental health and assets, when 27.8 percent of the American adults reported symptoms of depression, such as losing interest in activities or feeling down or hopeless. The number was more than three times as high as the national pre-pandemic depression es...