The move from hospital to community-based care can be a frightening and difficult experience for people with severe mental illness (SMI). People with mental health problems may not have networks of support such as family, …
Category Archives: Mental Illness
Monty Panesar to air problems as part of mission to return to cricket …
The England spinner Monty Panesar plans to talk openly about his mental illness after being counselled by a cricket mentoring organisation.
Louisiana gets poor mental health care access ranking | New …
A new report finds Louisiana is one of the states with the highest prevalence of mental illness and lowest rates of access to care. The national Mental Health Association's 2015 report ranks Louisiana 47th on the survey, which …
Current U.S. policies fail to deliver mental illness treatments | The …
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 18.5 percent of Americans experienced mental illness in the past year, 4.2 percent of which interfered with their daily lives. Moreover, NAMI states adults in the …
Neurochemical Imbalance Linked with Susceptibility to PTSD …
Prior research has shown that people with PTSD have altered brain anatomy and function. In the new study, researchers discovered people with PTSD have an imbalance between two neurochemical signalling systems of the …