BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BLOG
The Brain Benefits of Study Music
Featured, Guest Blog, Mental Health, NewsStudying for long hours can be a real pain in the neck, as your blood boils with frustration and your eyes water with fatigue. It’s easy to feel like throwing in the towel when work won’t end, but this desperation is only a state of mind.…
The Mental Health Crisis Among Postgraduate Students
Featured, Guest Blog, Mental Health, News, TreatmentPostgraduate Mental Health
In recent years, mental illness has become a growing problem among young adults and teens. 7 in 10 young adults see anxiety and depression as one of the most pressing issues that plague their peers. Concerns about…
Social Media and Self-Esteem: What You Need To Know
Featured, Guest Blog, Mental Health, News, TreatmentThe average person spends nearly two hours (about 116 minutes) on social media every day. This amounts to a total of 5 years and 4 months spent over a lifetime. And this is only expected to increase. Social media has become a huge part of…
Lockdown with OCD
Featured, Guest Blog, Mental Health, News, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Treatment2020 has been a challenging year for many of us. Faced with uncertainty and fear, we were placed in a government-enforced lockdown due to a global pandemic with case numbers growing at a scary rate. For the happiest and healthiest of people,…
Drug Induced Schizophrenia
Addiction, Dual Diagnosis, Featured, Mental Health, NewsDrugs Can Cause Symptoms of Psychosis
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that features a break from reality. Psychotic symptoms, like hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia, are traits of this mental health disorder. While schizophrenia…
Selfie Addiction: 4 Easy Tips to Recognize It
Guest Blog, Mental Health, Social MediaTaking a photo used to be quite the process. People would have to sit perfectly still for minutes at a time to have their likeness imprinted on a plate. It was a privilege for wealthy families, inaccessible to the lower class of the time. Now,…
6 Things to Do When You Are Struggling with Life
Anxiety, Depression, Mental HealthWho hasn’t found themselves pummeled by life on occasion? Life is a mixed bag, comprised of lovely, joy-filled moments and some very difficult losses and disappointments. Each day we may wake up to daunting new challenges, or be bathed in…
Creating a Sober Life Plan For Lockdown
Addiction, Coronavirus, Featured, Guest Blog, News, TreatmentOvercoming addictions or staying sober in itself is quite challenging. Love and support of near and dear ones play a crucial role in becoming sober. Sharing experience, feelings, and thoughts with people going through the same phase have been…
8 Signs of Self Destructive Behavior
Featured, Mental Health, News, TreatmentNothing makes you sadder than watching someone you love spiral into self-destructive behaviors. Self-destructive behaviors are those actions that cause someone to do great harm to themselves. When these acts become a habit, like with substance…
Newest Medications for Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety, Depression, Featured, Mental Health, TreatmentLearn About New Drugs to Treat Mental Health Issues
Many people suffer from anxiety or depression, and sometimes both anxiety and depression. Any news of a breakthrough drug offers renewed hope. Due to the COVID-19, many people have a mental…
A State of Mind: Managing Your Mental Health as You Age
Elderly, Featured, Guest Blog, Mental Health, Treatment Every day, innovative new technologies are being developed and exciting discoveries are being made to fight disease and lengthen lives. Thanks to the breathtaking advances being made in modern medicine today, people are now living longer…
Emotional Problems in Adults and Teens
Featured, Mental Health, News, Teen, TreatmentUnderstanding mental health is not always easy. For example, are we just in the midst of an emotionally upsetting situation and experiencing the blues, or is it depression? Is our sudden anti-social behavior due to a recent negative social experience,…
TBI and Depression Recovery
Depression, Featured, Mental Health, News, TraumaThe public was shocked the day the news broke about football great Junior Seau’s death by suicide. Here was a man who was popular and successful, but who had suffered depression related to chronic traumatic brain injuries, a condition called…
5150 Hold vs Residential Treatment and Stabilization
Featured, Mental Health, News, Psychiatric, TreatmentMost everyone is under significant mental strain in the days of Covid-19. Our mental stability is being tested daily as we attempt to process the swift changes in our world. For many of us, chronic stress may have sparked an increase in anxiety…
Mental Health Treatment Centers Near Me
Mental Health, TreatmentInpatient Mental Health Treatment
Suffering from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder or any other mental health condition can become debilitating and hold a person back from living a healthy and enjoyable lifestyle. When mental health symptoms…
