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    Veterans, Mental Health, and the Holidays: An Overview

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    It’s normal to experience highs and lows during the holiday season as social interactions increase, immune systems become suppressed, and financial expectations and other pressures [...]

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    A Deep Dive Into Teenage Sleeping Habits

    947 words|4.7 min read|

    The parent of every teenager will be able to relate – teens sleep a lot. Whether it’s Saturday and you’re hammering on their door at 11:50 [...]

  • How Loneliness Can Take A Toll on Men’s Mental Health

    906 words|4.5 min read|

    The holidays are a time of gathering together with friends and family, coworkers and teammates, to celebrate the joys of Thanksgiving and Christmas. But for [...]

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    How Teens Can Overcome Negative Thoughts

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    We’ve all been there – the teenage years. Few of us would come out and say they were an easy period of time in our [...]

  • How Trauma Can Be a Trigger for Mental Health or Substance Use Issues

    779 words|3.9 min read|

    When you’re struggling with a mental health condition or a substance use disorder (or both), you’re dealing with a relatively fragile and highly influential psyche.  [...]

  • Top Natural Mood Boosters to Improve Your Mental Health

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    The last time you had a day where your mental health was dragging, what did you do? For many people, when they’re having a rough [...]

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    Top 4 Ways to Reduce the Stigma Around Mental Health

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    There has been a stigma around mental health since society first began to recognize the presence of mental illness in others, without understanding what it [...]

  • The Dangers of Improper Coping Skills for Mental Health

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    Substance use is at an all-time high for Americans, and nowadays, nearly everyone knows someone who’s struggling with a substance use disorder or addiction. Even [...]

  • Natural Remedies and Habits to Improve Mental Health

    753 words|3.8 min read|

    A quick internet search for mental health wellness tips will generate millions of tips, many of which will recommend seeking out professional help with the [...]

  • How Nutrition Can Positively or Negatively Affect Your Mental Health

    685 words|3.4 min read|

    What recovery practices come to mind when you see or hear the phrase, “mental health”? Maybe you think of traditional modalities like counseling and behavioral [...]

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    A Lonely Person’s Guide to Fostering Joy This Holiday Season

    797 words|4 min read|

    Even the most joyful holiday can be tinged with sadness, and even in a crowd of people, you can still feel entirely alone.  Sometimes the [...]

  • Adolescent Inpatient Mental Health: What to Expect During a Day of Treatment

    974 words|4.9 min read|

    If you’ve ever switched schools or moved somewhere new, you understand the anxious feeling of starting treatment for the first time. A new environment, new [...]

  • How the 5 Stages of Grief Affects Your Mental Health

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    Letting go of someone you love can be one of the most painful, challenging, and stressful things we, as people, must experience in this lifetime. [...]

  • Sustainable Recovery for Bipolar Disorder

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    Living with bipolar disorder can be an isolating experience, but it doesn’t have to be. In fact, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, [...]

  • Finding Balance With Your Emotions

    771 words|3.9 min read|

    Living an emotional life is part of being human. Still, there seems to be a split between camps: those who overemphasize the role of emotions [...]

  • Your Lifestyle Can Boost Mental Health

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    In this busy and restless age, it’s more important than ever to pay a little extra attention to our mental health. When burnout, exhaustion, and [...]