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Mental Health Articles

Mental health matters to all of us. According to a 2006 National Institute of Mental Health government study, one-quarter of the U. S. population, ages 18 years and over, in any given year suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder.

This translates to almost 58 million people.

Even though these numbers are astounding, they are not as grim as they seem. Even though a quarter of the population is walking around with some form of diagnosable mental disorder, only 6-percent have a serious mental illness. This still translates to approximately 15 million people. For ages 15 - 44 mental disorders are the leading cause of disabilities in the U. S. and Canada.

What kind of mental disorders are we talking about? Well, approximately 21 million people have been diagnosed with some form of mood disorder, not including major depressive disorder. Those with major depressive disorder who are 18 years or older account for 14.8 million people in a given year.

What about the other major disorders? In any given year in the U. S. there are in the 18 and older population, 5.7 million bi-polar, 2.4 million schizophrenic, 2.2 million obsessive compulsive, 7.7 million post-traumatic stress, 8.5 million eating disorder and 4.5 million Alzheimer's cases. And, this is not to mention all the other diagnosable mental health disorders.

On these pages, we've accumulated some interesting and informative mental health articles that will help educate, illuminate and hopefully de-stress you at the same time. Will a mental health epidemic glaring right at us, we could all use some good information and relaxation to help us have a better mental health day and better living through mental health.

Learn how overcoming panic attacks is not as difficult as many will make it out to be. With some simple techniques you can lower your own intense situational anxiety significantly.

Learn how depression medication is far better than self-medication in overcoming hopelessness and helplessness. For many, overcoming the stigma of taking depression medication is the toughest hurdle in getting help.

Many people have anxiety from time to time. Some people get stuck in an anxious state and need help in overcoming their fears. Learn what kind of help is available.

Some people with anxiety can actually have a severe form called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in which traumatic events can be triggered and run over-and-again throughout one's head. Find out what can be done to overcome this condition.

Whether its mental health you're interested in or other areas of health, we've compiled some interesting articles for your review. Please check out all of the health and fitness articles on this website and let us know if there are any additions you would like to see on this page or any of the other pages.