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Mental Health Help: Sleep Deprivation and Depression
If you’re feeling down in the dumps lately and wonder if you suffer from the mental health disorder depression, you may want to pay attention to how much sleep you’ve been getting. According to the National Sleep Foundation, most Americans get about 6.9 hours of sleep a night. Now this is an average so that [...]
Continue reading...Exercise Can Help Some Stay off Antidepressants
Sunday, March 21, 2010
You’ve probably heard it many times that exercise is a great way to help depression symptoms. However, do you really know how exercise makes you feel better? Did you know that exercise could have similar effects as antidepressants do? That means, for some people, with mild depression, exercise may be enough to get them to [...]
Continue reading...Mental Health and Its Effects
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Mental health is the term that describe the state of the human brain and mind. When everything is working as it should be, then one’s mental health is considered to be good. However, problems arise that affect the brain or mind. These can include eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, as well as [...]
Continue reading...Benefits of Mental Health Counseling
Monday, February 1, 2010
Everyone goes through difficult times in life. What’s important is that people get through this tough times effectively and in a healthy way. While many people can recover from trauma well with no after effects, other people need more help to move on and lead a healthy and happy life. This is when mental health [...]
Continue reading...Teen Mental Health Issues on the Rise: Understanding the Role of Stress on Teenagers
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The Canadian Press reported that a new study revealed that more teens are having mental health issues in this generation than in previous ones. Specifically, five times more high school and college students are being diagnosed with mental illness than they were in the Great Depression era. Since this is a pretty big jump – [...]
Continue reading...Five Ways to Improve Your Mental Health and Reduce Stress
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Many people are taking steps to become healthier physically but eating healthy foods and exercising, however, not many people are taking such conscious steps to becoming mentally healthier. Your mental health has an affect on just about every area of your life including your physical health so it’s important to take some time each day [...]
Continue reading...Woman Scams Community with Cancer Claim
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
How far will people go? Do they not have the decency and respect for people who are truly suffering? According to Fox23.com, a woman in Western New York has been scamming community by claiming that she had cancer and asking for donations. She had boxes in local business all over the community asking for money for [...]
Continue reading...Antiepilepsy Drugs Help Curtail Suicide Attempts in People with Bipolar Disorder
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Individuals who suffer from bipolar disorder go through many highs and lows. The mania makes them feel on top of the world and able to do anything they want. However, this high comes with a low that drives many people with bipolar disorder to suicide. Many people who take antidepressants to help the depression that [...]
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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