Tag: mental illness

For those who don’t know someone with a mental illness, it can be hard to imagine what people really go ...

A group of people who are becoming more relevant to the mental health recovery process are peer supports because they ...

by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW Are police officers adequately trained to handle disturbances that involve individuals with mental illnesses?  News ...

The relationship between religion and mental health has been one that causes a lot of confusions and misinterpretations. Looking back ...

“National Recovery Month is a national observance that educates Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services ...

In my day-to-day as a clinician, I hear a lot of expressions using crazy. For example, "Am I crazy?" or ...

It's not uncommon for a client to enter my office with previous experiences in therapy elsewhere. When meeting a new ...

Paralysis, confusion, shame are all feelings I experienced upon hearing my diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I know I am ...

Life with a mental illness is challenging and adding school on top of that can make it seem unbearable. 1 in ...

Deciding whether or not to take medication for our mental illness has got to be the most difficult decision one ...

The U.S. House of Representatives declared July National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in 2008. Being that minorities are already ...

As we go through life and the environment changes, our brain and its functions also change. Likewise, a person’s genetic ...

Recently, three people have died by suicide in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina in less than a year by jumping off the ...

Those of us with mental illnesses often face this confounding question at some point in our lives:  Is this illness ...