Category Archives: Stigma

'Empathy gaps' causing trauma in community mental health care

That's the reality faced by some mental health patients under Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) because of a perceived lack of empathy and understanding among some of the workers meant to be helping them, according …

SKA2 gene may predict severity of PTSD | BU Today | Boston …

The suicide risk is “alarmingly high,” says Naomi Sadeh, a School of Medicine assistant professor of psychiatry and a psychologist at the National Center for PTSD. And the numbers raise important questions for researchers: …

Adrenaline Rushes and Bipolar Disorder | Breaking Bipolar …

I was thinking about adrenaline and bipolar disorder the other day after I got the hang off the side of the CN Tower, the tallest, free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere. Taking the Edge Walk, as they call it, around …

The 5 Most Common Misconceptions About Mental Illness …

Believing these common myths about mental illness is keeping us sick.

5 Lies Ruining Your Mental Health | Psychology Today

Believing these common myths about mental illness is keeping us sick.