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 …
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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 …
Reducing Inflammation May Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia …
Cognition may improve significantly in schizophrenia patients when they are given anti-inflammatory treatment along with standard schizophrenia therapy, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at …
Social Anxiety Disorder Checklist – ItIsTrish
When I took my first psychology class as a junior in high school, I remember hurrying to the computer lab to look up "General Anxiety Disorder" and "Social Anxiety Disorder" because I was pretty sure I had some form of …