Understanding Your Anxiety: Is It Normal to Be This Anxious?
Is anxiety ever normal? Anxiety is in fact a normal and often healthy emotion that you will experience throughout life. It is characterized by feelings of worry, unease, and fear. However, too [...]
The Origins and Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects a person's ability to interpret reality. Individuals with schizophrenia may experience hallucinations, delusions, extremely disordered [...]
Effective Treatment for Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is an oftentimes debilitating mental disorder that causes people to lose touch with reality. Schizophrenia may result in hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered [...]
Reducing the Stigma of Schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia are often viewed in a negative light, and this can lead to discrimination. Discrimination may be direct, such as someone making a negative remark about your mental [...]
The Difference Between Schizophrenia vs Schizotypal Personality Disorder
While schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder share some symptoms, they are distinctly different disorders. Schizophrenia is characterized by hallucinations and delusions, while [...]
What Is “High-Functioning Depression” and Why Does It Matter?
When we think about suicide, the typical image is a depressed individual unable to get out of bed in the morning. However, there is a different profile of those living and working with [...]
Suicidal Hotlines and the Rise of 988
Statistics show that our national mental health is teetering on the brink of collapse, and unless drastic measures are taken soon, it may never recover. For example, the National Alliance on [...]