Mental Health Notes

June 9th, 2008

Female Celebrities And Mental Illness

This post is part of Celebrity Health Week at the b5media Health & Wellness Channel. For more information about Celebrity Health Week posts here at Mental Health Notes, visit Introducing Celebrity Health Week: Celebrities And Mental Illness.
In this Celebrity Health Week post, we’ll take a look at some female celebrities who have a mental illness […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 5 comments

May 22nd, 2008

On TV Tonight: MTV True Life: I Have Schizophrenia

EDIT: True Life: I Have Schizophrenia is now available for viewing online at MTV.com.
I don’t watch much MTV anymore. I don’t know why; I guess I’m getting old.
However, from time to time something on MTV will catch my eye as I’m flipping through the channels, and I expect tonight’s episode of MTV’s “True Life” series […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments

March 15th, 2008

Saturday Sanity: New Blogs, Articles, Resources, And Reports

Nutrition, drug abuse, pregnant teens, and new blogs - it’s all part of this week’s Saturday Sanity!

Did you know March is National Nutrition Month? In honor of that, we here at the b5media Science & Health Channel chose nutrition as the topic for our monthly theme day. See what I had to say about brain-boosting […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

February 29th, 2008

Untreated OCD Leads To Severe Complications

I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 7
Now that you know more about available treatment and management options for obsessive-compulsive disorder, let’s talk a bit about what happens if you leave your OCD untreated and unmanaged.
It’s not a pretty picture, folks.

When ignored, OCD can:

Make you feel like a prisoner. Your OCD may […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 6 comments

February 29th, 2008

Treatment And Management Options For OCD

I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 6
Once you’ve been properly diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, there are three main categories of treatment and management options for you: psychotherapy, medications, and self-care.
Psychotherapy
The Mayo Clinic gives a great, thorough definition of psychotherapy.
In short, psychotherapy is effective for both children and adults, and the form […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 5 comments