6 Strategies for High-Functioning Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is debilitating. The mood swings involved are more than just happy to sad and back again. The hopelessness of depressive episodes can lead to suicide.
Month: October 2015
Second annual Mental Health Awareness Week continues dialogue …
Last week marked McGill's second annual Mental Health Awareness Week. Spanning from October 15 to 23, the event series was organized by the Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) in conjunction with the …
Identifying Postpartum Depression at an early stage with mHealth …
However, is estimated that 10 to 15% of new adult mothers develop Postpartum Depression (PPD) within the first year after giving birth, and the percentage increases up to 26% in adolescent mothers [1]. Furthermore, a recent …
Having borderline personality disorder helps me in my NHS job …
For five years I was passed from one mental health professional to another. These appointments were months apart, often less than half an hour, and I wasn't offered any treatment. I was asked to remove my clothing, and a …
Mental health campaign aims to end the indignity of out-of-area care …
Mr Lamb's motion requests that the “House expresses concern that 2,119 mental health patients were receiving non-specialist care in hospitals outside their local area at the end of July 2015… and notes that one in five of …