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Fostering hope has been shown in various research studies to help decrease symptoms of depression and improve mental health, self-esteem and the ability to function with a chronic illness. In a study of older adults, hope was linked to better physical and mental health and health behavior outcom...
Additionally, parents may not qualify for treatment at certain centers due to their outpatient status or may have trouble finding a provider who accepts their insurance or who practices in their area; even those with insurance may have difficulty securing coverage for MH concerns [101]. There is...
The mental agony of a psychiatric illness slows down the perception of time. Even a few minutes of psychic pain can feel like a life time. Unfortunately, waiting for an appointment can take weeks, even months. At CC, we will not make you wait. Whether you’re looking for a bipolar diso...
But focusing on the symptoms, as has been the standard for decades, doesn’t work. If focusing on the symptoms worked, mental illness would be treated easily and cured. Symptommanagementtends to be chronic, while cause-focused treatment tends to be curative. ...
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October is the month we turn our attention to mental health, with World Mental Health Day on the 10th, Mental Illness Awareness Week from the 2nd to the 8th and National Depression Screening Day on the 7th. As we focus on matters of the mind, I’d like to take this opportunity to disc...
2016). Other exploratory studies have found that many of these individuals with mental illness appear to turn to social media to share their personal experiences, seek information about their mental health and treatment options, and give and receive support from others facing similar mental health ...
development of the Vulnerable Child Syndrome, where caregivers perceive previously high-risk children as more susceptible to illness and injury than they truly are [42]. High perceived vulnerability scores are associated with increased emergency room visits, separation difficulty, school underachievement, ...