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Mental Health Checklists

WebWe’ve collected a few mental health checklists that you can explore and maybe even print out and use. These are not meant to be screening checklists, which …

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Mental Health Literacy: What Is It, and Why Is It Important

WebHealth literacy is the ability to find, read, understand, and use information to make choices about your health and the care you receive. Mental health literacy is …

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Boys' Mental Health

WebWith the recent rising rates of depression in the US, mental health is being recognized as a crisis in American youth. While mental illness is commonly thought to be …

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Healthy Ways to Express Your Emotions

WebEmotions are a part of life. Many of us experience a wide variety of emotions from joy to sadness to excitement and anger. Allowing yourself to feel different emotions …

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Journaling: What it is, Why it helps, and How to start

WebJournaling is a powerful mental health tool that you may want to consider trying (or may already be doing!).Journaling refers to the act of using pen and paper to …

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TikTok and Mental Health: What’s the Connection

WebSelf-diagnosis vs. Clinical-diagnosis . Defined by the American Psychological Association, a clinical-diagnosis is the process of identifying the nature of a disorder by …

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How Social Media Can Provide Resources for Mental …

WebIn fact, they are likely to be on the social media platforms they’re already using for everything else when they’re online. While youths use social media primarily to …

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Social Anxiety: The Symptoms and Potential Causes

WebHaving an intense fear of being embarrassed. Shaking, sweating, and having an increased heart rate when in social situations. Frequent stomach aches or headaches …

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Sports and Their Effects on Mental Health

WebThere is a lot of evidence supporting just how great playing sports can be for adolescent mental health.This is particularly true in boys, specifically finding that …

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Music and Mental Health

WebFor anyone else out there who’s super passionate about music, there’s actually a really cool field called music therapy. The lab has added more information if …

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Can Your Hair Tell You if You have Depression

WebResearchers recently studied to see if cortisol in hair can help predict if adolescents have or are at risk for depression. The hypothesis makes sense: both really …

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How Speaking Up Can Improve Your Mental Health

WebRecently, I have learned an interesting fact about myself in therapy.I do not speak up for myself enough, and as a result, my mental health has suffered.. I’ve always …

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A Feminist View on Mental Illness

WebThis creates a cycle that silences women and ignores their health needs: First, a woman develops symptoms of a mental health condition. Second, she is judged …

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Mental Health Experts on Social Media

WebSimilar accounts from psychiatrists and doctors educating about mental health include Dr. Vania Manipod and Dr. Lisa Long. While it could be easy to assume that …

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Why Does Organizing Help with Anxiety

WebEven considering organizing sends a calming rush sometimes. De-cluttering and putting things in order are popular activities in order to help with stress, and there …

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How Social Media “Jokes” about Mental Health

WebThere’s still a long way to go in how we talk about mental health.Stigma, a lack of accessible knowledge about mental health, and the media are just a few of the …

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How Siblings Can Affect Your Mental Health

WebThose who have positive relationships with their siblings during their adolescence can make them more empathetic and motivate them to do better in school, …

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Radical Self-Care: What We Can Learn From Activist Angela Davis

WebSelf-care is a radical act for many as they learn to put their needs, emotions, and well-being first. You may have heard the name Angela Davis pop up over the past …

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Maintaining Personal Hygiene During a Depressive Episode

WebSink Baths and Baby Wipes. Using a washcloth and some soap in your sink to hit the “hot” areas like your armpits before applying more deodorant is a way to clean …

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