Category Archives: Mental Illness

Risk Factors Help Predict Violence in Adults with Mental Illness …

New research suggest three factors increase the risk of violent behavior among people with mental illness. Investigators discovered alcohol use, engagement in violent behavior, or being the victim of violent behavior predict …

Marriage and Mental Illness: Take Care of the Caregiver | Mental …

In every marriage with mental illness, taking care of the caregiver is as important as taking care of the mentally ill spouse. Too often we focus on the needs of the mentally ill spouse and forget that the partner supporting them …

Telling the Story of Serious Mental Illness | Psychology Today

These are the students who were unlucky enough to be diagnosed with a serious mental illness sometime during their college career. When they got sick, their illness forced them to withdraw from classes, and they have never …

Treating Mental Illness: Laura's Law | FOX40

"And after Laura was killed I realized someone else's mental health problem…became my family's problem….and how someone's mental health problem became our community's problem," said Amanda Wilcox, Laura's mother …

Peering In: A Look at Mental Health Peer Providers and How They …

There I was, working hard, while also vigilantly trying to hide the fact that I had spent the previous decade in and out of treatment for bipolar II disorder. Yet, somehow, my students kept on coming to me with their mental health …