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Everything You Need to Know About Mental Health Case Management

Famcare

The most prevalent mental ailment among Americans is depression, but they also have bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD. Mental health issues have been identified in more than 50 million Americans.

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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 Vértes (UK) used genetics to improve understanding of the biological underpinnings of Schizophrenia in 2017.

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How Does Language Affect Our Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

You might have heard someone make a common throwaway comment that uses medical terminology linked to mental health, such as describing themselves as being ‘a bit OCD’ just because they like things neat. This common misconception has power. Why does it matter? Misusing the language of mental health is therefore discrimination.

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How Does Language Affect Our Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

You might have heard someone make a common throwaway comment that uses medical terminology linked to mental health, such as describing themselves as being ‘a bit OCD’ just because they like things neat. This common misconception has power. Why does it matter? Misusing the language of mental health is therefore discrimination.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Schizophrenia? Others fidgeted, especially one woman whose entire body seemed to shake, from a pulsing foot to fidgety hands. I wondered. The silent, staring woman was in the line, still quiet, although her arms were no longer crossed. I guessed at her diagnosis as well. Schizo-affective disorder? By now my confusion had started to clear.