In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers have identified a potential link between microbes (viruses, bacteria and fungi) in the throat and schizophrenia. This link may offer a way to identify causes and develop …
Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness
Questioning Answers: Social Anxiety Disorder and autism (again)
A brief blog post discussing further research suggestive that social anxiety disorder (SAD) may be prevalent in cases of adult autism.
How Getting Diagnosed as Schizoaffective Bipolar Helped Save My …
You deserve to have the best possible life – but if you're anything like this comic artist was, you may not see a point in getting mental health care. Follow along with the steps Crass took to get psychological help, and you'll get …
My Battles with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and …
I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed the summer before my freshman year in high school, though I likely dealt with one or both illnesses for most of my life to that point.
Intelligence, creativity and bipolar disorder may share underlying …
Study linking high childhood IQ with bipolar traits later in life suggests that mood disorders may be the genetic price we pay for intelligence and creativity.