• Mental Health and the LGBTQ+ Community

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    Members of the LGBTQ+ community face unique socioeconomic and cultural challenges that can put them at a higher risk of developing mental health issues, [...]

  • Common Stigmas in Mental Health and How to Increase Awareness

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    The way other people perceive us is important. Not only does it help us assess our own actions and behaviors, but it can guide [...]

  • Mood Disorders: Types, Causes and Symptoms

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    Do you experience a constant, underlying feeling of sadness?  Maybe you feel tired all day long; the kind of tiredness that doesn’t go away, [...]

  • Identifying Your Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms

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    Everyone experiences bouts of sadness, especially in response to tragedy, loneliness, stress, disappointment and the like. Experiencing sorrow in response to life’s difficult events [...]

  • A Closer Look at How Nutrition Affects Mental Health

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    Practicing positive self-talk, repeating affirmations, learning self-love, these are some of the most commonly thought of practices when it comes to ways to improve [...]

  • The Different Ways Trauma Affects Our Lives

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    Trauma affects different people in many different ways. What might be a traumatic event for one individual might not be that intense of an [...]

  • The Main Differences Between Panic Disorder vs Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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    Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time, and there’s nothing abnormal about feeling anxious. In most instances, anxiety is simply a normal human reaction [...]

  • Understanding Anxiety Disorders: The Top 5 Different Types of Anxiety

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    Stressful situations are inevitable in this lifetime. We all encounter them, and usually far more than just once or twice — and we all [...]

  • The Top Warning Signs and Symptoms of Depression

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    Mental health awareness is at a record high in the States, but so are the cases of depression. The more we learn about depression, [...]

  • Handling Grief and Addiction to Avoid Relapse

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    A big loss, like the death of a loved one can be hard to swallow. We might try to avoid thinking about it, find [...]

  • Treating Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities for Addiction and Mental Health

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    Addiction can affect anyone at any time, regardless of skin color. While substance use disorders affect a diversity of people, that doesn’t mean we [...]

  • Understanding Trauma and Substance Abuse in Minority Communities

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    While trauma and substance abuse exists in most communities, statistics show that those in minority communities are not only more likely to experience childhood [...]

  • How to Stop an Anxiety Attack and Prevent Them in the Future

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    Does the weight of the world ever cause you to feel intense and overwhelming fear, to the point that you have a physical reaction? It’s [...]

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    What Does Depression Look Like in Women?

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    Depression does not discriminate, men, women, teens and children of all backgrounds can experience symptoms of depression at any time in any place. It stands [...]

  • What Does Strong Mental Health Look Like?

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    The topic of mental health currently remains one of the most common topics of discussion. From social media posts to everyday conversation, to chats with [...]

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    Prioritizing your Mental Health Through Self Care

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    Our lives are super busy, from appointments to running errands to the kids’ soccer practice and so on. We have a tendency to live life [...]