Mental Health Articles

COVID-19 has now been confirmed to be causing an increase in PTSD cases. Who is most at risk, what are the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and how do you seek treatment amid a pandemic?

Acting with compassion is simply "human decency 101", you think? Perhaps, but it's easy to lose track, especially when we're under a lot of stress ourselves. Here's what you can do to be more compassionate in an uncertain world, and why that matters.

Severe episodes of anxiety, or anxiety attacks, can rob you of your positive emotions and leave you nearly completely non-functional. Whether they appear spontaneously or are triggered by specific circumstances, what can you do to stop anxiety attacks?

Stress is, at its core, caused by uncertainty — the knowledge that we don't have a clue what's coming, and therefore can't do much to prepare for the future. The COVID-19 pandemic embodies this truth, but what can we do to cope with the fear and anxiety?

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of all mental illnesses, with one person dying every 62 minutes in the US. Yet by disregarding victims' voices, we're perpetuating misconceptions and creating a culture that allows EDs to thrive.

Autistic meltdowns are often compared to temper tantrums, but they actually have more in common with an asthma attack — they can be triggered by external circumstances, are outside of the person's control, but can be prevented with proper management.

Hypervigilance can help people in extremely threatening situations stay safe — and even stay alive. In safer settings, though, this state of always being on guard can really mess with quality of life, both for the PTSD sufferer and those around them.

In substance/medication-induced obsessive-compulsive and related disorder, OCD-like symptoms are triggered by exposure to a drug or medication, or withdrawal from that substance. The symptoms will sometimes go away spontaneously, but may also persist.

This Stress Awareness Month, there no doubt that we're all very aware of stress. The question is, how can we cope with it in a healthy way? Stress Inoculation Training has a thing or two to teach about that.

You can definitely fall into the psychologically-harmful and habit of escaping reality by watching Netflix or other streaming platforms all day — but is this a real addiction? What are the signs that you may have a real problem?