Emotions

Emotions

If youth do not know how to think about, express and share their emotions and feelings, they may act out rather than seek help when they need it. Parents can share their concern by saying, “I can tell you are upset. Can we set a 

Mental Health Caregivers

Mental Health Caregivers

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, “At least 8.4 million Americans provide care to an adult with an emotional or mental illness” and spend an average of 32 unpaid hours per week doing so. While mental illness often is invisible, the stress for 

Debt and Mental Health

Debt and Mental Health

Studies have found a correlation between individuals with debt and mental health problems. The likelihood of having a mental health disorder is three times higher among those with unsecured debt and people who died by suicide are eight times more likely to be in debt. 

Self-Injury

Self-Injury

Self-injury is the deliberate, impulsive, non-lethal and repetitive hurting of oneself. A maladaptive coping mechanism, it is associated with a number of mental illnesses, including anxiety and posttraumatic distress disorder, and especially linked with depression and borderline personality, eating and substance use disorders. Warning signs 

Types of Therapists

Types of Therapists

Typically, your pediatrician already knows your child and family, sees numerous patients so he or she can recognize behavior that falls outside of the typical range, and can conduct medical tests to rule out non-psychiatric causes for symptoms that may indicate a mental health condition. 

Unhealthy Relationships

Unhealthy Relationships

Individuals often remain in unhealthy relationships due to fear or the fact that they do not want to be alone. It is possible for both males and females to experience abusive relationships with friends, employers and co-workers, and not only with romantic partners or family 

Forgiveness

Forgiveness

According to Dr. Frederic Luskin, Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects, “Forgiveness changes the present, not the past.” It is “a choice you make to heal yourself.” Indignation and resentment, often from obsessively thinking or talking about how things should have been different, can cause 

Be A Mental Health Ally

Be A Mental Health Ally

Perhaps the biggest misconception about mental illness is that it is a single condition. Anxiety, depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and schizophrenia, etc., vary greatly from one another and can range in severity from mild to acute. The first step to being a mental health ally 

Reframing

Reframing

Reframing is looking at a feeling, situation or belief from another angle which can assist in challenging assumptions and automatic thoughts. Therapy often allows individuals to shift their perspectives and view circumstances or problems from different points of view, discovering new ways to manage or 

Mental Wellness Challenge

Mental Wellness Challenge

January is Mental Wellness Month. The World Health Organization defines mental health as “a state of well-being [where an]…individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life…[and] work productively…, and is able to…contribut[e] to his or her community.” Mental