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...
but the reality is that mental health problems, if left untreated, can cause quite serious havoc, or even danger, to your life. So if you're struggling with any of the symptoms below — or any other mental health symptoms that feel hard to deal with — it's always worth finding a sym...
(Beck Depression Inventory- Short Form, BDI-SF), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-A,STAI-A) and traumatic symptoms (Impact of Event Scale -Revised, IES-R), d) health-related quality of life (SF12) and e) coping strategies (Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced,Brief COPE)...
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. ...
"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? "...
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...
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...
Stress response syndromes (formerly called adjustment disorders):Stress response syndromes occur when a person develops emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to astressfulevent or situation. The stressors may include natural disasters, such as an earthquake or tornado; events or crises, such as...
500 Irish children, found that parents who frequently exercise harsh discipline with young children are putting them at significantly greater risk of developing lastingmental health problems. Children were 1.5 times likelier than their peers to have mental health symptoms that qualified as ‘...
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?