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Substance Induced Mood Disorder – Depression From Drugs or Medications
Bouts of depression are incredibly common. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention estimates that around 16 million people in the U.S. struggle with a depressive episode in a given year....
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10 Mental Health Tips for Avoiding the Holiday Blues
As fall exits the scene and winter takes center stage, many people experience an increase in holiday stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues, otherwise known as the holiday blues. There are...
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Adjustment Disorder: Symptoms, Types, Causes and Treatment
One of the biggest stressors in life is an unexpected event – like the death of a loved one, a relationship breakup, the loss of a job, a car accident, a serious illness or any number of difficult,...
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Situational Depression: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Situational Depression is most often caused by a stressful event. Unlike clinical depression, the symptoms of situational depression are generally short-term and temporary, though they can still cause...
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Cannabis Induced Psychosis (CIP): Can Marijuana Make You Psychotic?
There’s growing scientific evidence that marijuana, especially potent concentrates and strains of the drug, can lead to significant mental health problems, including psychotic breaks such as Cannabis...
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6 Common Causes of Anxiety and Ways to Cope With Them
Wouldn’t it be great if we knew the most common causes of anxiety so we could head them off before they caused so much turmoil in our life? Experiencing anxiety is a totally normal part of life. In...
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Anxiety vs Stress: What is the Difference Between Stress and Anxiety?
Knowing the difference between stress and anxiety is key because it helps us manage our response and approach to the problem. Unfortunately, there’s enough overlap between the symptoms that it can be...
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What is Neurosis and Neurotic Personality Behavior?
It’s not uncommon to hear people refer to themselves or another person as “neurotic.” This can conjure any number of different definitions or concepts depending on an individual’s understanding of the...
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Famous People With Borderline Personality Disorder
For the month of May, it’s fitting to explore some celebrities and famous people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Not only is May Mental Health Awareness Month, but it is also Borderline...
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Skin Hunger: The Effects of Being Touch Starved
Are you touch starved from skin hunger due to being isolated from others? There’s a biological reason behind it. The human touch is incredibly important for both physical and mental health. Our skin is...
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What is Avoidant Personality Disorder? AVPD Symptoms and Treatment
We all feed the desire to be alone sometimes, but when it consumes our daily life, it might be caused by something more serious like Avoidant Personality Disorder. To understand if it might be a...
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Anxiety Grounding Techniques (That Also Work for PTSD)
Living with a mental illness can mean a lot of stress and anxiety on a daily basis. So much so that it can be debilitating and create serious quality-of-life issues. In order to overcome worry, stress,...
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Histrionic Personality Disorder Symptoms and Treatment
Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD), like many personality disorders, can be difficult to diagnose, and can cause significant impairment in a person’s life. Our personalities affect the way in which...
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9 Famous People With ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
ADHD – which causes symptoms such as difficulty staying focused or paying attention, problems controlling behavior or mood and bouts of near manic energy – is one of the most common childhood...
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Schizoid Personality Disorder Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Because of the stigma associated with mental health issues, the diagnostic phrase Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD) is likely to evoke images of someone in serious mental distress. In fact, this type...
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10 Films and Movies About Depression
Because depressive symptoms have become such a normal part of life for millions of people, it’s no surprise Hollywood has used them as an underlying theme and produced so many films and movies about...
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Unipolar Depression vs. Bipolar Depression
Mood disorders, such as Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Depression, are the most common cause of hospitalization in the United States for people under the age of 45 (besides pregnancy and birth),...
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Serotonin Syndrome From Mixing Prescriptions Could Be Fatal
With the popularity and necessity of so many antidepressant medications available on the market today, it’s important for people taking them to understand the potential dangers of serotonin syndrome....
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Project Semicolon Promotes Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Awareness
Project Semicolon is a nonprofit dedicated to the prevention of suicide. Founded in 2013, the organization has helped millions of people and believes suicide is generally preventable and is the...
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Traumatic Brain Injury – TBI and Substance Abuse Addiction
Alcohol and concussions can be a dangerous mix, and the same holds true for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and substance abuse. In a split second, a terrible accident that leads to traumatic brain...
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