Taking Control of Mental Illness
We are told that mental illnesses occur because of our genes, our upbringing, our personality, our temperament, our lifestyle and we can do nothing about...
Symptoms of Post-traumatic stress disorder
During World War Two, a strange phenomenon called “Battle Fatigue” affected many veterans after they returned home from combat zones in Europe and the Pacific....
Understanding Single Parent Psychology and Mental Health
Extramarital pregnancy, divorce, and abandonment of one parent are some reasons why there are single parents. What most people don’t know is, these occurrences are...
Remembering the Terror
A form of anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is sometimes formed after someone has experienced a very terrifying ordeal, usually where serious physical damage...
3 Major Focuses of Recovery for Optimized Mental Health
Focus on the Individual The focus of recovery should be on the person or the individual and not the process of treatment. There is a...
What Effects Does Nutrition Have On Mental Health
It has been an enduring belief that nutrition plays a significant role in the state of mental health of an individual. But is this true...
Mental Health – Not Just the Absence of Mental Disorders
Most people think that mental health only applies to those people who have diagnosable mental disorders. The truth is ALL of us should be concerned...
Perspectives on Mental Health Recovery
If you have a chronic disease like heart attack or diabetes, you will have to live life with it. You will learn to adjust after...
What are Mental Health Jobs?
Now that you’ve finished your medical degree, it’s time to find a job. In hospitals or medical facilities, nothing can be more difficult and demanding...
Causes of Mental Health Disorders
It is amazing how a lump of gray matter could manipulate all the systems in our body in the most systematic way possible with all...