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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

Relias

In the line of duty, they can experience events that have a lasting impact on their behavioral and mental health. Behavioral and mental health challenges for veterans Veterans are at high risk for mental health issues. For instance: Women are about three times more likely to develop PTSD than men.

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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. In 2017 Dr Claire Llewellyn (UK) identified some childhood eating behaviours as potentially predisposing risk factors to future onset of eating disorders.

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What Is A Traumaversary And How Can It Affect Us?

MQ Mental Health

The term ‘ Traumaversary’ has crept into the mental health world in recent years. A traumatic event is something that happens to us that causes us harm. This harm could be physical, emotional, or psychological. But in a clinical sense, a trigger is a trauma-related cue that induces a PTSD response.

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MQ supporters share their mental health story

MQ Mental Health

[Content warning: This blog references violence, suicide and self-harm]. We reached out to our Momentus givers to share their mental health stories with us. They told us why mental health research matters to them. Staying mentally healthy requires constant vigilance and attention. "I

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Mental Health Check-in

Abuse Survivor

I think anyone would under my circumstances of life plus debilitating PTSD symptoms. I have to remember that I wake up with a certain amount of stress and accept that I’m not running around like someone that doesn’t have PTSD so I need to give myself a break. I will work on my patience and self compassion this week.

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Finding Help on Self-Injury Awareness Day in Chicago

Gateway Foundation

struggle with mental health, but less than half receive the help they need. Mental health problems often result in behaviors like substance misuse, sleep problems, emotional outbursts, weight or appetite changes, and isolation. In some cases, they can also lead to cutting and self-inflicted harm.

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Why Worry: Understanding OCD and Anxiety Disorders

Psychological Health Care

While the impact of COVID-19 may be contributing to heightened levels of worry in general, for many, ongoing anxiety is a debilitating mental health disorder. In fact, anxiety and associated conditions such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are common mental health conditions. What Is Anxiety?

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