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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

Group therapy improves depression and HIV treatment 2. Improve collaborative care models Task-shared integrated collaborative care for patients with depression and diabetes or alcohol in South Africa 3. Better understanding of interplay between biomarkers & psychosocial risk factors Cortisol-trauma relationship in suicide risk.

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2022 International Women’s Day

MQ Mental Health

She found that altering the timing of psychological therapy for women with anxiety disorders to work around their hormonal fluctuations can make the treatment more effective. Ethels work in delivering community based therapy to people living with both AIDs and depression in remote communities in Uganda has been internationally recognised.

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Inequality of Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

A report by the UN Human Rights office showed people with mental health conditions and those with psychosocial disabilities experience disproportionately higher rates of poor physical health; and have a reduced life expectancy – a 20-years fewer for men and 15 years for women - compared with others in the population.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Autonomy can positively benefit mental health and lack of independence can, for adults, increase symptoms of depression. Children can experience ongoing stressful situations and this may lead to children developing mental illnesses such as Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or cPTSD.

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Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity in Prevention Treatments: A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Although anxiety sensitivity was originally studied in relation to panic- and anxiety-related disorders, it subsequently has been conceptualized as a transdiagnostic measure of distress intolerance and a risk factor for important health behaviors (Otto et al., Anxiety sensitivity refers to fears of anxiety-related sensations (e.g.,

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How Stress Can Affect Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

And when I was sectioned under the mental health act for eating disorders aged 17, the stress of this psychosocial transition was likely the cause of my subsequent psychosis which involved hallucinations and deeply troubling experiences I’m still, 20+ years later, processing. This was the case earlier this year.

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NASW Member Voices: Considering a career in addiction social work? Here is what you should know

Social Work Blog

One can be diagnosed with a substance use disorder if he or she meets a certain criterion determined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5). Methadone is a treatment for opiate use disorder and has been around since the 1950s. What are Opiates? Getty Images.