In this ground-breaking report, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) highlights the importance of ending so-called “conversion therapy” that purports to change one's sexual […]

The name Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) often gets confused with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) but it is definitely not the same. It is.

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Young people who are severe polyinhalant users tend to have the highest rates of mental illness diagnoses, the highest rates of traumatic experiences and more than double the rates of head injuries compared to […]

An Illinois veteran is asking a judge to reverse a state decision against adding post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of diseases eligible for medical marijuana treatment.

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This weekend, hundreds of people participated in a march at Montclair State University to raise awareness of the prevalence of suicide in our society. At the end of the walk, the participants were met by a […]

This event kicked off Montclair State's Mental Health Awareness Week, which consists of an amalgam of educational and recreational events surrounding the topic of mental health. One focus of this week is to […]

KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney counseling professor Christine Chasek is working to increase access to behavioral health services in rural Nebraska through her new position with the Behavioral H […]

New research suggests hallucinations can occur in relatively healthy people.

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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) involves excessive anxiety that often slows you down; and when it does, it can be maddening and stressful. Generalized anxiety disorder can make people feel as though they're […]

Therapists and those who suffer from mental illnesses explain what can be done to help and how to remove the stigma of mental illness.

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15 October 2015 – 00:01. A 'passport' style brief of key facts that children and young people using mental health services can use to help them avoid repeating their history and preferences is launched today […]

15 October 2015 – 00:01. A 'passport' style brief of key facts that children and young people using mental health services can use to help them avoid repeating their history and preferences is launched today […]

(WTNH) — According to the PTSD Foundation, one in three returning troops will suffer from some type of post traumatic stress symptoms. Hamden native and current Cheshire resident, Justin Nash, served in O […]

He has been diagnosed with PTSD, according to the court filing. Attorney Michael K. Goldberg represents Jabs. He says four other patients plan to file similar complaints. The Illinois medical cannabis law […]

Employee mental health problems cost employers both big and small real money, and lots of it, every year in lost work time and unplanned mental health care. A 2005 study said mental health problems cost […]

Per Nami, The National Alliance on Mental Illness, nearly 44 million American adults experience mental illness in a given year, and 8.4 million adults have co-occurring mental illness and addiction disorders. […]

“Treating mental illness rarely results in a 'cure,' per se.” He goes on to say that mental illness will spring back up time and time again, despite drugs and psychiatric therapy, which don't in fact do any […]

Hayden Panettiere is taking medical leave from her ABC series Nashville as she seeks treatment for postpartum depression, Us Weekly can confirm.

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If local and national landmarks look purple tomorrow (Saturday) — including the Lafarge Lake fountain, and Port Moody and Port Coquitlam city halls — don't be surprised. And you can join in by . . . Sou […]

An injury can occur in the brain when we are unable to do something to protect either ourselves or another during a traumatic event: 'helpless' and 'hopeless' are the two components of both PTSD and suicide. […]