Category Archives: OCD

The Brain Can Get Sick Too

Use your brain. Change your attitude. End mental health stigma.

What Are Anxiety Disorders?

Anxiety disorders are the commonest psychiatric illnesses globally. There is no test for anxiety disorders like panic disorder, PTSD,OCD or social anxiety disorder and the diagnosis is based on a good history and examination. The signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders are often missed or explained away. Anxiety disorders are also commonly comorbid with other […]

Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder: Men and Women …

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Toward a new understanding of mental illness

Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for depression and schizophrenia? The first step in this new avenue of research, he says, is a […]

Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Pregnancy – Employee …

The most interesting finding related to the types of health care services used by those in the ADM cohort. The ADM cohort was more likely to incur claims related to mental health, substance abuse, and pregnancy. • The ADM cohort was more …