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Living with Someone Who Has Bipolar Disorder and Learning as You Go: How to Support Someone with Bipolar Disorder; Part 2

Bipolar Bandit

First, let me say it is not easy living with someone with bipolar disorder. I have written a blog How to Support Someone with Bipolar Disorder , but have some things to add. After every episode, sit down and discuss how things could have been better and communicate feelings and what can be handled differently.

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Investigating the transdiagnostic nature of rumination across depressive, anxiety and eating disorders: A meta-analysis.

Society of Clinical Psychology

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., Rickerby, N.,

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Sex differences in mental health among autistic young adults

MQ Mental Health

Autism is a condition that affects individuals’ social communication, as well as their interaction with the world around them. Around 70% of children meet diagnostic criteria for a mental health problem and among adults over 50% receive a psychiatric diagnosis. of the autistic men had at least one psychiatric diagnosis, and 22.1%

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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

Trauma exposure takes a toll on societies and individuals, leading to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a sizable minority of individuals (Magruder et al., References American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Association.

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The Ugly Truth About Mental Health Stigma

Stop Abuse Campaign

In 2020, mental health statistics showed that 1 in 5 American adults experienced a mental health issue, 1 in 6 young people experienced a major depressive episode, and 1 in 20 Americans lived with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. Why would someone not seek help for a mental disorder?

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Strategies for Effective Suicide Loss Postvention

Relias

Establish effective communication strategies. In this article, we’ll explore how your organization can use this approach to postvention in order to provide timely and effective care to your clients and community. Were already experiencing psychiatric issues, such as depression, or had suicidal thoughts and behaviors prior to the death.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

Relias

Substance use disorder. Psychiatric Advance Directives. For behavioral health specialists, a safety plan can help to open lines of communication with a client and provide a template on how you and your client can check in with one another. Substance use disorders and safety planning. Psychiatric advance directives.