When people are struggling with their mental health, they're often advised to look at lifestyle changes that may help improve their mental well-being before turning to prescription medications. A healthy diet and regular exercise can often help alleviate depression. Vitamin deficiencies can cause many subtle symptoms, ... Read More
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Pathological Lying Can Occur with These Mental Disorders
Updated 2/25/26 Everyone lies. It's a part of life, for better or for worse. Some people find peace in white lies and don't feel bad about occasionally avoiding the truth to spare a loved one's feelings. Others, however, see habitual lying, even major lies, as something completely inconsequential. These are what we ... Read More
Mental Illness or Personality Trait: What Is Neurosis?
It seems like every popular TV show has a token neurotic friend character. They're usually portrayed as a little quirky but still endearing. The show's plot points may center around humor or jokes about the character's neuroses or casually toss around mental illness terms such as OCD (Obsessive-compulsive ... Read More
What Is Intermittent Explosive Disorder?
Have you ever seen someone shift from seeming completely fine to violently angry in a matter of seconds? This may be more than just a short temper. They may be living with intermittent explosive disorder, a real condition with significant impact on the lives of people who suffer from it. In this piece, we'll break ... Read More
Enmeshment in Families and What It Looks Like
The concept of "family togetherness'" is often billed as the ideal. Families want to be close, they want to be supportive, and they want to enjoy each other's company. All of these are great values to aspire to, but what happens when the family gets too close? Yes, it is possible for a family to be too close. It's ... Read More
Nurse Mental Health: Why It’s Important to Recognize
Nursing is a demanding job mentally, physically and emotionally. Often, people deal with nurses during the most challenging times in their lives, sometimes making them mean, aggressive and uncaring to the nurse trying to help. Nursing and mental health are frequent topics among nurses who understand the dangers of ... Read More
LGBTQ+ Mental Healthcare: Addressing the Disparities
Even though lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have gained legal rights in recent decades, LGBTQ mental health statistics still paint a concerning picture. The mental health disparities LGBTQ people face exist for complicated reasons and require targeted attention to fix. Despite an increase in ... Read More
Failure to Launch Syndrome: Coping Tools for Parents
Everyone finds adulting difficult at times, but for some young people, getting started with adult life seems impossible. This condition is sometimes called failure to launch syndrome. It may be characterized by young people showing no interest in leaving their parents' home or moving back in with their parents after ... Read More
