My Brains Not Broken

JUNE 30, 2022

For the past few years, I’ve done research surrounding mental health and the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month. I think it’s important to understand what mental health challenges exist for unique communities and groups of people, and these statistics help paint that picture. population.

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MQ Mental Health

APRIL 21, 2024

Not only are there a number of runners raising money for vital mental health research (Which you can too in the future ) but also we’re excited because running is an excellent way to relieve stress and anxiety. But why is running good for mental health? Running not for you?

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 11, 2023

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this year's theme is anxiety. To kick off the conversation around the topic, we at MQ want to chat about the difference between anxiety and an anxiety disorder. Is it anxiety or an anxiety disorder? This might be a disorder.

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 2, 2024

Last week, a ruling was published rejecting calls from over 30 organisations to look at the impact the pandemic had on the mental health of children and adults as part of the Covid-19 Inquiry. This} decision means key questions will go unanswered, questions like: Why was there no public mental health plan?

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My Brains Not Broken

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Living with Generalized Anxiety Disorder has taught me so many things about myself. But over the past few years, I’ve started focusing on other things connected to my anxiety. But over the past few years, I’ve started focusing on other things connected to my anxiety. Anxiety affects our bodies.

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Sometimes, anxiety is like an itch you can’t scratch. While there are a lot of symptoms and aspects of anxiety I find frustrating, what might be the most difficult for me is that struggle I sometimes face to describe what I’m feeling. This is how I’ve gotten to this point multiple times over the past few weeks.

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My Brains Not Broken

JULY 25, 2023

Over the years, I’ve learned a number of words, phrases and definitions that have helped me understand my own mental health. Some of these are connected to mental illness or medicine, while others are connected to mental wellness. Should is also not the only word that create this strain and anxiety.

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 16, 2022

A big part of my mental health journey is the way I’ve noticed that language has built up the stigma surrounding mental health, which means I’m constantly trying to find ways to break down that stigma. Since the pandemic hit in the United States in March 2020, my anxiety has skyrocketed.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 28, 2024

Thousands of people could potentially benefit from a new treatment to an anxiety disorder which affects 18% of autistic people, were it rolled out across the UK. The economic benefits of ADIE, a treatment for autistic people who have Generalised Anxiety Disorder, could be valued as high as £125-£170 million nationally.

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Today, I want to talk about the pandemic from a mental health perspective. At the beginning of the pandemic, it seemed like there was a big push toward mental health and taking care of our wellness during this “uncertain time” (which is only more uncertain almost two years later).

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 14, 2023

For many, there is a relational aspect to anxiety. Those that get drawn in become part of a dynamic where as they try to comfort, cajole, support, facilitate, the one with the anxiety experiences and expresses greater fear. In turn, the anxiety escalates. They seek others to help them manage, make them feel safe or less anxious.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 7, 2024

In 2014, Dr Andrea Reinecke (UK) developed a life changing intervention for panic disorder that combined CBT and a blood pressure drug into a treatment that only needed to be. In 2017 Dr Claire Llewellyn (UK) identified some childhood eating behaviours as potentially predisposing risk factors to future onset of eating disorders.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With so many of us being active online and new social media platforms popping up frequently, is social media good or bad for mental health? Last month in New York City, social media was designated a public health hazard for its effect on youth mental health.

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 11, 2022

While I’ve improved how I manage anxiety over the years, there are plenty of ways my anxiety manifests that I’ve never been able to get a handle on. No matter how much I try to manage anxiety in every possible area of my life, there always seems to be something that makes me anxious. The Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic.

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 13, 2022

We know about seasonal affective disorder, shorter days and colder nights and all that, but there’s another big reason that I don’t love this time of year. But even though my mental health tool kit might be slightly smaller, there’s nothing a few modifications can’t fix.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This Eating Disorders Awareness Week, MQ’s copywriter Juliette Burton who also works as a writer, comedian, and mental health activist, shares her experience of what happened the day she was sectioned under the mental health act for anorexia. No matter the eating disorder manifestation, compassion is key.

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Psychological Health Care

MAY 7, 2023

Being a mother can be a wonderful and fulfilling experience, but it can also come with mental health challenges. Whether you’re a new mum, or dealing with toddler tantrums, managing fast growing teens or preparing to farewell adult children, each stage of motherhood is a joy and blessing, but can also impact your mental health.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week (5 to 11 February 2024) this year, the campaign’s 10 th year, is ‘My Voice Matters’. Autonomy can positively benefit mental health and lack of independence can, for adults, increase symptoms of depression. Childhood doesn’t usually involve much autonomy.

