#mentalillness
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
The Evolutionary Mystery of Left-Handedness
From Medieval sword-fighters to Broca’s brains, or why the hand may hold the key to the link between creativity and mental illness.
Psychology | Personality
Can a pathological liar be cured? with Drew Curtis, PhD, and Christian L. Hart, PhD
Drew Curtis, PhD, and Christian L. Hart, PhD, talk about what drives “big liars” to lie, why they believe pathological lying should be classified as a mental health disorder, and how you can recognize lies and protect yourself from being duped.
Psychology | Psychology
How Mental Illness Shaped the Works of These 5 Artists
The link between art and mental health problems is a popular topic of discussion. The individual circumstances of artists suffering from and being influenced by psychological disorders vary.
Business & Finance | Business & Finance
Top Producer "Cracked Up": What To Do Now: An Employer’s Ability to Address Employee Stress Is Key to Success in 2021 - Workplace Coach Blog
Employer duty in handling employee mental health
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
The Only Plan to End Homelessness - California Globe
Dr. Drew Pinsky, a board-certified physician and addiction medicine specialist who spent most of his career working in a psychiatric hospital, says he wakes up every day upset about the homeless crisis. “I’ve done this work for thirty years and I never th
Visual Arts | Visual Arts
Van Gogh Self-Portrait Painted While the Artist Experienced Psychosis Is Authenticated by Experts
Vincent van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait,' which is part of the collection of the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo, has been authenticated.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
High-School Athletes Are Struggling With Mental Illness - The Atlantic
When high-school sports replicate the training methods and intensity seen at the college level, players feel the toll.
Politics | Politics
Why Labelling President Trump as Mentally Ill Is Wrong | Psychology Today
Four reasons why the petition calling President Trump mentally ill is deeply troubling.
Psychology | Hypnosis Information
Mental Health & Hypnosis
Learn more from WebMD about the role of hypnotherapy, or hypnosis, in treating behavioral, physical, and psychological conditions.
Health & Fitness | Mind & Body
This Is What Happens When You Treat Mental Illness As Though It Were Physical Illness - Ideapod blog
Did you know that mental illness affects one in four people today? Despite this terrifying reality, it seems that people take physical diseases much more…
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
An Alternative Form of Mental Health Care Gains a Foothold
A movement toward largely nonmedical approaches, focused on holistic recovery rather than symptom treatment, is growing in the United States.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
What to Say to Someone With Mental Illness
When you're frazzled, baffled and burdened with your own issues, it's a challenge to provide real support. We asked Matthew Rudorfer, MD, of the National Institute of Mental Health, for strategies on getting it right.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Help Eliminate the Stigma around Mental Health
Mental health matters to everyone. Pledge today to promise to learn about mental health, see the person not the illness and take action!
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
Childhood Trauma, Mental Illness & Diagnostic Distractions
The vast majority of people diagnosed with a mental illness have suffered from some form of childhood trauma.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Have a little faith | Bipolar and Spirituality - bp Magazine Community
Faith and spirituality—whether formal or informal, and regardless of doctrine— can be an immense source of strength and comfort when dealing with the highs and
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
A Case Study in Maternal Mental Illness
One woman’s wrenching struggle illuminates recent findings that postpartum mental disorders can emerge later than expected and include a broader range of symptoms.
Entertainment | Mad Men
"Mad Men" takes on mental illness: How realistic?
Sunday night's episode of "Mad Men" was filled with plenty of surprises both inside and outside the office of Sterling Cooper & Partners. But for many viewers, none quite compared to the shock Peggy Olson received when she opened a gift box from her increasingly erratic colleague, Michael Ginsberg.
