Mental Health

When the treatment of depression and anxiety fails: find hope and support

Bipolar Burle Today's guest is welcoming Nate Huyser. Nate suffers from a large depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Contact me to talk to Bipolar Burle Designed during travel and I am honored to share his story below. Is the first step in managing mental illnesses seeking professional assistance, but what happens When therapy and…

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Smile through depression: hidden pain of highly working mental diseases

It's something I can identify with the “smiling depression” – as “highly working depression.” What are technical conditions, but both describe how I live in the years of my life. Yes, I have been depressed for years, but I also spent years of my life hide that fact from 99% of people with mutual connection….

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Aggregate trauma and bipolar disorder

People with bipolar disorder (BD) Trauma Trauma considerable high proportions more than the general population, calculations From 50% to 80% Lives in their lives a traumatic event at a time (Association et al., 2009; Maguire et al., 2008). The study showed that Trauma is associated with the result of a serious illnessIn addition to increasing…

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How can alcohol consumption affect the risk of dementia

Alcohol consumption is part of many cultures in the world. About 7% of the world's population lives with alcohol use disorders and approximately 3.7% of the world's population lives in alcohol dependence (Kim 2024), and this is an increasing international problem. Alcohol is known as a risk factor for various diseases and is associated with…

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Thoughts and feelings are not the fact: how to realize your brain

Two lessons that take people for a long time to learn people, these thoughts are not the facts and feelings. The reality test can help us see this, but this is a skill that does not. These are hard classes, because our thoughts and feelings are trying to convince differently. Many things in the outside…

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Experience participating in collaborative development of outcome measures.

In recent years there has been a (welcome) trend towards conducting research “with” or “by” the public rather than “to”, “about” or “for” them (NIHR). While there is a move to standardize this across all health research (for example, many funders now require evidence of patient and community involvement), there remains disparity in the types…

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Will this ADHD medication help my patient? Bridging the gap between effectiveness and efficiency

It's been over two years since I wrote Mental Elf blog with my pediatrician colleague (Suetani S and Panagoda G, 2022) on the findings from the evidence in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We thought ADHD was a hot topic at the time, but two and a half years later, it remains very hot….

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The Best Mental Health Donations to Give This Holiday Season and Beyond

Looking for a last minute gift? I wrote a list before The 10 best mental health gifts for those with bipolar disorder. Right now, one of them might be headed your way through Amazon or some other source. But if you only have days to go, you might consider donating to a mental health charity…

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Language guidelines for suicide, mental health and substance use

Communication, whether public or private, plays an important role in creating stigma (Escandon, 2024). In particular, media and social media strongly influence community beliefs, knowledge and attitudes about mental health problems, suicide, and alcohol and other drug (AOD) use (Ross et al., 2019). In fact, language is a matter of life and death; depictions of…

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Shame Vs. Guilt: A Psychological Difference and Overcoming Toxic Shame

Lately I've been learning about shame and guilt. As a writerthese words are very similar to me. In fact, their psychological effects could not be more different. It's a sin normal and even if it is beneficial, shame can have a toxic effect on mental health. Let's talk about how we all experience guilt and…

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