My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to the American Psychiatric Association, Self-stigma refers to the negative attitudes, including internalized shame, that people with mental illness have about their own condition. American Psychiatric Association. As the name implies, self-stigma is when we’re applying the mental health stigma to our own situations.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 20, 2022

On March 18, 2022, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published the text revision of DSM-5, known as DSM-5-TR. This special report highlights some of the key changes in DSM-5-TR that social workers need to know.

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Bipolar Bandit

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, I do feel a responsibility to caution you about taking psychiatric medications without doing research about side effects and become familiar with the signs of tardive dyskenisia. As you can see, the list is extensive and does not just include psychiatric medications. It frustrates me.no

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Clinical Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2023

To pre-empt: my thought is that whilst ignoring frames is naive, so is taking "frame" to be a master concept for the interrogation of psychiatric judgement. is to say that if that over which the psychiatric frame precisely ranges can be picked out without using the frame concept, then it can happily be seen as an optional extra.

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MQ Mental Health

JULY 18, 2024

The researchers point out that most psychiatric diagnoses, including depression, are purely descriptive and do not explain the causes of symptoms. A recent Finnish study reveals that people are often given misleading information about depression, making it harder for them to understand the causes of their distress.

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inSocialWork

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It’s pretty much the bible for the classification of psychiatric disorders in the U.S. Board-certified in general psychiatry and addiction medicine, Dr. Chisolm has three decades of clinical experience and has published extensively on psychiatric disorders and humanistic medical practice.

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Community Care

AUGUST 16, 2023

Even more surprisingly, “matching the model of treatment to a psychiatric diagnosis has an insignificant impact” (Sami Timimi, cited in Johnson and Boyle, 2018).

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The Critical Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

These medicines have been around for over 5 decades with evidence showing that they help to lessen and improve the severity of psychiatric symptoms in people suffering with a mental illness. The arbiter of whether these medications are useful or not is the person taking the medication.

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My Brains Not Broken

JUNE 2, 2022

” The American Psychiatric Association also points out that there’s more than one type of stigma, naming public stigma, self-stigma and institutional stigma as contributing factors to this larger issue. According to VeryWellMind , “Stigma has arisen out of fear and a lack of understanding.

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My Brains Not Broken

JUNE 30, 2022

From the American Psychiatric Association : LGBTQ individuals are more than twice as likely as heterosexual men and women to have a mental health disorder in their lifetime. LGB adults are nearly twice as likely as heterosexual adults to experience a substance use disorder. LGBTQ individuals are 2.5

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Its stars, including Jennifer Saunders and Bally Gill, share their thoughts during production – and more than a year later I live 10 minutes’ walk from a disused psychiatric hospital in north London. How relevant does it remain? The other side of the site, built as a fever hospital in 1892, has been gradually abandoned.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Katherine McGuire, Chief Advocacy Officer at the American Psychological Association Dr. Obianuju “Uju” Berry, MD, MPH, Committee on Women’s Mental Health at the American Psychiatric Association Shawn Boynes, CEO of the American Counseling Association Roger Smith, Chief Advocacy Officer and General Counsel of the American Association (..)

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The effects of Covid-19 on brain function and mental health, as well as the reasons for flaws in diagnosis of psychiatric illness, are all discussed in this episode of the MQ Open Mind podcast. In 2022, Max won an award for this work , winning the Core Psychiatric Trainee of the year award from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Nicole Roder, LCSW-C Research shows that about 20 percent of all patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals meet criteria for BPD, as well as 10 percent of people seeking outpatient mental health treatment.

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Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. Although most mobile psychiatric emergency cases have involved mentally high functioning patients, I’ve been most invigorated from helping the most impaired patients, usually suffering from psychosis.

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The Masked AMHP

OCTOBER 22, 2023

One day, I was asked to follow up a patient who had recently been discharged from the local psychiatric unit. This video is about an unusual dilemma I found myself in while working in a Community Mental Health Team. Elaine was 20 years old. She had been admitted after taking an overdose.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2024

Even at university, Mark got involved with the International Voluntary Service, where he started a group to help psychiatric patients with painting and decorating. During this time, he took part in many voluntary projects, including helping young people in remand and going to Italy on a volunteering trip.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Nicole Roder, LCSW-C Research shows that about 20 percent of all patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals meet criteria for BPD, as well as 10 percent of people seeking outpatient mental health treatment.

