Mental illness remains highly stigmatized, even after celebrities like Brooke Shields, Mel Gibson and Robin Williams went public with their stories.
Fighting Mental Illness on the Ball Field
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Apr
2015
Mental Health
Most Prisoners are Mentally Ill
12
Apr
2015
Occasionally policymakers and activists will talk about how the justice system needs to keep mentally ill people out of prisons. If it did that, prisons would be very empty indeed.
The Opposite of Shame
11
Apr
2015
It was one of those perfect spring Sundays. I had just come from hanging with two girlfriends. John sent a great video of Maya, snaking down a slide and laughing in the park. The windows were rolled down and the wind was blowing in my hair. And then the goddess threw a cherry on top: Kelly Clarkson “Since You’ve Been Gone,” one of my favorite songs to go crazy to on the dance floor in my 20s, came on the radio. I was belting it out and feeling more than fine when… CRASH.
Ex-Troops With Highest Suicide Risk Often Don’t Qualify For Mental Care
10
Apr
2015
The largest study to date of recent military and veteran suicides has identified two high-risk groups of former troops who are generally ineligible for the psychiatric care afforded to all others who served: those forced out of the military for misconduct and those who enlisted but were quickly discharged for other problems.
Tinder While I Taper
09
Apr
2015
I joined Tinder. I did not plan to date while tapering off antidepressants, benzos and sleeping pills. But nor did I plan to go through a breakup.
12 Things Only People With Anxiety Understand
08
Apr
2015
What does anxiety mean to you? Is it the low-level feeling of stress and fear, motivating you to be productive for fear of missing a deadline?
Hofstra University Research Could Lead to New Autism Treatments
07
Apr
2015
Families living with autism are hopeful new evidence revealed by scientists at Hofstra University will lead to life-changing treatments.
Huntersville Farm Offers Community for Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors
06
Apr
2015
Two and a half million people suffer a traumatic brain injury each year. As soldiers return from overseas and football related concussions increase, that number could be on the rise.
Bipolar Disorder Lamotrigine’s Side Effects Cause Rare Steven Johnson Syndrome
05
Apr
2015
It’s well known that taking a prescription drug will put a person at risk of side effects. Most of the time, these are pretty mild, ranging from fever to vomiting and stomach problems. Unfortunately, those weren’t the side effects one Atlanta woman experienced after taking her own prescription pills.
Ice Addiction Overtaking Alcohol as Biggest Problem Facing Indigenous Australianss
05
Apr
2015
Ice addiction is overtaking alcohol as the biggest problem facing Indigenous populations, the head of a rehabilitation centre specialising in treatment for Aboriginal people says. Joe Coyte is CEO of The Glen, on the New South Wales Central Coast, which treats about 200 addicts each year.
Veteran Commits Suicide in VA Parking Lot
04
Apr
2015
A Plum woman shot herself in the head Monday afternoon in the parking lot of the H.J. Heinz campus of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Aspinwall.
SPCA of Texas is Expanding Pet Grief Counseling Program
03
Apr
2015
If you have ever lost a beloved pet, you know how hard it can be. Many of us struggle to cope with the loss of a pet. Pet bereavement can be a lonely, solitary grief. Fortunately, if you are grieving your best friend, you don’t have to go through it alone.
Depression or PTSD Can Cause Irritability
02
Apr
2015
My husband is always irritable. He gets upset at the smallest things and takes it out on whoever is around. He’s always had a bit of a temper but it got worse after his fourth deployment. What could be causing this?
Fighting Bipolar’s Stigma
01
Apr
2015
Monday is World Bipolar Day, an annual campaign to educate people about a little-understood illness that affects almost 6 million adults in America. Marked by alternating episodes of extreme mania and deep depression, it usually only becomes part of the national conversation when someone does something deadly (a school shooting) or Hollywood makes a movie (“Silver Linings Playbook”). Witness the speculation swirling around the pilot who authorities believe crashed the Germanwings jet in the French Alps last week.
Solder Seeks Comfort of Service Dog in PTSD Recovery
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Mar
2015
Jason Richburg has suffered for years with fears of confined spaces, large crowds, loud noises and lots of commotion, which sets off massive panic attacks. He often secludes himself away from everyone because when he has these anxiety attacks he is not rational and has a very difficult time even talking or thinking.