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What Are We Overlooking? Reviewing Current and Alternative Treatments for Psychosis

Mad in America

I n Part 1 , I looked at the longer-term inefficacy of ‘maintenance treatment’ with antipsychotics, and also at some ‘disappointing’ outcomes for ‘early intervention in psychosis’ (EIP). Interventions like these can be made safely and at relatively low cost. So what is there to lose?

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Data on Students Served Under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Kids Mental Health Info

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to more than 7.5 million (as of school year 2020-21) eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, including behavioral health disabilities.

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Intermountain Health and CredibleMind Offer Mental Health Resources and Tools

Credible Mind

Rethink Mental Health Intermountain Health and CredibleMind Offer Mental Health Resources and Tools Customized mental wellbeing platform to be integrated and offered community wide to boost health equity, promote early intervention, and streamline care access SAUSALITO, Calif.

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My Story of Surviving Psychiatry

Mad in America

It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. At the age of 41, I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in the midst of the Covid pandemic in the early autumn of 2020 in the throes of an episode of psychosis.

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What is Psychosis: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Now Psych

Psychosis is a mental health condition that affects an individual’s perception of reality. Early diagnosis and treatment can help manage symptoms and improve an individual’s quality of life. Psychosis can occur in people with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression , and other mental health conditions.

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Kids Mental Health Info

clingy or whiny behavior, thumb-sucking, baby talk) Showing increased alertness to the environment Early intervention is essential to helping children and adolescents recover from trauma. The post Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) appeared first on Kids Mental Health Info.