Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
Pregnancy and Your Mental Health
It can be a very exciting time, finding out you are pregnant, but it can also make you feel uncomfortable, worried, unwell and make you wonder how you are going to cope. It doesn’t stop when the baby arrives. Some mums find it easy to adjust to life with a new baby, but others don’t!…
Read MoreUsing Technology to Support Youth Mental Health
Even there are many Youth Mental Health organizations, in some cases, patients fall through the cracks and how is a young person able to access a private psychologist when those most vulnerable are unable to pay the gap or traveling is too far? Having to wait six months on a public mental health waiting list…
Read MoreYouth Mental Health Issues
Mental health disorders that emerge during the formative years of childhood can have a lasting impact on the health and well-being of the individual and on the lives of those around them. Unlike many other health conditions, the experience of a mental health disorder is unique to the individual, meaning that the impact of the…
Read MoreMental Health
Good mental health is a sense of confidence, self-esteem and wellbeing. It enables us to fully appreciate and enjoy day-to-day, our environment and other people. When we are mentally healthy we can reach our potential using our abilities, form positive relationships and easy deal with life’s challenges. A health problem that significantly affects how a…
Read MoreDomestic Violence: Effects on Children, Parents, and Families
If you’re experiencing domestic violence and you’re a parent, it hurts you and your children in many ways, it might also affect the relationship that you have with your children. It can affect your ability to give your children the love and attention they need. It can also affect your ability to be the parent…
Read MoreI Have Nobody to Turn to
Loneliness is a feeling disconnected from the world around you or feeling of distress or sadness about being by yourself. It may be felt more over a long period of time. It is also possible to feel lonely, even when surrounded by people. Isolation is being separated from your environment and other people. Sometimes this…
Read MoreAlcohol and Drugs – The Facts
What is drug abuse? People often regard drug abuse as the consumption of illicit drugs and alcohol only, but can be involved many other types of substances. Misuse is when a pattern of harmful use develops which contributes to dysfunctional behaviors, to impaired judgment or psychological harm. The substances that young people and children commonly…
Read MoreWhat is Mental Health?
Good mental health is a sense of confidence, self-esteem and wellbeing. It enables us to fully appreciate and enjoy day-to-day, our environment and other people. When we are mentally healthy we can: reach our potential, using our abilities form positive relationships easy deal with life’s challenges. How can we improve our mental health? A few…
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