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Before working in psychiatry, I didn't think mental health problems …

I had learnt a little about mental health and had some understanding of depression and self-harm, but I still carried misconceptions. I had painted a picture in my head of a ward filled with violent, manic patients, unable to care …

How People Treat Mental Illness Vs. How They Treat Physical Illness

How People Treat Mental Illness Vs. How They Treat Physical Illness. Just because you can't see the pain, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. posted on Sept. 30, 2015, at 10:58 a.m.. Kirsten King. BuzzFeed Staff. Haejin Park. BuzzFeed Web Artist …

Open Society Scholars Bring Mental Health Services to Afghanistan …

A group of Open Society scholarship recipients trained in mental health counseling are transporting those skills to Afghanistan, a place where counseling doesn't exist.

Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Linked to Worse Outcome …

Negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia are associated with an increased likelihood of hospital admission, longer duration of admission, and an.

PTSD: The War Disorder That Goes Far Beyond the Battlefield …

The first time I experienced what I now understand to be post-traumatic stress disorder, I was in a subway station in New York City, where I live. It was almost a year before the attacks of 9/11, and I'd just come back from two months in …