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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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Living with Bipolar Two Disorder by Cathy Shaw

Bipolar Bandit

Having suffered with symptoms of bipolar 2 disorder for over fifteen years, my hope in making this piece for See Change is to give people some understanding of how it feels in the different phases of this complex mental health illness. So basically having depression from bipolar 2 disorder causes you to go into survival mode.

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December Difficulties: Common Christmas Concerns To Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

Amidst the wishes of peace and good will there are many challenges to our mental health. It’s not uncommon for mental illnesses to be exacerbated at this time of year. There is also a decrease in recorded self harm admittances and suicide attempts or completions, yet an increase the following month.

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Can Eating Disorders Change?

MQ Mental Health

This is just one reason why language around mental health is so important, for example calling someone ‘an anorexic’ is unhelpful as it not only does it sees the condition before the person, but it defines the person by one condition. Many people might think one eating disorder fits one person for their whole life.

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Can Eating Disorders Change?

MQ Mental Health

This is just one reason why language around mental health is so important, for example calling someone ‘an anorexic’ is unhelpful as it not only does it sees the condition before the person, but it defines the person by one condition. Many people might think one eating disorder fits one person for their whole life.

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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. That’s where your organization comes in. deployments). deployments).

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Multiple and complex needs found in backgrounds of children deprived of liberty

Community Care

of a set of 11 indicators of need or risk, including mental health issues, disability, self-harm or going missing. Children who had often suffered complex and ongoing trauma and were considered very vulnerable due to overlapping risks and needs primarily related to mental health, self-harming and risk to others.

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