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A Look at Mental Health in the LGBTQIA+ Community During Pride Month 2022

My Brains Not Broken

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. times more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and substance misuse compared with heterosexual individuals. population. LGBTQ individuals are 2.5

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depression's causes

Clinical Philosophy

What causes depression? But it occurs to me - on reading the newly minted BPS document " Understanding Depression: Why Adults Experience Depression and What Can Help " - that it really isn't. And the thing is, just asking 'what causes depression?' And so too, I suggest, is asking 'what causes depression?'

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you've been framed

Clinical Philosophy

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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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. Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Anxiety, panic attacks, or shakiness. Sleep disturbances.

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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. I have a master’s degree in Social Work and am a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW).

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CBT for Kids: How You Can Improve the Mental Health of Younger Clients

Relias

It is used to treat a wide range of issues including health-related distress, family and school problems, and numerous psychiatric disorders. Anxiety is one of the most common reasons for youth to attend therapy. Studies have shown that kids between seven and 15 years old see great results in terms of anxiety reduction with CBT.

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What Effect Does the Environment Have on Your Health & How We Can Improve Community Health

KVC

As a result, they experience higher rates of health problems like heart disease, diabetes and depression. It’s become clear that there’s been a drastic increase in the mental health issues surrounding loneliness, depression and suicide. These include hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, obesity, anxiety and depression.