People with borderline personality disorder are often treated as if they have a personality flaw, rather than mental health issues stemming from trauma. It’s time we changed its name.
Moral injury was also found to be one of the greatest challenges faced by UK journalists covering the 2015 refugee crisis.
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A recent review found moral injury was experienced by a wide range of people in different professions, including journalists, police, teachers and soldiers.
Stopping people from talking about their unwanted thoughts may have a terrible impact on them and on society.
Currently only half of people with depression access potentially adequate treatment, according to one research study. Digital devices could help.
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Using smartphones and wearable devices to identify mental health symptoms and deliver psychotherapy will allow more people to access quality care, according to one psychiatrist.
To some extent, shell-shock still shapes our understanding of PTSD today.
You can’t test for autism with a simple blood test or scan, which can make the diagnostic process difficult and dependent on the skill and experience of the clinician.
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Current rules about who meets the eligibility criteria for autism support services are patchy and inconsistent, meaning those with the greatest need don’t necessarily have the greatest access.
Psychiatrist Steve Ellen and the ten participants put themselves – and their stories – out there to increase awareness about living with mental illness.
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Fanon found in Algeria that what the colonial law courts considered a failure of integration by mental patients was in fact an elemental resistance to European rule.
President Donald Trump, August 30, 2018.
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Revelations about the president’s behavior in a new book and an unsigned op-ed, writes a Yale psychiatrist, support what she and mental health specialists have warned: Trump is dangerously unstable.
Frantz Fanon challenged traditional views about mental illness.
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