But now there's this bright idea of exposing soldiers to Greek tragedies that were written 2,500 years ago as a way to help those struggling with readjustment issues and PTSD?Get the fuck outta here. So, to […]

I have bipolar disorder. It manifested itself very young in my life with a disposition towards being a very whiney, anxious child. I continued over the course of the early years of my life without having lots […]

FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say they've found a link between brain inflammation and schizophrenia. British investigators used PET scans to assess immune cell activity in the brains of […]

Let's pretend that living with bipolar disorder isn't life sucking. Does the average person think it's a lifestyle choice? That I chose to have bipolar?

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Author: Michelle DiGiglio. Mental health is a vital aspect of our overall well-being – and its significance is one we may frequently fail to recognize or understand. Mental Health Awareness Week officially k […]

FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say they've found a link between brain inflammation and schizophrenia. British investigators used PET scans to assess immune cell activity in the brains of […]

“Those suffering from TBI or PTSD can potentially have their memories altered to restore the cognitive functions of memory, as well as erase or dull the impact of painful and stressful memories.” Tags: Act […]

PET imaging in healthy volunteers, high-risk subjects and patients with schizophrenia shows a stepwise elevation in microglial activity (in orange) as the severity of the illness increases. Image: MRC Clinical […]

Skluzacek was inspired to create the app when his father, a military veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, came home and was affected by PTSD and night terrors. According to the Skluzacek's […]

A study published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry is the first to find that immune cells are more active in the brains of people at risk of schizophrenia as well as those already diagnosed with the […]

There is increasing recognition of the value of lived experience and the important contribution people with personal experience of mental health issues can make to mental health care. Peer workers already […]

Planning a mental health awareness event, video, social media campaign, or resource? You may wish to review the Decision Support Tool for leadership teams, or for school principals, to ensure that you have […]

By RUBY YU Today marks the start of the first Mental Health Awareness Week, which lasts until Oct. 23 and will feature events around campus designed to promote.

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A college student whose soldier dad was having trouble sleeping after experiencing combat and his friends are helping veterans with a new app that tracks their sleep. Macalester College senior Tyler Skluzacek […]

SEBASTIAN COUNTY (KFSM) — The Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck, other local county sheriff's and CEOs of community health facilities have formed a coalition to implement a stabilization center. The […]

We know that virtual reality is being used as therapy to treat PTSD (as here, depicted above), but Doug Magyari, who's spent two decades working on VR simulations for US military agencies, raises a disturbing […]

The body that buys and plans much of Eastern Cheshire's healthcare is in line to be given up to £2 million to transform children and young people's mental health services. Subject to approval of its ambitious […]

Texas mental health advocates sent a letter Thursday formally asking a Dallas lawyer to withdraw her petition to remove Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk from office. Cindy Stormer, a high-ranking […]

Openings available for October 27th & 29th Training. United Services will be hosting a free 8-hour Mental Health First Aid training to the community on October 27th and 29th at United Services' Dayville Clinic […]

Researchers say the discovery, based on MRI scans of 36 healthy people and 47 people with schizophrenia, offer more evidence that schizophrenia is a heterogeneous group of disorders rather than a single […]