mental illness

  1. Women's Health

    Breaking the mental illness stigma

    By Kristen Fischer on Jun 4, 2013
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    President Barack Obama is urging Americans to open up about mental illness so people who have it are empowered to seek help.
  2. Children's Diseases & Illnesses

    1 in 5 kids have mental disorder

    By Kristen Fischer on May 17, 2013
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    A CDC report notes that up to 1 in 5 children have been diagnosed with a mental illness.
  3. Dieting & Nutrition

    Orthorexia: Unhealthy consequences of eating too healthy

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Feb 24, 2013
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    Orthorexia is a subclinical eating disorder characterized by an obsession of eating healthy. Even though you may think your...
  4. Dieting & Nutrition

    Orthorexia: Is your healthy eating unhealthy?

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Feb 22, 2013
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    A healthy diet is widely encouraged to combat obesity, ward off chronic and even deadly diseases, delay the aging process and help...
  5. Arts & Culture

    Recovery through creativity

    By Karen D. Puthoff on Aug 24, 2012
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    One in five Americans experience a mental health or substance use condition in any given year. Imagine one of those children or...
  6. Conditions

    How to reduce your risk for depression

    By Michelle Maffei on May 4, 2011
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    According to the National Institute of Mental Health, women are 70 percent more likely than men to experience depression during...
  7. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    Anxiety: Should we fear natural disasters and global unrest?

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Apr 17, 2011
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    Are recent global events keeping you up at night or consuming your thoughts all day, every day? Even if a natural disaster or a...
  8. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    Charlie Sheen: Why are we so fascinated?

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Mar 4, 2011
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    Charlie Sheen is like an impending train wreck – we know it’s going to have a gruesome ending but we can’t help but watch it. Why...
  9. Dieting & Nutrition

    Orthorexia: Healthy eating may be hazardous to your health

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Apr 10, 2008
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    When healthy eating gets taken to an unhealthy extreme, even though the diet may be balanced and adequate, the attitude and...