Young people who are severe polyinhalant users tend to have the highest rates of mental illness diagnoses, the highest rates of traumatic experiences and more than double the rates of head injuries compared to their peers …
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When Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Slows You Down …
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) involves excessive anxiety that often slows you down; and when it does, it can be maddening and stressful. Generalized anxiety disorder can make people feel as though they're tarred and …
Psychiatry Can't Cure Mental Illness | Citizens Commission on …
“Treating mental illness rarely results in a 'cure,' per se.” He goes on to say that mental illness will spring back up time and time again, despite drugs and psychiatric therapy, which don't in fact do anything to stop the problem.
Mothering with an Invisible Mental Illness | Mental Illness in the …
I know you couldn't see my mental illness when you were sitting next to me at “Back to School” night. You couldn't see the medication I swallow twice a day, or the fourteen years of therapy that have equipped me to behave so …
Lithium Safe, Effective for Children with Bipolar Disorder
A multicenter study of young patients with bipolar disorder provides what may be the most scientifically rigorous demonstration to date that lithium — a drug used successfully for decades to treat adults with the condition — can …