“We don't have access to mental health care in our community. And we can fix this. It's our town. It's our community,” said Julie Collins. She and a group of other concerned citizens and advocates came to the […]

A multicenter study of young patients with bipolar disorder provides what may be the most scientifically rigorous demonstration to date that lithium — a d …

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Effective Today Mental Health Services at the Linstead Hospital in St. Catherine will be relocated to the Bog Walk Health Centre in the parish. The Accident and Emergency Department will also be relocated to […]

Jim Stanek Jr. returned home from three tours in Iraq suffering from PTSD. He found salvation in an unlikely source: mountain climbing.

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The state is assessing the impact the floods have individual's mental health. Governor Haley said the devastation of the floods could have a profound effect on people who lost everything. “We do have go t […]

The month of October highlights two important dates that bring focus to mental health. First, we have the World Mental Health Day on October 10, and secondly.

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Francisco Goya'sCasa de Locos. Image via Wikimedia. When most people finish university, they either get a job or go traveling. Unfortunately, I'm not most people. Since the age of 18, I've suffered from social […]

Using lithium to treat children with bipolar disorder is safe and effective in the short term.

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Despite decades of study, schizophrenia has remained stubbornly difficult to diagnose in its earliest stage – between the appearance of symptoms and the development of the disorder. Now, a new analysis led b […]

Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, wants a “full forensic reconstruction” of the state's decision to fund PTSD research at an Irving clinic. Texas lawmakers are saying they'd like to know why a state age […]

Disability rights advocates are fighting back after Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., authorized assisted suicide in California. In a letter to lawmakers explaining his decision, Brown wrote that he considered […]

As the researchers explained, lithium has long been the drug of choice for treating adults with bipolar disorder, which is characterized by extreme mood swings. The condition affects about 1 percent of teens […]

Many of us aren't that great in large groups of people who we don't know well. Shyness and reticence are to an extent part of the British psyche. There are, however, many people whose anxiety in social […]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A new study finds that Lithium is safe and effective for treating children with bipolar disorder. The medication is commonly prescribed for adults to control mood swings. Research in the j […]

Imagine if mental health care were to make the same transition, from something you did when you were “sick” to something you did when you were healthy, to stay healthy. Imagine a whole health culture […]

BuzzFeed News spoke to Dior Vargas, founder of the People of Colour and Mental Illness Photo Project…

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MONDAY, Oct. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Family doctors and pediatricians are often the sole source of a child's mental health care, particularly for kids suffering from attention-deficit/hyperactivity d […]

The sensors in smartphones can accurately detect the changes in mood that are indicative of bipolar disorder, according to a new study. That could lead to faster treatment and better outcomes for […]

The sensors in smartphones can accurately detect the changes in mood that are indicative of bipolar disorder, according to a new study. That could lead to faster treatment and better outcomes for […]

Schizophrenia. by Inuut · a day ago … So glad this wasn't a gif making fun of schizophrenia. It's a horrible … I hate that schizophrenia is always associated with murder, only a small number of […]