Social factors, environmental triggers, and increased stress in modern life all influence mental health, including the onset of depression. With healthcare expenditures approaching $3 trillion, our disorders and diseases are …
Mothers of those with mental illness share a special burden that they rest of us can only begin to imagine. They have raised and loved a person, but that person seems to have disappeared. In her book, Cutting the Soul: A …
Deciding when to share your posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, and with whom, can be difficult to do. Even though talking about it, and seeking support from others, is an important step toward recovery, choosing …
But, stigma and a confusing health care system are keeping a lot of people from the care they need. “The average diagnosis and treatment of a mental illness takes eight years. We can't go on like that,” Marcia Haaff, the CEO …
Serious failures by the official bodies involved in the care of a potentially suicidal 18-year-old from Tower Hamlets, who killed himself at Belmarsh prison, have been highlighted in a damming verdict by an inquest jury.
