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Taking a Look at Youth Mental Health: A Statistical Breakdown

My Brains Not Broken

It might not be news to some, but the numbers are rising year after year when it comes to young people dealing with mental health disorders and mental illness. have severe depression, and multiracial youth are at greatest risk. have severe major depression (depression that severely affects functioning). 7.74% of U.S.

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Living with Someone Who Has Bipolar Disorder and Learning as You Go: How to Support Someone with Bipolar Disorder; Part 2

Bipolar Bandit

First, let me say it is not easy living with someone with bipolar disorder. Their severe depressions and highest of manic episodes can ruin relationships. I have written a blog How to Support Someone with Bipolar Disorder , but have some things to add. In the blog I wrote a long time ago, I said to have an action plan.

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Blogs Written by The Parents of Someone Who Has Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Bandit

Part 6: My Daughter’s Struggles in School. Writings from the Mother of Bipolar Disorder Part 7: Giving Back. Part 3: My Daughter’s Diagnosis and my Reaction. HOW I DEAL WITH HER MANIC EPISODES. Part 5: The next Manic Episode and some things I learned. Part 8: A Mental Health Advocate Lives On. Part 2: Privileged to be Her Dad.

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Depression: The Highway to Success Has an Awful Lot of Detours

A Splintered Mind

I caught myself beginning to feel bitter about it, so instead of letting that bitterness settle into depression, I will share some things that I have learned instead. Managing my depression while optimistically making big goals helped me to move forward. My life took a detour a few years back, if eleven can be called of few.

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Why the DSM Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms

University of Connecticut

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a condition where a person has difficulties regulating their senses within their environment. For many people with SPD, their constant need to re-regulate their senses to adapt to the stimuli around them, creates symptoms of distractibility, irritability, anxiety, and depression.

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Depression & Perfectionism

Gateway Foundation

Depression is a complex condition that can significantly impact how a person views themselves and society. While researchers haven’t found one particular cause of the condition, many studies reveal a strong connection between depression and perfectionism. How Perfectionism Leads to Depression. What Is Perfectionism?

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What is Mild Intellectual Disability (MID)

Gary Direnfeld

It first appears in the 2013 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders, 5 th Edition (DSM-5). The DSM is a compilation and classification of mental disorders as determined by a committee of psychiatrists under the American Psychiatric Association. They will just in a sense, live it.