Mental health articles

Mothers living with mental illnesses are likely to benefit from a flexible array of services, supports, or providers who are characterized by their availability and accessibility. Mothers’ needs may well extend beyond the routine treatment session; they may benefit from access to “warm line” telephone or web-based supports at odd hours to avert bigger crises. […]

To detect and diagnose a mental illness, you have to depend almost entirely on what people tell you.The main tool in diagnosis is an interview with the person. Mental illness produces symptoms that sufferers or those close to them notice. There are five major types of symptoms: • Physical – ‘somatic’ symptoms. These affect the […]

The common major mental illnesses are: severe and enduring depression (very much nastier and deeper than anyone normally experiences); bipolar depression (which used to be called manicdepression); schizophrenia (also very poorly defined); dementia (Alzheimer’s and various other forms of mental ageing); and a variety of quite severe personality disorders. Many of these are categorized in […]