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Blurt It Out

JANUARY 2, 2024

It is important to note that a psychiatric service animal is not the same as an emotional support animal. Psychiatric service animals are protected by the ADA. These dogs can help a person with a psychiatric disability by warning them when a panic attack is coming or preventing self-harming behaviors.

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Nnatasha Tracy

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Recently, Psychiatric Times did a comprehensive piece on new or unusual bipolar depression treatments, treatments that may be an option for treatment-resistant bipolar depression. They are thinking outside the standard bipolar depression treatments.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It is important to note that a psychiatric service animal is not the same as an emotional support animal. Psychiatric service animals are protected by the ADA. These dogs can help a person with a psychiatric disability by warning them when a panic attack is coming or preventing self-harming behaviors.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It is important to note that a psychiatric service animal is not the same as an emotional support animal. Psychiatric service animals are protected by the ADA. These dogs can help a person with a psychiatric disability by warning them when a panic attack is coming or preventing self-harming behaviors.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It is important to note that a psychiatric service animal is not the same as an emotional support animal. Psychiatric service animals are protected by the ADA. These dogs can help a person with a psychiatric disability by warning them when a panic attack is coming or preventing self-harming behaviors.

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Famcare

JUNE 29, 2023

Every day to help their patients, these staff members, who usually work in psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nonprofits, and public mental health institutions, go through mental health case management procedures.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 22, 2024

Whether a condition is considered a disorder is based in social and political context, and certainly, what questions we ask in the psychiatric interview is culturally influenced. Clinical diagnosis may seem safe from cultural, political, and social influence, but in fact, it is often guided by these forces.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 12, 2023

The colors represent various disabilities, including physical, neuro-divergent, invisible/undiagnosed, psychiatric, and sensory. It features five diagonal stripes of different colors on a black background. The flag symbolizes breaking barriers and mourning the victims of violence and abuse against individuals with disabilities.

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 20, 2023

According to the American Psychiatric Association , “[a]bout 5 percent of adults in the U.S. And it was surprising to learn that during this time of year, some symptoms of depression were triggered more often than usual. In researching seasonal depression, I found some interesting statistics that are worth sharing.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Psychiatric service dogs are still within the definition of a service animal. Therefore, your psychiatric service dog can still accompany you in the cabin. ESAs provide companionship which is beneficial for many psychiatric disorders. This change no longer requires airlines to admit an ESA in the cabin during flights.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Psychiatric service dogs are still within the definition of a service animal. Therefore, your psychiatric service dog can still accompany you in the cabin. ESAs provide companionship which is beneficial for many psychiatric disorders. This change no longer requires airlines to admit an ESA in the cabin during flights.

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Blurt It Out

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Psychiatric service dogs are still within the definition of a service animal. Therefore, your psychiatric service dog can still accompany you in the cabin. ESAs provide companionship which is beneficial for many psychiatric disorders. This change no longer requires airlines to admit an ESA in the cabin during flights.

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University of Connecticut

JULY 17, 2023

Her experience after graduating from the UConn School of Social Work has been working with underprivileged individuals struggling with persistent psychiatric and addiction challenges with extensive legal histories. She also works at Turning Leaves Counseling as a psychotherapist part-time.

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MQ Mental Health

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Researchers found that young people with joint hypermobility were more likely to have depression and anxiety , and that psychiatric symptoms were also more severe among hypermobile participants. It is therefore important to identify the factors that may increase the risk for these disorders.

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KVC

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But when she came to KVC Hospitals, she received comprehensive medical and psychiatric treatment. KVC Hospitals Kansas City is commemorating 30 years of providing compassionate psychiatric treatment to youth to help them heal. Hope is a 15-year-old girl who experienced depression and tried to end her life in multiple ways. Read it now.

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 15, 2022

The International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) and World Psychiatric Association (WPA) come together in support of protections of Older Persons’ Human Rights in times of crisis.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

“That both priorities now appear lost from further statutory consideration at this time should be viewed a significant failure of government.”

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My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Knowing where a local clinic, mental health facility or psychiatric unit of a hospital could be life-saving, especially when you don’t have to do that research during a crisis. If you’re looking to connect with local resources, I would also research helplines and local facilities in your area.

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 5, 2022

Professor Jehannine Austin from the University of British Columbia in Canada is a psychiatrist whose research work involved studying the impact of genetic counselling for people with psychiatric disorders and their families. Additionally, she is also the Director of the Mood Disorders Research program at Yale.

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