mental health

Mental health is the state of emotional well-being. People are beginning to realize taking care of their mental health is just as important as their physical health.

Mental and physical health and fitness are closely related. It is often argued that without one being in a healthy state, the other will not thrive.

In most people, a healthy body helps to keep the mind functioning like a well-oiled machine.

There are now mental health professionals who specialize in the level of cognitive well-being of their patients. Treatments for mental health disorders range from counseling and therapy to homeopathic medicine to prescription drugs.

Mental health disorders sometimes stem from traumatic experiences while others are simply inherited from family members.

You'll find bloggers talking about mental health at sites like Mental Health MN and Psych Central.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “mental health”

• in Technorati Women
  Brain Marvel: Meditation Keeps You Focused While Day-Dreaming Causes Depression
  The role of meditation is critical to our mental health. Meditation when done correctly involves higher states of consciousness that overtime, ultimately trains the brain to stay focused on specialized tasks. A wandering brain, conversely, creates ill health.
  by wellnesssultana / on Nov 28, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Low Birthweight Babies Five Times More Likely To Develop Autism
  Study shows low birthweight babies, when compared with general population, are five times more likely to develop autism.
  by vicfizzlebottom / on Oct 17, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Mental Exercise Crucial To Enhancing Children’s Creativity
  Creativity is needed toward furthering a person’s career. For this reason, mental exercise has never been quite as important.
  by nathy007 / on Oct 11, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “mental health”

 

• State officials say mental health overhaul likely

  
  Washington Examiner — Authority: 683
  MIKE GLOVER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa State officials are moving ahead with the most fundamental change in the states mental health system ...
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• Improving Your Mental And Emotional Health Can Be Done In Many Ways

  
  DealFiles Success! — Authority: 124
  There are a lot of different thoughts on what it means to be healthy. Physical exercise means getting healthy to a lot of people, but food is in there, too. The first thing most people think about with getting healthy is to lose weight. Emotional problems probably cause more people to be unhealthy than anything, [...]
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• Judge: State mental hospitals must take incompetent inmates within 21 days

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 546
  Big news for mentally ill defendants declared incompetent to stand trial, not to mention the state agency that is supposed to provide "competency restoration" services, which presently has a months-long waiting list. After a court ruling this week, such long delays have been deemed unconstitutional and state mental ...
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• 12 Ways to Pray During Lent

  
  Beyond Blue — Authority: 411
  This blog post has been also featured as a Beliefnet gallery. To get there click here. Lent, the 40 days preceding the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, is supposed to be a time of fasting, where we chocoholics take an "s" of out the word "dessert," and are left with "desert." I... Read the full post ...
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• Clinical Psychologist Job at Whitiki Maurea Maori Mental Health & Addictions Job at Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, Auckland Central

  
  Job Search in New Zealand — Authority: 138
  Location:    Auckland    Auckland Central Work type:    Full Time Classification:    Healthcare & Medical    Psychology, Counselling & Social Work   CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST in MAORI MENTAL HEALTH Whitiki Maurea Maori Mental Health and Addictions Service provide a range of services ...
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• A happy ending

  
  Rosie Scribble — Authority: 411
  Six years ago I left the life I knew and arrived in the Midlands with a two-year-old daughter. Angry with the world, unwell and struggling to cope, I faced a choice. I could battle my way out of my hell or give up. I gave up. Tired of fighting and battling on, the world felt a harsh and unwelcoming place to be. I’d ...
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• Health career

  
  Health tips — Authority: 103
  To investigate this possibility prepares scientists to accurately diagnose and treat people, while in the direct supervision of your doctor. Students can enter a number of areas to cut cardiology and orthopedics from the end-products on a single part of the field of health care. Clinical education on how to work with ...
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• The enemy of the good

  
  The Exponent — Authority: 458
  “Good is what you do, not how you are.” Or, so says the clever answer that some misguided sticklers for grammar might offer when “I’m good” is offered as a response to the question “How are you?” (Supposedly ‘well’ is the better word to use.) While this may not be strictly accurate in the context ...
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• New Treatments to Combat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  
  The Shrink Tank — Authority: 79
  From drugs to digital worlds, researchers are testing innovative treatments for PTSD. read more
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• How to increase Emotional and Cognitive Intelligence?

  
  Health & Fitness News — Authority: 115
  10 Steps to enhance your Emotional Intelligence/EQ: 1.Knowing yourself well, make use of assessment tools to understand your strengths and weaknesses 2.Working with a mentor/personal coach to improve your EQ 3.Identifying the causes of feelings, become aware of split-second, preconscious thoughts and their possible ...
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• Family Thinks I Am Schizophrenic

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 116
  I have lived with depression/social anxiety and selective-mutism for the past 4-5 years. I recently had my sister express her concern for my mental health. She begged me to seek help. I engage in cutting, overdosing, starvation. I have cut since the age of 14 and have never stopped, going so far as to cut my vein and ...
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• Therapy Thursday: Bawl Your Eyes Out

  
  Beyond Blue — Authority: 411
  I have decided to dedicate a post on Thursday to therapy, and offer you the many tips I have learned on the couch. They will be a good reminder for me, as well, of something small I can concentrate on. Many of them are published in my book, " The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional... Read the full post here »
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• Stuck In The Middle With You

  
  Boo and Me — Authority: 116
  What do you do when you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place? What is between a rock and a hard place anyway? Surely right now at this very second I am stuck exactly there: being inside doesn’t that make me stuck between four hard places unless two of my hard places/rocks/walls fall down … Read more
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• Mental health clubhouse model

  
  The Incidental Economist — Authority: 635
  Taylor Sisk with an interesting story on the Clubhouse model of mental health treatment for persistent mental illness, with this example being the reported success of Club Nova in Chapel Hill, N.C. “Before Club Nova,” said Jim Huegerich, director of Crisis and Human Services for the Chapel Hill Police ...
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• Genetic Link to Child Complications from Antipsychotic Drugs

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 595
  A Canadian study suggests a genetic variation can increase the risk of medical complications among children receiving antipsychotic medications. Investigators discovered the genetic variation can cause a six-fold greater risk for children to develop metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a combination of symptoms ...
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• Will Shuffling of Personality Disorders In Diagnostic Guide Cause Harm?

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 595
  Among the numerous controversies regarding the upcoming revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a new paper opines that the proposed removal of five personality disorders could actually wind up harming patients. The DSM is used by psychiatrists and other mental health workers ...
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• Starting a NAMI Support Group

  
  Bipolar Beat — Authority: 85
  My wife and I and one of our neighbor friends spent part of our weekend in Lafayette, Indiana training to become NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) support group facilitators. We’re planning to start a support group in our town, Crawfordsville, Indiana later this spring and offer a Family-to-Family course in ...
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• Roots of Prejudice Differ Among Men and Women

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 595
  New research suggests men develop prejudice against different groups because of aggression. Women, however, display prejudice because of fear. Michigan State University researchers discovered that throughout the course of history, men have been the primary aggressors against different groups as well as the primary ...
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• Probing the Neural Networks of Human Conflict

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 595
  Why do some human groups appear to hate each other? New research by a group of neuroscientists attempts to use brain imaging to determine how the brain responds to empathy and conflict-resolution. Emile Bruneau and Rebecca Saxe of Massachusetts Institute of Technology are studying why empathy — the ability to feel ...
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• Tar Brush...

  
  I need curtains for the window in my head... — Authority: 110
  You’d have to have been living under a rock for the last fewmonths if you hadn’t come across some kind of news piece, article or blog postabout the shakeup of the British benefits system and how it may or may notaffect people. Some of the press I have read about it is very positive andpeople are really working ...
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