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Perinatal mood disorders: Breaking the myths and learning what to do
A tool kit for every mom and family: What you need to know about perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, from myth busting to what we can do to make things better.
Myths, Misconceptions, and Facts of Therapy
Myths and misconceptions about therapy often prevent people from seeking help. Learn the facts and find resources related to therapy and mental health at GoodTherapy.org....
The Myth of the Optimism Bias?
Are humans natural, irrational optimists? According to many psychologists, humans show a fundamental optimism bias, a tendency to underestimate our chances of suffering negative events. It’s said that when thinking about harmful events, such as contracting cancer, most people believe that their risk is lower than that of ‘the average person’. So, on average, people …
Mental Illness Awareness: 6 Myths About Mental Health You Need To Unlearn
Six common myths and misconceptions about mental health you need to unlearn.
How Your Thoughts Can Help You Break Free (No More Tunnel Vision)
When your thoughts are functioning automatically, they reinforce tunnel vision. If you’ve been trying to make changes, try this:
How to break up with someone who has depression
Feeling like you want to break up with someone is agonising enough. If that person also happens to have depression, then that feeling comes shrouded in an extra jazzy cloak of guilt, shame, and feeling like you’re kicking The Andrex Puppy in the face.
10 Habits Keeping You Depressed (and How to Break Them)
Depression, a mental illness that affects an estimated 350 million people worldwide, results from a complicated combination of social, psychological and biological factors. The disorder undermines thoughts, mood and physical health and interferes with daily life and normal functioning. Depression often brings on stress, dysfunction and certain...
How To Break The Cycle Of Negative Thoughts In Your Head
We've all fallen prey to shame spirals and rumination. In his new book, Elisha Goldstein, PhD, helps you identify and escape those bad-mood traps.
Was Jesus Real or a Myth?
In psychiatry, denial is a defense mechanism in which unpleasant realities are kept out of conscious awareness by a rejection of their existence. In this way...
Why Teens Should Take a Break From Their Digital Devices
We set out to determine how teens are really using their smartphones and whether the effects could be detrimental to their mental health and intellect.
Depression Facts Psychologists Wish People Knew
We debunk the myths and misinformation about mental illness that keep people from getting the life-changing help they need.
Is Overpopulation a Myth?
Kind of! At least if we’re to take Kurzgesagt’s word for it. Lets do a little recap on how birthrates work.
Should We be Afraid to Die?
We fear the unknown. Embedded in our nature as human beings is a natural aptitude for learning from our past experiences. We use patterns and reactions we have observed to calibrate our future actions and
A Guide to Student Mental Health and Learning Disorders
From the classroom to the whole school, A Practical Guide for Mental Health and Learning Disorders will help educators understand specific student challenges.
Is Pregnancy Brain A Myth?
You may have experienced it yourself or read about it on a popular mommy blog: pregnancy brain. “Poor memory, poor attention, poor cognitive functioning,”
Disaster Recovery Myths and Facts
Because PTSD is a mental health diagnosis, we usually think of trauma as an individual condition. But traumatic events happen to communities all the time and recovery happens on a community wide level. After a disaster, individual mental health recovery...
Mental Health Myths and Facts
Think mental health problems don’t affect you? Find out if you’re wrong. Learn the facts about the most common mental health myths.
Could seasonal depression be a myth?
Many people complain of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), depression linked to less sunlight, but new study raises doubts
Myths & Facts About Mental Illness
Almost 40% of Americans will suffer from mental illness during the course of their lifetime. These illnesses are associated with significant interpersonal, occupational and individual difficulties including higher rates of death from suicide and non suicide causes. Unfortunately less than 30% of individuals with mental illness receive adequate treatment due to various factos an important one being the myths that exist about mental illness. These include…
