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Women Working In Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

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. Professor Petra Vértes (UK) used genetics to improve understanding of the biological underpinnings of Schizophrenia in 2017.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Society of Clinical Psychology

Scientists have dedicated a tremendous amount of effort and resources toward understanding potential risk and protective factors for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB). cognitive inflexibility) may use the same strategy again and again to approach a problem, even when that strategy is ineffective or harmful.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

The ADP continues to improve prevention, detection and early intervention for depression in young people. Another major breakthrough for young people’s mental health came thanks to MQ researcher Colette Hirsch. The following year MQ supported two research priority setting partnerships through the James Lind Alliance, one on young people.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

The ADP continues to improve prevention, detection and early intervention for depression in young people. Another major breakthrough for young people’s mental health came thanks to MQ researcher Colette Hirsch. The following year MQ supported two research priority setting partnerships through the James Lind Alliance, one on young people.

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My Mental Health is Bad! Why and What Now?

Stop Abuse Campaign

Emotional and behavioral outcomes may include a propensity towards substance abuse, an inclination to risky or defiant behaviors, anxiety, or depression. Depression is one of the leading causes of disability, . Start with self-care, showing yourself kindness and compassion for your physical, emotional, and mental health.

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R U OK? Focus on Suicide Prevention

Psychological Health Care

According to some experts , surging rates of anxiety and depression, economic decline, job losses, and isolation due to lockdown and social distancing may lead to a 25 per cent increase in Australia’s suicide rate every year for the next five years. Changes in sleep patterns — having trouble sleeping or sleeping excessively.