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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I

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Sex differences in mental health among autistic young adults

MQ Mental Health

Around 70% of children meet diagnostic criteria for a mental health problem and among adults over 50% receive a psychiatric diagnosis. The study considered different levels of psychiatric care including diagnoses as well as hospitalizations for 11 psychiatric disorders including depression , anxiety , sleep, eating disorders and self-harm.

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5 Reasons Children Bully and How Parents Can Help

KVC

Both children who bully and targets of bullying are at a greater risk for mental and behavioral health issues, including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement and dropping out of school. Words can hurt. By exposing your child to this early on, we can help end bullying in schools.

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Letter From a Bipolar Mom to Her Children

Beautiful Voyager

What I have is called Bipolar Disorder, which, by definition, is a mental condition marked by alternating periods of elation and depression. It started out as depression here and there. In May of 2017, I experienced my first true manic episode followed by a brutal, soul-sucking depression. I started to self-harm.

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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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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. Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide.

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What impact did the pandemic really have on mental health?

MQ Mental Health

Although it did recognise that women saw increased levels of depression symptoms than men. These numbers include children who are suicidal, self-harming, suffering serious depression or anxiety, and those with eating disorders. But is this the full picture?