Please note: This is a sneak peek Bipolar rules – which means it's just a draft. This is not the final version. For a very long time, I thought I could beat bipolar disorder. I thought that if bipolar disorder was in my head, my mind could defeat it. I thought that if I just…

Today we're talking about how positive language can improve your mindset, your mental health, and how fashion can help you get there. Kimberly Wilkerson of Token Clothing Company™ is today's contributor. Read on to find out how win your favorite set of PJs that boost her mood. Think for a moment about how to fill…

Young people's mental wellbeing is a growing focus in both the UK and Woodland World. A number of studies have been conducted looking at the implementation of universal interventions for young people to try to protect his well-being and prevent disease. Unfortunately, the literature to date shows that universal interventions are not effective in promoting…

Every year I approach the end of March and October with the same growing anxiety that my sleep patterns will be disrupted and I'll be tired, grumpy and generally miserable for the better part of a week. Setting the clocks back and forth an hour to save energy might have made sense in the early…

Ketamine and esketamine (Spravato) have been breakthrough treatments for depression, but unfortunately many people cannot afford ketamine or esketamine (more on the differences in a moment). This is the tragic reality of many new treatments (especially in the US) — they exist, but are out of reach for the people who need them most. However,…

It's not something I write at all. Do you know why? Because I'm generally depressed and no recovery from depression. My bipolar disorder is characterized by punctuated depression mixed mood. And this characterization has been true for years. Years and years of trying to get better. Years and years not being able to get better….

Being admitted to inpatient child and adolescent mental health care (CAMHS) as a child or young person (CYP) is incredibly difficult. This usually happens as a last resort when all other community options have failed. CAMHS services treat children and young people with a range of difficulties that have a serious impact on their mental…

Today I published a post on social media sponsored by Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. I understand that this worries some. Some people think that it is the “big medicine”. the enemy. I know now that I'm working with them openly, I am enemy, too. I understand that perspective. In fact, at one point I swore I would…

Self-harm is a global public health problem (Hawton et al., 2003). In England, approximately 200,000 adolescents aged 12–17 years engage in self-harming behavior without clinical support each year, and an additional 21,000 adolescents seek medical treatment following self-harming events (Geulayov, et al., 2018; Morgan et al. , 2017; Patalay & Gage, 2019). Rates of self-harm…

I feel like I've reached a point where my mental health isn't there. Like my mental health is so depleted it's gone. I guess I'm talking about my ability. a person a braincan only take so much. Eventually, everyone reaches a breaking point. Well, what do you do when you get to that point? What…