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Social Engagement > Support Groups
Online vs. In-Person Support Groups: Which Format Is Right for Your Family?
...groups, whether online or in-person, produce measurable improvements in mental health outcomes for caregivers and parents navigating chronic illness and...in mental health outcomes for caregivers and parents navigating chronic illness and disability. The difference isn't whether they work. It's how they work....
Medical > Psychiatry
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
...condition. They're treatable mental health disorders occurring...Less than a quarter receive mental health care. That gap is the...crisis. Not the prevalence of mental illness in this population,...Not the prevalence of mental illness in this population, which is...know to close that gap. Why Mental Health Conditions Are More...
Health > Mental Health
When Medical Care Becomes Traumatic: PTSD in Disabled Children and Their Families
...where the child knows what's coming and begins to cry before anyone touches them. These are not isolated bad days. For families navigating chronic illness or disability, medical settings become a recurring landscape. And for some, that repetition creates trauma. Medical trauma refers to the psychological...
Health > Mental Health
Bipolar Pride and Prejudice
...leap to find parallels in mental health, where irrationally...ground whenever confronted by mental illness. As young Kevin McAllister...whenever confronted by mental illness. As young Kevin McAllister...more often with those with mental illness — that is the inability...often with those with mental illness — that is the inability or...
Parenting > Adulthood
Designing a Future for a Child with Special Needs
...especially if that person is their child. When a family is coping with mental illness and intense special needs and a parent is charged with not only...especially if that person is their child. When a family is coping with mental illness and intense special needs and a parent is charged with not only choosing...
Health > Mental Health
Teenage Mutant Bipolar Heroes
...phase kicks is, the mood will be high energy, nonsense — often endearing — mental sharpness and outright arrogance. Sounds familiar doesn't it!! There's...ascribed as teenage hormones, and without seeking to be alarmist, this illness lurks beneath the surface like a Shark! One can almost hear the fabled music....
Health > Mental Health
Loneliness Increases Risk of Death
...peers who are social. Additionally, a separate study shows that adults with heart disease who live alone are 25 percent more likely to die from the illness. According to researchers, one in seven Americans live alone. The importance of this research suggests that psychosocial needs are important alongside...
Health > Mental Health
IASO (Immature Adrenaline Systems Over-reactivity), AKA Aggressive Behavior
...medical community aggression is not part of most mental illnesses. However, mental illness can set the...is not part of most mental illnesses. However, mental illness can set the stage for aggression to occur...part of most mental illnesses. However, mental illness can set the stage for aggression to occur more...
Financial > Grants
Susie Bean Helps Families with Special Needs
...loved one with mental illness or autism....one with mental illness or autism. As the...with children with mental illness started...children with mental illness started very young....and daughter of mental illness, Dr. Salek...daughter of mental illness, Dr. Salek understands...with autism or mental illness in need...autism or mental illness in need of financial...
Health > Mental Health
New Mental Health Manual Could Be “Dangerous”
...and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Many experts...unconventional romantic lives as having mental disorders. The DSM is published...the diagnostic “bible” for mental health medicine internationally....diminishing the seriousness of mental illness and put a medical label...the seriousness of mental illness and put a medical label on...
Education > Higher Education
Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services
...DRC coordinates academic accommodations for students with documented disabilities. This includes learning disabilities, ADHD, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, chronic health conditions, and sensory impairments. Common accommodations include: Extended time on exams (time-and-a-half or double...
Special Needs > Mobility Limitations
Accessing Adaptive Sports Equipment: Grants and Funding Sources for Families
...tools for recreation. That doesn't make them less important. Studies consistently show that adaptive sports participation improves physical health, mental health, and peer connection for kids with disabilities. But "improves quality of life" doesn't meet the medical necessity threshold most insurers use....