Mental Health News Guide for Therapists
According to the U.S. surgeon general, mental health is the successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people, and providing the ability to adapt to change and cope with adversity.
The term mental illness refers collectively to all diagnosable mental disorders—health conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress or impaired functioning.
A person struggling with his or her mental health may experience stress, depression, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, addiction, ADHD or learning disabilities, mood disorders, or other mental illnesses of varying degrees. Therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners or physicians can help manage mental illness with treatments such as therapy, counseling, or medication.
Mental illnesses are categorized as follows:
Neurosis: Also known as psychoneuroses, neuroses are minor mental illnesses like phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and anxiety disorders, among others.
Psychosis: Psychoses are major mental illnesses in which the mental state impairs thoughts, perception and judgement. Delusions and hallucinations are marked symptoms. This may require the use of psychotic drugs as well as counselling techniques in order to treat them.
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- Psychology Articles, Therapy News, and Mental Health Topics
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- Understanding Anxiety
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- Coping With an Insecure Attachment Style
- The Minds of Plants
- Harm Reduction for Substance Use
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- Sex Addiction Symptoms, Causes and Effects
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- Why We Are Feeling Lonelier Than Ever
- Young People, Relationships and the Right Amount of (Hard) Work
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- Look Up From Your Screen
- The Psychology of Roller Coasters
- Psychology of Choice
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- Under Too Much Stress? Some Tips On How to Cope
- Hypnotherapists – What are they and what do they do?
- Alternative Medicine
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- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Depression: the most common mental health issue
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- Hypochondriasis Explained
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- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
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- My Irrational Moral Superiority
- Recognizing Your Stress – Where it Comes from and How to Manage It
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- The Good Ways to Argue
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- How to Argue Effectively
- How to Handle Depression After a Breakup
- Happiness – Cause or Effect
- Depression in Seniors
- Teens & Smartphones, The Downside
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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