Most importantly, I must love myself. Love my mental illness, love my compassion and creativity. Love my strength. Each bad day is just that. A bad day; but I know I will survive. I always […]

Kong Hee said he is the sole breadwinner of his family and that his parents are old, his siblings are deaf and mute, and that his 10 year old son quit school because of a mental illness. Facing a maximum […]

People with bipolar disorder are even more likely to be overweight, have cardiovascular disease and have type II diabetes than the rest of the population. We're also more susceptible to having our weight yo-yo […]

Persistent anxiety and uncontrollable worry for at least 6 months characterize generalized anxiety disorder. First-line treatments are cognitive behavioral therapy or pharmacotherapy with a selective […]

by Altheia Luna. Suffering from social anxiety is like tiptoeing along the edge of a very steep cliff. The slightest look, the subtlest tone of voice, the smallest gesture that anyone does can set you off into […]

MEDECINS Sans Frontieres – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in partner with the Ministry of Health and Child Care has been conducting an HIV and mental health mobile exhibition in different parts of the country, […]

And then there's Donald (not his real name) who lives with Bipolar Disorder and a co-occurring substance use disorder. Donald has been able to stabilize his condition through the use of medication and […]

While the budget impasse is causing some mental health programs to cut services, mental health advocates say these cuts are actually costing you more in the long haul. “They put me on medication,” Gregory […]

But, stigma and a confusing health care system are keeping a lot of people from the care they need. “The average diagnosis and treatment of a mental illness takes eight years. We can't go on like that,” Mar […]

Since 2001, more than 320,000 American soldiers, sailors, airmen and women, Marines and Coast Guard have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post traumatic stress (PTS). In the past these […]

The Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania recognizes that many school districts fall short on delivering the promise of a Free Appropriate Public Education to students, but eliminating the Act I special […]

The night before the game, Elliott endured a panic attack and ended up with “IVs in my arm, everything,” she tells Billboard. “Nobody knew.” She says it was God that helped her finally get onstage and own the […]

Serious failures by the official bodies involved in the care of a potentially suicidal 18-year-old from Tower Hamlets, who killed himself at Belmarsh prison, have been highlighted in a damming verdict by an […]

Disability rights advocate: Abandoned, neglected and brokenhearted after Canadian Assisted Death decision. Editor's note. The following letter was composed by disability rights activist Steven Passmore. Right […]

Some of Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens—people facing criminal charges who are not competent to stand trial because of mental disabilities—have begun a class action lawsuit over the state's pro […]

Investigators, lawmakers, analysts and the media search for somewhere to place the blame and find a way to prevent the tragedies from happening again. That blame often lands on mental illness. Reports suggest […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan has declared his support for a Republican-led effort to overhaul mental health care in the United States.

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People needing outpatient mental healthcare face a fragmented system that makes it difficult to find a provider and schedule an appointment despite Milwaukee.

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While common threads can be collected and wrapped up in neat packages—shaky shoulders, shortness of breath, to name examples—no two panic attacks are exactly alike. One woman wrote that her panic attacks sen […]

Fianna Fáil TD for Wexford John Browne has called on the Government to provide additional resources for the mental health services in New Ross. Deputy Browne made the comments after raising a special Dáil d […]