Depression is a very serious mental health problem. This is both because a major depressive disorder is a serious mental illness and because as many as 30.9% percent of cases are resistant to…
How we see or perceive ourselves affects how we feel about ourselves. In regard to our physical self this perception is the body image. A poor body image often leads to depression and…
Human companionship and interactions are important for mental health. Social isolation is one of the contributing risks for suicide. Unfortunately, not all social interaction is healthy. In recent years social media on the…
This summer is breaking records day after day for highest temperatures. There is more going on aside from the fact that excessive heat can make a person feel miserable. Heat waves and mental…
Individuals with mental illness issues live shorter lives than those without. Recent research helps explain this. Blood metabolites that correlate with greater biological age that a person’s chronological age are found in persons…
For a lay person a mental health condition is a mental health condition. PTSD is PTSD. Depression is depression. However, mental health conditions come in subtypes which have different characteristics. They may require…
Mental health problems fit into two broad categories. These are mental illness and personality disorders. Both cause problems for the person who has them. Both affect those around the person who suffers from…
Psychedelic medicines are on the verge of changing psychiatric medicine. They effectively rewrite the brain when used to treat conditions like depression, substance abuse disorders, chronic anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.…
How we deal with people, situations, and events in our lives affects how we feel and our success in life. The urge to take care of others is something we typically salute. However,…
Are you sad or depressed? A normal reaction in life to loss, difficult situations, problems, and disappointment is to be sad. Sadness is normal and comes and goes in life with situations that…