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Decrease Stigma: Social Anxiety Disorder Is Not Shyness | Surviving …

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a stigmatized disorder, and we need to separate social anxiety disorder and shyness to decrease stigma (What Is Stigma?). Some people say that people with SAD are just shy, which is …

Mental health services under 'huge pressure' amid budget cuts …

Mental health services are under "huge pressure", a leading think tank has said, as it called for an end to cuts which it said could be responsible for a decline in the quality of care in the sector.

New device could reset brains of veterans with PTSD | abc7.com

The horror of combat is something many veterans live with, but a new study at UCLA is underway to see if administering mild electrical currents into the brain can reset its networks for those dealing with post-traumatic stress …

Having borderline personality disorder helps me in my NHS job …

For five years I was passed from one mental health professional to another. These appointments were months apart, often less than half an hour, and I wasn't offered any treatment. I was asked to remove my clothing, and a …

Debunking the Myth of Mental Weakness in PTSD Sufferers …

One of the biggest myths about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is that those who suffer from it have some sort of mental weakness because they developed PTSD. I understand why people think that way. When I was …