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 Social Media
  The Top Four Reasons To Quit Facebook
  Has the social media titan lost its edge?
  by ryanhonick / on Apr 13, 2012
• 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

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “mental health”

 

• Goin’ Crazy: Six Fabulously Fragile Film Femmes

  
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• Mother with Schizophrenia

  
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  Hello, my mom has had Schizophrenia since I was born. Having seeing her before her medication has definitely scarred me but that’s not the problem. Even on her medication she still talks to herself, every time I hear it, I hear a little too much and it hurts my feelings pretty bad. She has tried to divorce my dad ...
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  Support my Sponsor & Preserve Family MemoriesSupport my Sponsor & Preserve Family Memories I have told the story of my Aj forever now, it’s been three years since we started the fight to find out what was up with him. Our first concern was the lack of sleep, never having slept through the night & always ...
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• Hanging Canberra’s leading suicide method for mental health patients.

  
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  The Open Government website has released an FOI request on suicides in the ACT by people in the care, or formerly in the care of Mental Health ACT between 2006 and 2012.Majority men, but not overwhelmingly so. And hanging a clear favourite although carbon monoxide very popular.Ingestion of caustic substance sounds ...
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• Coping with Loss.

  
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  For children and young adults, the ramifications of loss can last a lifetime.
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• Too Wiped out to Work Out?

  
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• Black Box Warnings

  
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  My Carnies, I’d like to invite you all to Le Clown’s new blog: Black Box Warnings. It’s not funny, at least, I didn’t laugh when I wrote the first post, Where the Wild Things Aren’t. If you do, you’re an … Continue reading →
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• At What Point

  
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  Well just got off the phone to my mother.  Once again she is in crisis, after she had her rental assistance cut because my uncle failed to return a document for her social security payments. To be honest I was harsh.  I have given up pandering to her problems, things that can easily be fixed that she chooses ...
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• Ignoring emails could be good for your heart

  
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  London, May 24 (IANS) Ignoring email messages altogether could have a positive effect on your heart as it will help reduce stress, a study suggests.Scientists who attached heart rate monitors to office workers found they remained in a state of “high alert” throughout the day if they had constant access to ...
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• Returning to the Self: How to Overcome the Busy-ness of Modern Life.

  
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• How To Use The Daily Analysis of Life Demands for Golfers Doing Golf

  
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• A Respectful Letter to Yoga Journal Magazine: Represent & Unify. ~ Shira Engel

  
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• You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.

  
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  There has been a lot of talk about John Scalzis "Lowest Difficulty Setting" analogy to explain the theoretical principle of social privilege as used in social justice circles, without using the word "privilege" that in general speech tends to carry connotations that result in push-back from the people who perhaps ...
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