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How to Deal with Loneliness for Better Mental Health

Psychological Health Care

Read on to learn more about loneliness, how it can impact your mental health and strategies to overcome feeling lonely. Behavioural symptoms – decreased motivation, changes in eating habits, and increased substance abuse. Mental health issues. What is Loneliness?

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The monster will get us, be quiet

Stop Abuse Campaign

I still suffer from night paranoia. Mental Health America (MHA) is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those with mental illness and promoting overall mental health. Learn more about ACEs associated with mental health issues here.

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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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psychosis, violence, and the fear of madness

Clinical Philosophy

what the BPS report says In contrast to media stereotypes, in reality few people who experience paranoia or hear distressing voices ever hurt anyone else. The report also tells us that as a result of people’s fear and prejudice, mental health service users are much more likely than others to be victims of violence.