How Drug Use Impacts Your Mental Health There’s no denying that drug use can lead to immediate and long-term changes in brain development. But does this mean that drug use can cause or worsen mental health conditions? Drug Use & Mental Health Drug use and mental health directly affect one another. When an individual abuses
Florida’s Baker Act: Should Other States Follow? The Florida Mental Health Act, otherwise referred to as Florida’s Baker Act, permits for the involuntary assessment of an individual for no more than 72 hours. There are specific rules and guidelines for this hold, but still the act has been controversial. What Is Florida’s Baker Act? To
New Blood Test for Depression May Help Diagnose Depression is a debilitating mental illness that affects over 18 million adults in the nation. It’s a tough illness to treat without the proper diagnosis. A new blood test for depression might just help fix that problem. Blood Test for Depression Just as tough as it is
Depression Is A Disease: New Research Suggests an Allergy Depression is a disease. More often than not, society associates depression with sufferers being mentally and emotionally weak, when the reality is depression is as much an illness as any other. Recently, scientists have discovered that many cases of depression can be linked to an allergic
Chattanooga Shooting: New Facts Prove Shooter Suffered from Mental Illness Tragedy struck on July 16, when four marines and one sailor were brutally shot to death by Mohammad Abdulazeez in Chattanooga, Tennessee just before he was killed by law enforcement. New details are surfacing about the 24-year-old killer’s mental health, speculating a reason for what
Scott Stapp Opens Up on Struggling with Bipolar Disorder, Alcohol, and Drugs Singer and former Creed band member, Scott Stapp, has revealed how serious his bipolar disorder episodes became in November 2014 before receiving treatment. His alcohol and drug use worsened his illness. The concern with a co-occurring disorder is that if individuals aren’t getting
Death of Fredric Brandt Draws Focus on Mental Illness and Suicide The tragic death of Fredric Brandt occurred on Sunday, April 5 in Coconut Grove, Florida at his home, according to spokesperson Frederica Burden who was working with Miami police. Brandt was a man who had wealth and success but wasn’t immune to depression and
Children’s Mental Health Week: Kate Middleton Promotes Place2Be Last week the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton announced Place2Be would be introducing United Kingdom’s first Children’s Mental Health Week starting on February 16 – 22. Importance of Children’s Mental Health Week As an advocate for the UK’s Children’s Mental Health Week, Kate Middleton created a video to
5 Things Not to Say to Someone Suffering From Types of Mental Illness The stigma behind mental illness is unreasonable – and that’s putting it nicely. The way that people tend to think of others that suffer from a mental disease is skewed. Most people will here the word “mental” and immediately cringe, holding onto
Depression Statistics: Put An End to The Stigma On Mental Illness Depression statistics are hard, concrete evidence that show just how much individuals are lacking in being adequately treated for their mental health issues. With depression left untreated, suicide is warned as a severe consequence and pressed on others to look out for. When it
