Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Experts agree that regardless of culture, a "nervous breakdown" means that the individual is no longer able to do his " normal functioning " due to extreme emotional or psychological distress or a psychiatric condition.

Disorder 96

Disorder Mental Health Self-harm Anxiety 96

Clinical Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2022

She'd been home-schooled by him and, when she was 14, she realised that, whilst she 'didn't have a word for it', for him all was not well. And then later, in one of her first clinical psychology lessons, she learns about the 'paranoid schizophrenia' diagnosis: "Oh my God", she thinks, "that's my dad!

Schizophrenia 40

Schizophrenia Psychiatric Psychology Adoption 40

Relias

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Schools in Black communities remain underfunded, with implicit bias impacting the assessment and evaluation of Black students in these schools. Question: When it comes to diagnosing, we see that Black/African Americans have higher rates of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, where instead the diagnoses should be PTSD or MDD.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Diversity Psychiatry Schizophrenia 52

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

My husband, a full-time high school math teacher, as well as an amateur but accomplished musician, had just come back from a practice session and found me sitting up in bed. I was definitely going to a psychiatric hospital, particularly since this was a weekend and my regular outpatient care team wasn’t available. Schizophrenia?

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52