Category Archives: Mental Illness

Borderline Personality Disorder | Psych Central

Borderline personality disorder is a personality disorder that is characterized by a recurring, long-standing pattern of having unstable relationships with others — romantic, friendships and with family members. It's marked by …

5 Tips To A Better Relationship When Dealing With A Mental Illness …

5 Tips To A Better Relationship When Dealing With A Mental Illness. By Rebecca Chamaa ~ 2 min read. I'm not a therapist, but I have been in a happy marriage for nearly two decades and these are tips based on my personal …

Changes in brain connectivity protect against developing bipolar …

Naturally occurring changes in brain wiring can help patients at high genetic risk of developing bipolar disorder avert the onset of the illness, according to a new study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine …

Why you don't know how much mental illness and drug use is out …

If you want an idea of how much mental illness and substance abuse is out there, listen to the police scanners in a major metropolitan area, like South Florida, where I work. Some agencies use human dispatchers but many of …

Mental illness and homelessness – fiscal myopia strikes again | Bill …

The mentally ill fall into this category. Most of us are ill equipped to handle a fellow citizen in deep mental crisis shaking and frothing in front of us. It is an incredibly confronting situation that makes most of us deeply …