Month: March 2016

Depression Is Not Just a Mental Illness, It Affecs the Whole Organism

The lead author of this work is Sara Jiménez Fernández, PhD student at the UGR and psychiatrist at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit at Jaén Medical Center (Jaén, Spain). The co-authors are the UGR Psychiatry …

Telling the Story of Serious Mental Illness | Psychology Today

These are the students who were unlucky enough to be diagnosed with a serious mental illness sometime during their college career. When they got sick, their illness forced them to withdraw from classes, and they have never …

Bill would mandate mental health awareness training for teachers …

A new bill would require teachers to complete mental health education and awareness courses to make them more knowledgeable about mental health issues with their students. Assemblyman Marcus Crespo and Sen.

Treating Mental Illness: Laura's Law | FOX40

"And after Laura was killed I realized someone else's mental health problem…became my family's problem….and how someone's mental health problem became our community's problem," said Amanda Wilcox, Laura's mother …

6 Ways To Prevent Postpartum Depression | BlackDoctor

If you're pregnant or have recently given birth, you should be screened for depression, a new U.S. Preventative Task Force recommendation says. Depression during pregnancy and postpartum is real — even if it isn't a …