Monthly Archives: June 2016

Health Insurance and Mental Health Services

Health Insurance and Mental Health Services Q: How does the Affordable Care Act help people with mental health issues? Answer: The Affordable Care Act provides one of the largest expansions of mental health and substance use disorder coverage in a … Continue reading

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How to get Mental Health Help

How To Get Mental Health Help If you or someone you know has a mental health problem, there are ways to get help. Studies show that most people with mental health problems get better and many recover completely. Get Immediate … Continue reading

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Anti-Social Personality Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder Antisocial personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal. Causes Cause of antisocial personality disorder is unknown. … Continue reading

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ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a problem of not being able to focus, being overactive, not being able control behavior, or a combination of these. For these problems to be diagnosed as ADHD, they must … Continue reading

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Resources

RESOURCES „ Download this card and additional resources at http://www.sprc.org or at http://www.stopasuicide.org „ Resource for implementing The Joint Commission 2007 Patient Safety Goals on Suicide http://www.sprc.org/library/jcsafetygoals.pdf „ SAFE-T drew upon the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Assessment … Continue reading

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Introduction to personality disorders

What is a Personality Disorder? The term “Personality Disorder” implies there is something not-quite-right about someone’s personality. However, the term “personality disorder” simply refers to a diagnostic category of psychiatric disorders characterized by a chronic, inflexible, and maladaptive pattern of … Continue reading

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Study Highlights Complexity of ‘Hearing Voices’

WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Rachel Waddingham hears voices. “I hear about 13 or so voices,” she said in a news release from Durham University, in England. “Each of them is different — some have names, they are … Continue reading

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Recognizing mental health problems

Recognizing Mental Health Problems in Children Children’s mental health problems are real, common and treatable.Although one in five children has a diagnosable mental health problem, nearly two-thirds of them get little or no help. Untreated mental health problems can disrupt … Continue reading

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What’s so Positive about Positive Psychology

Chances are, if you are reading this then you are at least passingly familiar with the emerging field of positive psychology. Although every religious and philosophical tradition through antiquity has offered insight into the “good life” it is only in … Continue reading

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What Influences Our Happiness the Most?

I have two friends, Seth and Michael, and one of them is a lot happier than the other. Seth is chronically unhappy. He is often glum, frequently irritable, and sometimes hopeless, though he has never been clinically depressed. By contrast, … Continue reading

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