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What is bipolar disorder? After Honey Singh shares diagnosis, focus on mental health issue  - Rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh's admission that he suffered from bipolar disorder has focused some much-needed attention on the mental health issue.

How to spot a potential mental health issue in your teen ? - So, we've gathered together, as part of the Teen Talk series, five experts in mental health from within our community. Dr. Larry Kubiak shared tips ...

Is dying a mental health issue?  - After all, aren't many dying patients experiencing substantial psychological distress? Specialty mental health professionals would have the skills to ...

Mental health issue : The House of Hope provides a place for Washington County residents with mental health disorders to find fellowship and acceptance, free of the stereotypes that often accompany such a diagnosis. On Thursday, and over the last year, the members there ... Marietta Times

New push underway to test all students for mental health disorders - It's a huge issue," said Paul Gionfriddo, president of Mental Health America. "Half of all mental illnesses emerge by the age of 14." He said mental disorders have long been a taboo topic associated with shame. "Children's mental health is an issue that many people don't understand," said Gionfriddo.

The tricky issue of consent in adolescent mental health care  - What happens when a child wants help with a mental- health issue, but a parent, fearful of stigma or unwilling to go the medication route, refuses?

Erasing a stigma: It's time for more effective mental health care The president placed the National Conference on Mental Health in this larger context, so that mental health does not become a distraction from the gun-control issue -- and so that the campaign will not further stigmatize people with mental - health ...

Have jails become mental health facilities?  - This is a mental health issue, and jails are not where they are supposed to be. They need to be in a mental health facility,” says Woody. “This jail has ...

Fresh Hope Overcomes the Hopelessness from Mental Health Issues Which means another quarter of the population if not more is affected by the mental health issue of someone they love. This is a sobering fact about mental health issues in the United States . Conservatively half of the US population is affected by ...

Government needs to see mental health as an economic issue  - We know that one in three people will have a mental health disorder in their lifetime and we know that 1 in 37 people have a mental health difficulty  ...

Mental Health Is Your Issue Too  -  Mental Health II “Okay class, it's time to talk about mental health. For this unit, we'll be discussing major depressive disorder , general anxiety disorder , ...

Mental Health Issues Affect 26% of Americans: WHO To Address Mental Disorders  - Mental health issue is not rare as 26 percent of Americans who are 18 years old and above are living with diagnosable mental disorder. Even famous celebrities like Catherine Zeta Jones and Mel Gibson are battling with bipolar disorder.

Hoarding Is An Actual Mental Health Issue—And It's a Huge Problem for Americans  - It's spring cleaning time! And while that has some people excited to purge their lives of the physcial (and mental ) clutter that accumulated over the ...

Anxiety disorder top mental health issue - According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the United ...

Is my child depressed? Being moody isn't a mental health issue - The above noted self-reports do identify the ups and downs of everyday emotions, but these are not criteria for diagnosis of mental illness . So we can say that youth on campus may report feeling more negative emotions than previously, but this is not the same thing as saying that young people have ...

Parents not confident schools can assist child with chronic disease, mental health - Parents feel schools can handle basic first aid, but are less sure about urgent health situations such as an asthma attack or mental health issue. Credit: ...

Mental health disorders spike in post-high school transitions  - " Mental health awareness … is still an issue that's largely misunderstood," he ... Not everyone with a mental health disorder will be diagnosed, or will need to be  ...

Cumberland County Mental Health: Time spent on waiting lists leave some ... Silvia Herman, administrator for Cumberland-Perry Counties Mental Health /Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program, said the wait for a psychiatrist or mental health service is a national issue. “(The wait) is dependent on many variables ...

Demi Lovato Bipolar Disorder: Singer Talks Mental Health , Explains 'It Is Possible To Live Well' -  Mental health is a serious and often times underlooked issue all over the country. With stars like Selena Gomez and Kanye West battling mental health  ...

Mental health on the rise in Nigeria Over the years, the issue of mental health has attracted little attention in the country with mental health victims often stigmatised, scorned and neglected by  ...