Monthly Archives: December 2016

Introduction Printable version (PDF, 90KB) According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 17 million adult Americans suffer from depression during any 1-year period. Depression is a real illness and carries with it a high cost in terms … Continue reading →

Studies have demonstrated relationships between physical health and mental health (1,2). Chronic disease has been associated with depression, which, in the absence of intervention, also can assume a chronic course (3). To determine the prevalence of depression among adults in … Continue reading →

A decade ago, the Surgeon General’s office released its first report on mental health (1), calling for the full integration of mental health into the nation’s public health system. The report synthesized the scientific literature on mental illness, concluding that … Continue reading →

Surveillance Data Sources Health-Related Quality of Life—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) The BRFSS is an annual state-based telephone survey of the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized adult population. The Healthy Days measures used to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) have … Continue reading →

Negative attitudes about mental illness often underlie stigma, which can cause affected persons to deny symptoms; delay treatment; be excluded from employment, housing, or relationships; and interfere with recovery (1). Understanding attitudes toward mental illness at the state level could … Continue reading →

Depression: According to the World Health Organization, unipolar depression was the third most important cause of disease burden worldwide in 2004. Unipolar depression was in “eighth place in low-income countries, but at first place in middle- and high-income countries.”1 In … Continue reading →

The psychology behind happiness – how positive affect is quantified and what influences happiness. Just how happy are you? Do you ever wish for a life that brought more moments to be joyful? Happiness is often an elusive experience – … Continue reading →

What someone’s eyes can tell you about what they’re thinking. They’ve existed for 540 million years and most of us have a pair, but aside from giving us sight, what can we tell from looking at someone’s eyes? People say … Continue reading →

Introduction to the cognitive approach in psychology. Explanation and evaluation of this approach. The Cognitive Approach in psychology is a relatively modern approach to human behaviour that focuses on how we think, with the belief that such thought processes affect … Continue reading →

Are mental illnesses becoming more prevalent, or is psychiatry overdiagnosing? By Dulce Zamora WebMD Feature Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario In the span of a few months, Jacqueline Castine went from making $2,000 as a motivational speaker to getting fired from … Continue reading →