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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Embrace self-care: Poor lifestyle habits contribute to reduced physical and mental health. Self-care also involves avoiding alcohol, drugs, and prescription drug misuse.

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Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

Society of Clinical Psychology

All over the world, people held in our jails and prisons experience far greater levels of mental illness than the general population including PTSD, major depression, psychotic illness and personality disorder (Fazel & Seewald, 2012, Goff et al., Prisons are hostile and often unsafe places, with high levels of violence and self-harm.

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You Asked, We Answered; 12 Questions about Trauma-Informed-Care

Relias

While racial trauma is like PTSD, it is different because of perpetual exposure to race-based stress by individuals and communities. Such invalidation is harmful to the traumatized individual. Make medical/psychiatric referrals as needed. Encourage physical exercise. How can organizations become trauma-informed?

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News Items – April 1, 2022

Social Workers Speak

With some of the clients I see the eating disordered behaviors, the self harming, the obsessive compulsive type of behaviors. Dawn Cooperstein is a member: Navigating Intimate Relationships with Complex PTSD. has increased dramatically. Rebellious. Unfortunately, our community resources are not meeting the needs.”

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

I was definitely going to a psychiatric hospital, particularly since this was a weekend and my regular outpatient care team wasn’t available. Part 2: Orientation I’d been in a psychiatric hospital before, almost a year ago to the day. I was self-employed and wondered if this hiatus would have an effect on my income and reputation.