What Causes Mental Illness? Genetics, Environment, Risk Factors
What causes mental illness? The question is a crucial one, for knowing the causes of mental illness aids in both prevention and mental health treatment. However, the answer to that key question is still being researched. As scientists in the field of psychology and...
Children and Mental Health
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), mental health—an essential part of children’s overall health—has a complex interactive relationship with their physical health and their ability to succeed in school, at work, and in society. Both physical and...
How To Overcome Negativity Bias
What Is Negativity Bias? Do you often fixate on a negative piece of feedback? Perhaps you can’t stop beating yourself up about a mistake you made. Maybe you tend to expect the worst-case scenario to happen. If yes, you are not alone. All humans have this tendency to...
Dissociative Disorders Symptoms and Treatment
Dissociative Disorders According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), dissociative disorders are characterized by an involuntary escape from reality manifested by a disconnection between thoughts, identity, consciousness, and memory. People from all age...
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression. It happens during certain seasons of the year—most often fall or winter. It is thought that shorter days and less daylight may...
How Mindfulness Can Help Mental Health?
What Is Mindfulness? So often, we move through our days in a hurry, focused on all the urgent tasks and responsibilities to fulfill. Our minds are either stuck in the past or worried about the future. As a result, we live on autopilot, disconnected from the present...
Personality Disorders – What are they and how can they be treated?
According to Jack Drescher, M.D., at the American Psychiatric Association (APA), personality is the way of thinking, feeling, and behaving that makes a person different from other people. An individual’s personality is influenced by experiences, environment...
Sport psychologists and Mental Health
What is Sport Psychology? According to Irene Lopez at WebMD, in simple terms, sport psychology studies how psychological factors affect athletic performance. Sport psychologists also look at how taking part in sports, exercise, and other physical activities affects...
How Do Trauma-Based Therapies Work?
Trauma-based therapy (also known as trauma-focused therapy) is an effective treatment for individuals with a history of trauma, such as those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Trauma-focused therapies use experiential, cognitive, and behavioral techniques to...Contact us
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