Mental Health
A comprehensive overview of addiction, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia, including symptoms and diagnosis, finding the right care, and inspiring testimonials from patient experts living with the conditions.
What Do You Do If a Loved One Is Depressed?
What do you say? What don’t you say? Reaching out to a loved one with depression takes thought and deliberation. Here is a helpful guide.
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These 4 Factors Can Predict Your Postpartum Depression
What if it was possible to predict whether your symptoms of depression would worsen during the first year after giving birth?
Is It Bipolar or a Different Diagnosis?
The incorrect diagnosis of bipolar or calling someone bipolar when there is a different set of symptoms disrupts lives, says Julie A. Fast. Learn what bipolar disorder is and isn't.
10 Signs It's Time to Get Help for Depression
What’s the difference between passing sadness and clinical depression? Here are 10 red flags or symptoms of major depressive disorder that signal when to get help.
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness in College
Mental illness affects all people, from all backgrounds. It's time we fought fear with facts.
5 Steps to Cultivate Flow
Flow is a state of being when you are so immersed in a task that everything around you seems to fade into the background. Research says the benefits of flow are endless. Here's how to cultivate it.
Depression: Why Taking Medication Isn’t a Cop Out
Rachel Star Withers presents a convincing case on why taking antidepressants is not a sign a weakness, but rather strength.
10 Signs of Bipolar Disorder
We know the stereotypes of bipolar disorder. But are they accurate? Therese Borchard highlights 10 common red flags of bipolar disorder, including realistic examples.
9 Essential Coping Strategies for Bipolar Disorder
Don’t let your bipolar disorder run the show. Here are nine essential strategies that will allow you to live your full life despite your mood disorder.
Small Trauma: How to Recognize and Deal With It
Trauma doesn’t always involve violence, death, or something big. Sometimes a stressful event is enough to trigger a depressive episode. Understand small trauma and how to get help.
Opioid Overdose Death Rate Soars in the U.S
The risk of accidental death from an opioid overdose has surpassed the risk of dying in a car crash for the first time, according the National Safely Council.
Meet the Experts
Therese Borchard
Contributing EditorTherese Borchard is Senior Editor at Health Central, where she covers Mental Health & Wellness among other topics. She has written for a variety of websites, is the author of several books, and is a passionate mental health advocate.
Mike Veny
Patient ExpertMike Veny is one of world’s leading mental health speakers and a high-energy corporate drumming event facilitator.
Eileen Bailey
Health WriterEileen Bailey is an award-winner author of six books on health and parenting. She specializes in ADHD, Anxiety, Sexual Health, Skin Care, Psoriasis and Skin Cancer.