Category Archives: OCD

When Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Slows You Down …

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) involves excessive anxiety that often slows you down; and when it does, it can be maddening and stressful. Generalized anxiety disorder can make people feel as though they're tarred and …

We need to talk about PTSD | openDemocracy

An injury can occur in the brain when we are unable to do something to protect either ourselves or another during a traumatic event: 'helpless' and 'hopeless' are the two components of both PTSD and suicide. We now know …

Schizophrenia May Be Group of Disorders Affecting Different Brain …

Advanced brain imaging shows that certain behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia are linked to abnormalities in specific parts of the brain. The findings, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, could be a …

Mothering with an Invisible Mental Illness | Mental Illness in the …

I know you couldn't see my mental illness when you were sitting next to me at “Back to School” night. You couldn't see the medication I swallow twice a day, or the fourteen years of therapy that have equipped me to behave so …

Today, October 10, 2015 is Mental Health Awareness Day …

One in four people lives with a mental illness worldwide. We all deserve to have dignity in our lives, from others, but also from ourselves.