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Veterans with mental health problems need our help  - The Telegraph also reported that the number of veterans requesting help to deal with post‑traumatic stress disorder had jumped by a quarter in just ...

Pregnant Women: Consume More Fish To Improve Child's Brain Growth, Development  - The researchers urged that an early intake of fish by pregnant women could have positive effects on their child's health . The findings of this study were ...

Link Discovered Between Obesity, Blood Clots In Children  - Link Discovered Between Obesity, Blood Clots In Children ... obesity and VTE can cause acute and even chronic health issues if left untreated.

Scented Candles Might Be Harming Your Health in a Very Serious Way  - Now that winter is officially here, staying warm and cozy is really the only thing on our mind. Ok, a lot of other stuff is also on our radar (Justin Bieber ...

Smoking pot may not have harmful effect on teens ' intelligence: study  - A new analysis is challenging the idea that smoking marijuana during adolescence can lead to declines in intelligence. Instead, the new study says, ...

Navigating your teen through a mental health crisis  - I am a mother of a 15-year-old boy. My child began to show some signs of anxiety about two years ago. It wasn't anything alarming, or so I thought at ...

Parent Traps: Navigating your teen through a mental health crisis  - I am a mother of a 15-year-old boy. My child began to show some signs of anxiety about two years ago. It wasn't anything alarming, or so I thought at ...

Employers walk a fine line to accommodate mental illness  - Just like a physical illness or disability, employers have an obligation to accommodate mental illness . But managing and accommodating a mental ...

Peer Mental Health Workers Need Better Training  - Peers, who have themselves experienced some kind of mental illness , can help meet some of the many needs that people with the most severe ...

Mental health support: 'We need to help people come out of the shadows'  - In Uganda, health care providers were amazed to see people recovering from mental illness being trained as peer workers, and finally started ...

These Are the Signs You Might Be Experiencing Psychosis & How To Seek Help  - You can use the Internet, however, to educate yourself on mental illness , research your symptoms, and explore options for treatment. Of course, there's ...

Are My Elbows Fat? Why Eating Disorders Should Matter to You.  - According to The National Institute of Mental Health, an eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to your everyday diet, such as ...

Animated short tackles Lebanese misconceptions of homosexuality  - Although the Lebanese Psychiatric Society released an official statement in 2013 saying that,”Homosexuality is not a mental disorder and does not ...

5 Reasons Mental Health Is a Hidden Civil Rights Issue  - In 2008, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act was passed with the aim of providing equal coverage of treatment for mental illness and ...

Accommodations a game changer for student struggling with mental illness  - Erin Singer was feeling the familiar onset of depression. Diagnosed with major depressive disorder in Grade 11, the second-year University of Toronto ...

One in four diagnosed with mental illness during their lifetime as charities demand action  - One in four Brits have been diagnosed with a mental illness , it was revealed today. And one in five have been told by a doctor they are suffering from ...