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What is anxiety and how to treat it?
updated: May 06, 2021
How to treat anxiety.
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What does bipolar disorder? Continued
updated: May 04, 2021
Today we will talk about the symptoms of Major Depressive episode.
A major depressive episode is a period of at least two weeks in which a person has at least five of
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What is bipolar disorder? continued
updated: Apr. 29, 2021
Treatment of bipolar disorder
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What does bipolar disorder? Continued
updated: Apr. 27, 2021
Hypomanic episode-
A hypomanic episode is characterized by less severe manic symptoms that need to last only four days in a row rather than a week. Hypomanic episodes do not lead
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What is bipolar disorder? Continued.
updated: Apr. 25, 2021
As we continue talking about bipolar one disorder, in today's post I will talk about what is a manic episode.
A manic episode is a period of at least one week
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What is bipolar disorder? Continued
updated: Apr. 24, 2021
As I said in my earlier post, bipolar disorder commonly runs in families. Environmental factors such as stress, sleep disruption, and drugs and alcohol may trigger mood episodes in vulnerable
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What is bipolar disorder?
updated: Apr. 22, 2021
Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes changes in a persons mood, energy and ability to function. People with bipolar disorder experience intense emotional states that typically occur during
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Deaths by suicide declined in 2020
updated: Apr. 21, 2021
The American foundation for suicide prevention has stated that there was a decline in deaths by suicide by almost 6% from the year 2019 to 2020. This gives a glimmer Read more -
Grief and COVID-19
updated: Apr. 07, 2021
Mental illness and substance use has increased as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Social isolation, economic insecurity, job loss, changed educational platforms, and death of loved ones to COVID-19 has Read more -
Building resilience.
updated: Apr. 05, 2021
Life often does not teach us how to go through challenging emotions when we face hardships. It is easy to be swept away by a cyclone of anger or fear.
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Maternal depression and anxiety has worsened during Covid pandemic.
updated: Apr. 01, 2021
Pregnant women have experienced excessive stress during this Covid pandemic. As a result pregnancy outcomes have been adverse. There is reduced access to care for them during this pandemic unfortunately.
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Persistent loneliness in midlife leads to dementia and Alzheimer's disease in later years.
updated: Mar. 31, 2021
People who are between the age of 45 to 64 years and persistently feel lonely have nearly twice the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease later in life compared
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Depression and suicidal thoughts among US youth is growing
updated: Mar. 30, 2021
A recent study done shows that one and five adolescents in America received mental health care in the year 2018. The most common reason for getting care is for internalizing Read more -
Mentoring and COVID-19 Pandemic
updated: Sep. 22, 2020
This week, I am going to talk about mentorship and how being a mentor to others during the COVID-19 pandemic, can give you a sense of purpose in life no Read more -
What is World Patient Safety Day?
updated: Sep. 17, 2020
Recognizing the need for patient safety is a global health priority and emergency. The World patient safety day is marked annually on 17th of September, and is endorsed by the Read more -
Coronavirus and Student Mental Health Post 2
updated: Apr. 02, 2020
In these unprecedented, uncertain times when many of us are isolated, stuck at home and separated from friends and family, fear and stress are natural reactions. With so much of Read more