Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
A 2021 study explored the trends of mental health stigma in the United States over a period of more than 20 years, between 1996 and 2018. In the study, researchers reviewed surveys from across the ...
I wanted — and needed — to break free. Unfortunately, being free meant flailing, then failing. Within a week of coming off my meds, the negative voices in my head became louder. The suicidal ...
World Mental Health Day (10 October) is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health , a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. [2]
Mental health includes your overall well-being. Mental illnesses are diagnosable mental health conditions. The definitions of mental health and mental illness will vary, depending on who you ask ...
Mental health, as defined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, [7] is an individual's capacity to feel, think, and act in ways to achieve a better quality of life while respecting personal, social, and cultural boundaries. [8] Impairment of any of these are risk factor for mental disorders, or mental illnesses, [9] which are a component of ...
Mental health literacy includes the ability to recognize specific disorders; knowing how to seek mental health information; knowledge of risk factors and causes, of self-treatments, and of professional help available; and attitudes that promote recognition and appropriate help-seeking". [1] The concept of mental health literacy was derived from ...
Mark A. Mahoney. May 21, 2024 at 12:09 PM. As many residents of the Tallahassee, Big Bend and surrounding areas come to grips with the aftermath of three recent tornadoes the importance of mental ...
Research shows that young adults who are bullied as a child have an increased risk of mental health difficulties, including: Generalized anxiety. Panic disorder. Agoraphobia. Depression ...