Panic attacks are sudden surges of anxiety and fear. People feel their hearts pounding or can't breathe. Some people even feel like they are going crazy or.

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Panic attacks are sudden surges of anxiety and fear. People feel their hearts pounding or can't breathe. Some people even feel like they are going crazy or.

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PTSD reminds me of an evil thief who tries to steal everything from you—your life, your family, and your mind. It won't let you get close to people. It eats you alive from the inside out. PTSD has no mercy a […]

Lord knows I'd wanted to like it; as someone who is both a writer and a woman living with mental illness, I probably idolize La Plath more than I should and am always eager for more media about her. The […]

Lafayette, LA – The Department of Veterans Affairs has signed a lease with James Charles McDaniel, MD for space to house mental health services for the veterans of Acadiana. The new clinic will be located at 3 […]

I don't know the ins and outs of postpartum depression, but I've certainly talked with and worked with moms who battle the post-birth blues. Often times, in the wake of giving birth to a new child, partly due […]

November is National Adoption Month. This is the story of how one adoptee experienced postpartum depression after the birth of her son.

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How an Adult Adoptee Experienced Postpartum Depression

Abstract: There are few effective treatments for body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and a pressing need to develop such treatments. We examined the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a manualized modular […]

It is true that mental-health services are grossly underfunded, but an equally important problem is the absence of creative leadership.

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Glaring leadership void in mental health system | The Seattle Times

“You're a person! You come before your disorder!” Have you ever wanted to correct how someone identifies their mental disorder? You might think you're doing the right thing. But check out this insider's vie […]

Thomas C. Weiss writes on the topic of mental illness and violence, and includes his own personal experiences.

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When You Are Scared or No Longer Care – Mental Illness & Violence

What I Want You to Know about Mental Illness. By Whitney Hawkins ~ 2 min read. Even on my worst days, I feel extremely lucky to have my job. It grants me the opportunity to hear stories and engage with people […]

Despite the fact that individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) are two to three times more likely to have type II diabetes than the general population, low-income patients on Medicaid are rarely screened […]

We have mental health problems, which I view as a priority, and training of our medical professionals, especially our nurses. We need a lot of infrastructure to improve our primary health care services. We […]

Those who are living with a mental illness are highly stigmatized in our society, where we tend to demoralize them by blocking them of their basic needs, such as housing and employment. As a result, they […]

More and better technology is not a substitute for adequate mental health care funding and coordinated planning.

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Can Technology Fill the Gaps in Mental Health Care? –

In May, Young Minds Advocacy wrote to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requesting action to end the prohibition on providing intensive community-based mental healthcare to as many as […]

In recognition of National Family Caregivers Month, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced results of “A Large-Scale Survey of Caregivers of Persons with Schizophrenia and/or Schizoaffective Disorder D […]

Pictured, at left, is Carlton Whitmore of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Ruth Weissman; Milton Wainberg, co-scientific director of Columbia's Global Mental Health Program; Shekhar […]

Recently, I've been reading some articles on social anxiety, and it struck me how many of the situations and symptoms reminded me of my son Dan when he was in the throes of severe obsessive-compulsive […]