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The Mental Health Impacts of Wildfires
Wildfires, like other natural disasters and traumatic events, take a toll on the mental health of those directly affected and in the community. Whether the impact is the loss of a home, having to flee unexpectedly, dealing with the uncertainty of a fire’s path or worrying over smoke-filled skies, wildfires can lead to emotional distress.
What is Intellectual Disability?
Learn about intellectual disability, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to common questions.
What Is are Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disorder in which people have recurring, unwanted thoughts, ideas or sensations (obsessions) that make them feel driven to do something repetitively (compulsions). The repetitive behaviors, such as hand washing, checking on things or cleaning, can significantly interfere with a person’s daily activities and social interactions.
Nature’s Benefits for Mental Health May Not Work So Well When Pressured
During the more than a year of pandemic restrictions, access to parks and other green spaces have been very important escapes for many, offering a place to go for exercise and social interaction when other options weren’t available. Fifteen national parks set new recreation visitation records in 2020, despite temporary park closures and restrictions in response to the pandemic.
How Digital Health Navigators Make Digital Health Work for Your Practice
Among the many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it led to a swift and dramatic increase in the use of telehealth and other digital technologies.
What is Schizophrenia?
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Helping Residents Cope with a Patient Suicide
This information is intended to provide you with support, to help you learn from the experience of patient suicide, and to grow as a psychiatrist and as a person.
APA Foundation Encourages Action with First Major Mental Health Public Awareness Initiative
The APA Foundation announces the launch of Mental Health Care Works, a new public awareness campaign empowering individuals to take the first step to address their mental health.
What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Learn about Autism Spectrum Disorder, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to common questions.
Internet Gaming
Learn about internet gaming, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to common questions.
What Is a Substance Use Disorder?
Addiction is a complex condition, a brain disease that is manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequence. Learn more at psychiatry.org.
Yoga as a Mental Health Treatment
In a recent review in the journal Focus, Maren Nyer, Ph.D., and colleagues highlight the mounting evidence that yoga is helpful for a variety of mental health conditions and support integrating yoga into conventional mental health treatment.