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Lawson Psychology

MARCH 5, 2024

Can running improve my mental health? Yes, running can improve your mental health and general wellbeing. Running has been shown to improve mood, and reduce stress and anxiety symptoms both alone, and in combination with psychological treatments for mood disorders. Copyright © 2024 Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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Relias

JANUARY 23, 2024

On January 23, we recognize Maternal Health Awareness Day , an initiative by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to increase awareness and action related to maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S. It affects not only the mother, but also their children, their families, and their communities.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Amidst the wishes of peace and good will there are many challenges to our mental health. It’s not uncommon for mental illnesses to be exacerbated at this time of year. If you struggle with your mental health at this time of year, you are not alone and help is available. So prioritise time out for self-care.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Investigating transdiagnostic factors across mental disorders is of high importance as transdiagnostic factors can be targeted for both diagnosis and treatment in a diagnostically mixed sample. As depression, anxiety and eating disorders are highly comorbid illnesses that share a multitude of risk factors (McGrath et al.,

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Ahead of Time To Talk Day (1st February 2024), we take a look at how language and mental health are linked. Language around mental health is, let’s face it, clunky at best. It may seem an impossible task at times, particularly with words regarding mental health. Words can be hugely powerful. Pain is pain.

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Blurt It Out

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and demanding world, many individuals experience anxiety. However, a specific type of anxiety often goes unnoticed: high-functioning anxiety. Furthermore, it will explore various treatment options for high-functioning anxiety. What Is High-Functioning Anxiety?

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MQ Mental Health

JANUARY 26, 2024

Ahead of Time To Talk Day (1st February 2024), we take a look at how language and mental health are linked. Language around mental health is, let’s face it, clunky at best. It may seem an impossible task at times, particularly with words regarding mental health. Words can be hugely powerful. Pain is pain.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

MAY 20, 2022

Shocking Barriers Killing Our Mental Health. While this seems like a small act, it led to me developing a sense of body dysmorphia, as well as severe anxiety over food. While this seems like a small act, it led to me developing a sense of body dysmorphia, as well as severe anxiety over food. ← Does Anyone Care?

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Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

That childhood anxiety. As you ask the many questions seeking an answer as to why from the child, you may inadvertently be ramping up anxiety for you both. Anxiety, as a disorder, is about feelings betraying the mind as the feelings are either disproportionate to the triggering event or an independent experience.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Feeling loved and feeling love for others has a positive effect on mental health and those who feel loved and love others experience fewer depressive symptoms than those who do not. And while relationships are clearly important to mental well-being they do not have to be romantic. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While travel might be challenging for someone with mental illness, it can also be life-enhancing. In this personal story from Juliette Burton that has key points backed by research, we explore how one person’s mental health challenges can be improved by exploring the world. I’ve been abroad alone for work, not for leisure.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

New research from MQ and Pro Bono Economics has found that if a new treatment for anxiety, called LENS, were rolled out to the 1.4 Anxiety disorders affect large parts of the population and their impact can be debilitating. Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common anxiety conditions.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder. Mental Health and Diabetes Physical illness and mental illness are often interrelated. The research shows the importance of finding people most at risk and monitoring their cardiovascular health. What is diabetes?

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 1, 2024

This is just one reason why language around mental health is so important, for example calling someone ‘an anorexic’ is unhelpful as it not only does it sees the condition before the person, but it defines the person by one condition. Many people might think one eating disorder fits one person for their whole life.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 1, 2024

This is just one reason why language around mental health is so important, for example calling someone ‘an anorexic’ is unhelpful as it not only does it sees the condition before the person, but it defines the person by one condition. Many people might think one eating disorder fits one person for their whole life.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Tackling mental health disorders among survivors of COVID-19 should be a priority, say researchers. A study published by The BMJ today finds that COVID-19 is associated with an increased risk of mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, substance use, and sleep disorders, up to one year after initial infection.

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Blurt It Out

AUGUST 30, 2023

Anxiety disorders are becoming prevalent. For example, an epidemiological survey by NCBI [1] states that one-third of the population experience anxiety at least once in their lifetime. There’s been increasing research into practical means of therapy to improve an individual’s emotional and mental health.

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 28, 2024

Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. So basically having depression from bipolar 2 disorder causes you to go into survival mode.

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Gateway Foundation

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Much like our physical health, mental health is an integral aspect of a person’s overall well-being and is essential in determining how we feel, think and act. However, experiencing uncontrollable worry and fear about… The post What Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? appeared first on Gateway.

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