Just mentioning the words Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD probably has you running for the hills right now but trust me, it doesn't have to be a scary subject. Every firefighter in this world is willing […]

A new study of Finnish children has found that exposure to bullying as a child was associated with psychiatric disorders in adulthood that required.

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Goodlow's family members told Fox 59 he suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Chief Hite said this shooting highlights the need for more mental health services in Indianapolis. “We have to have […]

A fire swept through a Russian home for people with mental illnesses, killing 23 patients and injuring another 23, many of whom were unable to walk.

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One in four adults and 20% of youth ages 13 to 18 deal with mental illnesses. In the past few years, mental illness awareness and education has greatly increased, in large part due to social media and […]

As well as treating Hmong patients, Lo is conducting research to better understand how mental illness is understood in the community — finding that previous efforts to do so had gotten lost in translation. T […]

In general, people with mental disorders tend to die decades earlier than the general population, mostly as a result of preventable and treatable chronic.

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are badly underfunded around the country, a point that was brought up several times during the Opposition Day parliamentary debate on mental health this […]

Since 2011, the California Mental Health Services Authority has targeted funding on student-centered programs, including suicide prevention and tackling depression. The cash injection appears to be having a […]

And instead of dealing with the emotional turmoil from those experiences, they learn to just “suck it up.” After the recent San Bernardino mass shooting, an officer said it was like a horror story that gave […]

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According to newly published research, a specialized psychotherapy has been linked to changes in activation patterns in certain areas of the brain in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), […]

Peter von Ziegesar is a New York-based writer who published a memoir in May 2014 about eventually becoming the sole caretaker of his schizophrenic and homeless step-brother. “The Looking Glass Brother is a f […]

One of the major things holding me back from pursuing more mental health care and (more so) medicinal intervention is how people will interpret my seeking a prescription. Black people are already considered […]

Mental illness can affect anyone, but for people of color, the experience of the illness itself is often compounded (or even caused) by racism, microaggressions, and community-specific stigma. Racism and […]

… system changes are made. Harrisburg, PA – Today, members of the Board of Directors (Board) of the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (DRN) released a White Paper on the employment of people with d […]

A new report calls attention to cancer in people with mental illness, suggesting that healthcare system and societal factors are just as critical as individual lifestyle factors— linked to smoking and o […]

9 Triggers of Mania in Bipolar Disorder Mood swings are the mainstays of bipolar disorder. There are small ones like everyone has, but there are also swings that go over the top or right to the bottom. The […]

Researchers identified biological markers for mental health conditions such as psychosis, for which no objective tests exist. These biomarkers are deemed potentially more effective in classifying mental […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County is just a month away from launching a new program that seeks to get nonviolent, mentally ill criminals help instead of jail time. On Thursday, different county departments and […]