Mental Illness Statistics Addiction Recovery, Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Teen Mental HealthBy The Right StepDecember 27, 2019Mental illness is much more common than you may realize. Mental illness statistics can raise awareness, reduce stigma, and help you understand the impact it has on society. More importantly, if you are struggling with mental illness, it tells you that you aren’t alone. There are millions of people in America going through the same…
Same-Sex Marriage Bans Linked to Psychological Disorders in LGBT Community Mental HealthBy The Right StepJuly 3, 2015Legalized discrimination has real, tangible effects on the life prospects of those who are subject to its restrictions. Fortunately a number of laws have been passed in recent years that have made discrimination based on race, gender, physical impairment or sexual preference much more rare.
Long-Term Treatment Helps Alleviate Teen Depression Teen DepressionBy The Right StepJune 10, 2014Recovery time for mental illness depends on social factors, genetics, concurrent disorders and the type of treatment a patient is undergoing. The Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, stresses that adolescents with major depression should have long-term treatment in order to fully recover.
Can Smoking Lead to Psychological Distress? Mental HealthBy The Right StepMarch 7, 2014Psychological distress is a term mental health professionals use to describe the negative mental/emotional effects of day-to-day encounters with stressful events or situations. People affected by serious forms of this distress have heightened risks for eventually developing some form of diagnosable mental illness. According to the results of a study published in late 2013 in…
Mood Disorders Increasingly Common in Adolescence Teen Mental HealthBy The Right StepJanuary 29, 2014Everybody knows teens can be moody. But mood disorders are more than the emotional ups and downs common to all adolescents. The most common mood disorders fall into two categories: bipolar disorders and major depression. Less than a generation ago, physicians believed that mood disorders only affected adults. Doctors now believe they nearly always begin…
Five Mental Illnesses Genetically Linked Mental HealthBy The Right StepDecember 12, 2013Determining the genes that contribute to illnesses is an important step in understanding how disease begins, the causes, how to treat them and how to prevent them. That is no different, whether the disease under investigation is a physical or a mental illness. Mental health disorders are not always straightforward; they are caused by a…
