Category: Mental Health
Cancer Survivorship Support and Options
Survivorship services provide deeper support for patients during and after cancer treatment.
How to Address the Mental Health Stigma
For decades, society viewed people with mental illness with long-held negative attitudes. These false opinions about the behavior or character of a person or group of people are known as “stigma.” It’s vital to break …
Break the Cycle of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Feeling sadder in the winter could mean you have seasonal affective disorder. Talk to your doctor about it and try these tips for some relief.
Managing Stress When You Have Heart Disease
If you’re regularly feeling overwhelmed, it’s time to consider ways for managing stress in your life. This is especially important if you have heart disease.
Parenting and Mental Health: Building Your Toolkit
It can be easy to keep track of your child’s physical health, but you may know less about their mental health. Fortunately, there are approaches that can help you manage your child’s mental health, including the four essential tools of a “mental health toolkit.” With these tools, you can promote positive mental health and prepare your children, and yourself, to cope with difficult times.
COPD Management and the Importance of Taming Stress
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, can complicate breathing and affect the quality of your everyday life. These issues may cause anxiety and stress which can make COPD worse. That’s why controlling stress is a key part of COPD management.
How to Reduce the Stress in Your Life
Is stress dominating your life? It’s a common affliction. But you don’t have to bow down to stress. Follow these tips to get stress under control.
Diagnosing and Treating ADHD in Adults
Do you have difficulty completing tasks, are disorganized, daydream frequently, procrastinate or have trouble staying motivated? You may have ADHD. Learn the symptoms and treatment options so you can get help if you need it.
Trauma Response: Understanding How Trauma Affects Everyone Differently
Recognizing a trauma response will help provide a lifetime of healing and better medical care.
The Connection Between Diabetes and Mental Health
Did you know that having diabetes can affect your mental health? Beyond the physical aspects of diabetes management, the disease can cause complications and health problems that may create or worsen symptoms of depression, stress, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders. But whether you have diabetes or are a caregiver for someone who has it, you should know that you are not alone.