DON'T EVER GIVE UP
On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes only, and is in no way meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please do not self diagnose and seek professional help for what ails you. Brief Psychotic […]
2021-11-02 California Law Aims to Strengthen Access to Mental Health Services Bernard J. Wolfson The number of people with symptoms of depression and anxiety has nearly quadrupled during the covid pandemic, which has made it even more maddeningly difficult to get timely mental health care, even if you have good insurance. A California law […]
Help for Mental Illnesses If you or someone you know has a mental illness, is struggling emotionally, or has concerns about their mental health, there are ways to get help. Use these resources to find help for you, a friend, or a family member. Please note that the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is a research […]
2021-10-23 Montana Tribes Want to Stop Jailing People for Suicide Attempts but Lack a Safer Alternative Sara Reardon POPLAR, Mont. — When Maria Vega was a senior in high school in 2015, she found the body of one of her closest friends, who had died by suicide. A few days later, devastated by the loss, […]
2021-10-18 Q&A: How Will California’s New 988 Mental Health Line Actually Work? Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News NEED HELP? If you or someone you know is in a crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. In September 2020, Congress passed […]
Today’s Topic: Borderline personality disorder On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes only, and is in no way meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please do not self diagnose and seek professional help for what […]
What Is Lewy Body Dementia? Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a brain disorder that can lead to problems with thinking, movement, behavior, and mood. Visual hallucinations, or seeing things that are not there, are a common symptom, and tend to happen early on. More than 1 million people in the United States are diagnosed with […]
2010-10-07 Solitary Confinement Condemns Many Prisoners to Long-Term Health Issues Katja Ridderbusch ATLANTA — Sometimes, Pamela Winn isn’t sure how to connect with people, even those she loves, like her 9-month-old granddaughter. When the baby is in her arms, “I sit there quietly, and I don’t know what to say. What to do,” she […]
2021-10-06 Youthful Advisers Help Shape a Mental Health Program for Their Peers Mark Kreidler Phebe Cox grew up in what might seem an unlikely mental health danger zone for a kid: tony Palo Alto, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. But behind its façade of family success and wealth, she said, is an […]
2021-10-06 From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities The Psychological Impact of Incarceration: Implications for Post-Prison Adjustment Craig Haney University of California, Santa Cruz U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Abstract This paper examines the unique set of psychological changes that many prisoners are forced […]