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A mental illness is a disorder of the brain that results in a disruption in a person's thinking, feeling, moods, and ability to relate to others. Mental illness is distinct from the legal concept of insanity.
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Mental health is a concept that refers to a human individual's emotional and ...
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Mental Health: Choosing a Doctor and Therapist
... Choosing the right doctor and/or therapist for your mental health needs may seem like a daunting task. Determining the appropriate type of doctor for your specific needs is a very important step towar...
Source: Cleveland Clinic
Alzheimer''s Disease Information Page ... Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized in the brain by abnormal clumps (amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (neurofibrillary tangles) compose...
Source: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Alzheimer''s Disease
... Mysterious and frustrating, Alzheimer''s afflicts nearly four million Americans, about 10 percent of the population over age 65, and over 45 percent of those over age of 85. (In rare instances, Alzhei...
Source: HealthWorld
Nutritional Approaches to Mental Health ... Let food be thy medicine.- Hippocrates Besides the oxygen we breathe, all that we need to survive comes from what we eat. Food nourishes both the body and the brain. In fact, the brain has first call ...
Source: HealthWorld
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Depression Can Break Your Heart
... Research over the past two decades has shown that depression and heart disease are common companions and, what is worse, each can lead to the other. It appears now that depression is an important risk...
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
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Mental Health Articles
- Alzheimer's Disease Information Page
... Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized in the brain by abnormal clumps (amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (neurofibrillary tangles) compose... - Anxiety Disorders
... Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that affect approximately 19 million American adults.1 These disorders fill people's lives with overwhelming anxiety and fear. Unlike the relatively... - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
... In recent years, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a subject of great public attention and concern. Children with ADHD—one of the most common of the psychiatric disorders that... - Attention Disorder: Overcoming the Deficit
Abuse of Attention Deficit Drug Can Be Deadly
... by Dixie Farley "I really see a difference in my grades. Without it, I don't think about things. I can't pay attention." --Christy Rade, 16, Des Moines, Iowa, commenting in the Aug. ... - Borderline Personality Disorder
... Raising questions, finding answers Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behav... - Brain's Reward Circuitry Revealed in Procrastinating Primates
... Using a new molecular genetic technique, scientists have turned procrastinating primates into workaholics by temporarily suppressing a gene in a brain circuit involved in reward learning. Without the ... - Chairs, Houses & Visual Clutter: Watching the Brain at Work
... Watching the Brain at Work Is the brain hard-wired for houses? When NIMH neuroscientists Dr. James Haxby and colleagues flashed pictures of faces, houses and chairs in front of subjects while their me... - Depression
... In any given 1-year period, 9.5 percent of the population, or about 18.8 million American adults, suffer from a depressive illness5 The economic cost for this disorder is high, but the cost in human s... - Depression
... Depression is an illness that affects the body, mood, and thoughts. About twice as many women suffer from depression as men. People who are depressed may feel hopeless, worthless, very sad, and have n...
Resources
- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, OPHS, HHS)
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