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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). People experiencing a nervous breakdown may show symptoms that are similar to clinical depression.

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Addressing Racism and Racial Trauma in Behavioral Healthcare: A Review With the Experts

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Question: When it comes to diagnosing, we see that Black/African Americans have higher rates of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, where instead the diagnoses should be PTSD or MDD. Dr. Jamila Holcomb is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Tallahassee, Florida, specializing in individual, family, and trauma counseling.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

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So, I called my psychiatrist’s office and got an answering machine from an evidently-open urgent care clinic. My journal was my first therapist, where I recorded frustration, anxiety and depression. Schizophrenia? I’ve been at Thompson for over six years as a therapist,” Kathy started. Clearly my husband wasn’t.