Depression and Bipolar Disorder aremood disorders, medical illnesses characterized by changes in mood, thought, energy and behavior. While affecting approximately 20 million Americans every year, depression is the most common mood disorder. Bipolar Disorder is another common mood disorder which Read More
An alternative approach will be to provide integrated services within any sector. Here is the next step, Benzo’s however are potentially more harmful than SRI antidepressants. One ER doc was knowledgeable enough to try giving me a benzodiazepine, and it Read More
We have proposed the adoption of a mental health and psychosocial support framework developed by WHO after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, as a step towards this. This must be applicable to the postcyclone and ‘post flood’ context of Bangladesh, Read More
During the 1840s, Dorothea Lynde Dix, a retired Boston teacher who is considered the founder of the mental health movement, began a crusade that should change the way people with mental disorders were viewed and treated. In the 2000s focus Read More
Public health includes mental health. The goal is now to build on the strengths of these partnering agencies to develop better ways to document how many children have mental disorders, better see the impacts of mental disorders, inform needs for Read More