mental health issues

What Can I Do With My Life?

Question by Kyle: What Can I Do With My Life? I suffer from schitso-affective disorder and my family dosen’t give me good support for this mental disorder. My mom is loud in nature, my sister used to abuse me verbally as a kid but now she’s kinda better since i’m well tall now. My brother is 8, rather annoying which is a issue believe it or not. I dont think i need to explain schitso-affactive (Schizophrenia/I cant spell it sounding it out). My life is getting extrmely hard without much support from my family. My mom says “He wants special treatment” to my doctors and i dont know how to explain it without it sounding like that. She’s like “We’re not treating him differently from anyone else just because he’s this way mentally”. My cousin which i work with is SUPER playful, i’m not ALWAYS IN A GOOD MOOD! and feel like snapping on him almost everyday, i have to repress my feelings. Like today i woke up depressed, slow and  ...

Answers to Toughest Parenting Questions Just a Phone Call Away

...  to Toughest Parenting Questions Just a Phone Call Away An extension of the Birth to 5 Helpline also offers technical assistance to professionals working with young children, by linking them with experts who provide consultation in three main areas: child care health, early childhood mental health and … Read more on Navajo-Hopi Observer Gambling: The revenue and regrets But there may also be other contributing factors, including mental health issues, alcohol or drug abuse, family members who gamble, loneliness/empty nest syndrome and the death of a loved one. These are the most commonly cited risk factors for gambling … Read more on Martinsburg Journal Read ...

How Can I Obtain Free Mental Health Care?

...  by Monjumbo: How can I obtain free mental health care? I have been unemployed for more the eight months. I have a few mental health issues that I need to be taken care of before I should be employed again. I have no issues that cause harm to myself or others, I just have difficultly with extreme mood changes and setting myself to lose another job. I can not keep a job long enough pay for mental care, so is there a place where I can get it for free, including drugs if applicable? Best answer: Read ...

Is Anxiety a Psychological or Biological Disorder?

...  or biological disorder? What I’m asking is, is there a biological basis for my anxiety “disorder” or is it just the way I think? If you looked at my brain, would there be anything different about it than the “average” person’s brain? Can I be “cured” from generalized anxiety disorder with just cognitive behavioral therapy or do I need medication? Best answer: Answer by jcj099 – lsbni honestly think there are a lot of reasons for mental health issues… biological, psychological, environment… etc… i have severe anxiety and ocd… i’m starting to think i can’t be fixed with meds etc.. and i have a psych etc… Read ...

Would Going Through Boot Camp for the Air Force Trigger My Suicidal Thoughts or Help Me?

Question by TashaS: Would going through boot camp for the air force trigger my suicidal thoughts or help me? I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to join the air force, but my only problem is that I have alot of depression issues. Part of me thinks that going would help me be stronger to deal with it, but then part of me doesnt know if Im strong enough to handle it… Do you know anyone who dealt with this? Please help… Thank you!!! xoxo. Best answer: Answer by Jeff PofitGo talk to a psychologist about this if you are serious about it. I wouldn’t leave it up to yahoo answers to help you. Read more... ...

Dual Diagnosis Rehab: Drug Addiction Treatment for Dual Diagnosis Patients

Many drug addiction treatment centers focus on only the addiction itself. At 12 Palms Recovery Center, treatment plans include dealing with emotional and mental disorders that accompany the actual addiction as well. According to reports published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), approximately 50 percent of patients addicted to drugs also suffer from some form of emotional or mental disorder. While a rehab in Vermont can help to treat the addiction, oftentimes they are not equipped to also treat the emotional or mental disorder. Focusing on the addiction does not mean that the mental disorder goes away. Read more... ...

Residential Treatment Center Benefits From Rotating Lasers

Residential Treatment Center Benefits From Rotating Lasers Habilitat, a Hawaiian residential treatment center, is benefiting from a donation of two state-of-the-art rotating lasers to use on projects through Habilitat Construction Services. The new technology will allow Habilitat Construction Services to … Read more on Construction Equipment Guide Price of Addiction: New opioid treatment can work wonders but there are limits … “That's the glaring difference — you have more flexibility with Suboxone,” said Margaret Weil, director of adult residential services at De Paul Treatment Centers in Portland. Dr. Brian Esparza, a Portland psychiatrist, calls the opioid-replacement … Read more on Portland Business Journal (blog) Read more... ...