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Women Working In Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

Women Working on Preventions and Interventions Dr Susanne Ahmari, (USA) identified brain activity related to Obsessive behaviours, the first step towards developing new treatments for OCD in 2013. Professor Petra VĂ©rtes (UK) used genetics to improve understanding of the biological underpinnings of Schizophrenia in 2017.

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Homelessness is a journey that starts in the family

Stop Abuse Campaign

We’re becoming more comfortable attributing homelessness to “mental illness,” which usually means profound, unmanaged psychotic mental illnesses like schizophrenia are considered a primary cause. . PTSD isn’t the only way trauma can manifest in terms of mental health symptoms. Maternal Home Visiting Programs.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Your symptoms may be mild to severe and differ from someone else's depending on the underlying cause of the breakdown.

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Homelessness is a journey that starts in the family

Stop Abuse Campaign

It’s not what you think… How mental illness causes homelessness We’re becoming more comfortable attributing homelessness to “mental illness,” which usually means profound, unmanaged psychotic mental illnesses like schizophrenia are considered a primary cause. The same holds for community mental health services.