Mental Health
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| Mental health illnesses and mental health disorders are a debilitating group of diseases: ranging from mood disorders such as depression to anxiety disorders and can include psychotic illnesses. Their management includes medications, but more recently therapies have been shown to be effective. This forum will include self help groups, treatments and other coping strategies and attempt to reduce the stigma attached to mental health. | ||||
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Anxiety disorders can be as specific as fear flying or fear of heights to more debilitating symptoms of palpitations, shortness of breath and fear of death all the time. The forum will discuss panic attack treatment, stress anxiety managment through counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and can also include such help as PTSD support groups and OCD disorder therapies and can include anorexia and other eating disorders.
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Adult ADHD is ... by vanessa.webb 01/04/2011 - 18:14 |
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Bipolar disease is a condition known for periods of depression and periods of mania. It is also known as manic depression. This condition is commonly treated with lithium and knowledge of lithium blood tests, medications and recognition of symptoms is important.
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some-one has ... by vanessa.webb 03/06/2010 - 14:05 |
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what is depression? Sadness and lack of energy can be symptoms of depression, however depression is grouped into many types: reactive depression, acute clinical depression and can lead to suicidal feelings. Beating depression can be by natural remedies - St Johns Wort depression or other medications such as citalopram. In this forum, suicidal thoughts can also be challenged - don't try suicide - seek help!
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Social media may ... by vanessa.webb 01/26/2012 - 19:41 |
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Personality disorders are categorised into groups such as anti-social, borderline, schizoid, anxiety etc. These disorders characterised by long term persistant features are difficult to treat with many social factors in personality disorders being identified. Long term solutions require the individual to be motivated to change and require social/educational/talking solutions rather than medication.
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Schizophrenia is a condition associated with auditory hallucinations, however other features of psychosis can present as well as negative symptoms of depression and low energy. Is schizophrenia inherited? Cannabis:schizophrenia is there a relationship? How can I tell if I or my friend has schizophrenia?
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Fish Oil ... by vanessa.webb 02/07/2010 - 15:22 |
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