By: W. Scott West, Medical Director MARCH IS SELF-HARM AWARENESS MONTH March kicks off Self-Harm Awareness month, starting with Self-Harm Awareness day on the first
Over the last few years, it has been harder and harder to find resources for my patients to get the help they need. Being a
For nearly 70 years, May has been recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month across the nation. With one in five people in the U.S. affected
For a long time, it has been widely known that clinical depression is a complex mental illness. Depression interferes with the ability to live and
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness. People who have it go through unusual mood changes. They go from very happy, “up,” and active to
Persistent Depression is a serious medical illness that involves the brain. It’s more than just a feeling of being “down in the dumps” or “blue”
Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is a type of depression. Some people experience a serious mood change during the winter months when there is less
Self-harm refers to a person’s harming their body on purpose. About 1 in 100 people hurts himself or herself in this way. More females hurt
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that makes people lose more weight than is considered healthy for their age and height. Persons with this disorder
Binge eating is when a person eats a much larger amount of food in a shorter period than he or she normally would. During a
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