We all have bad days. We all have to face difficult situations from time to time. How we respond to those situations can have a huge impact upon our mental health.
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Tag Archives: Mental health
Picture on the box 11: Personality disorder
Personality disorder may be one of the most misunderstood diagnoses in mental health. Those diagnosed with it may be the most unfairly treated too!
Picture on the box 10: Thought disorder
Not quite what most people imagine
Picture on the box 9: Delusions
A delusion is more than just any old opinion or belief. It’s not enough to assume someone is delusional because of a political or religious disagreement. If it was we’d all be delusional in the eyes of many of our peers all the time.
Picture on the box 7: Depression
If anxiety is a call to action, depression is the need to stop.
Picture on the box 6: Anxiety
Let’s start looking at some of these jigsaw pieces in a bit more detail. Today we’re talking about anxiety…
Picture on the box 5: Types of mental disorder
Diagnoses are based upon combinations of different types of disorder and/or distress. Understand those types and it all becomes so much easier to make sense of.
Picture on the box 4: Models of mental disorder
Have you ever wondered why doctors, social workers and psychologists seem to be speaking different languages?
Wonder no more…
Picture on the box 3: What is mental illness?
What is mental illness?
Therapeutic risk-taking
Without risk life becomes meaningless. Our whole quality of life depends upon a balance between risk and reward. This is as true for our patients and service-users as it is for us.
Genuinely helpful care must involve positive, therapeutic risk-taking.