What Is Persistent Depression?
Persistent depression is a continuous, chronic manifestation of depression that may be less severe than major depression but generally lasts for years or may seem to never end. As...
What Is Seasonal Depression?
Have you noticed that you or someone you care about experiences changes in mood or motivation around the same time every year? It’s normal to experience changes in emotional states...
What Is the Psychosocial Model of Mental Well-Being?
Most modern psychiatrists subscribe to the psychosocial (or more specifically, the biopsychosocial model) of mental well-being, but in our society, the biological and medical...
How to Cope With Depression
Experiencing depressive states can be a normal part of the human experience, but when feelings of hopelessness and a lack of motivation begin to interfere with everyday activities,...
Why Depression and Anxiety Treatment Centers Go Hand in Hand
It’s not uncommon for people to regard depression and anxiety as separate issues. After all, depression is frequently viewed as a low-energy state, while anxiety is seen as an...
The Most Common Challenges of Dual Diagnosis Treatment
Drug and alcohol addictions rarely exist in the absence of other underlying psychological issues. When deeper psychological struggles become the root of alcohol addiction,...
Inpatient vs. Outpatient Mental Health Treatment: Understanding the Differences
In a previous post, we outlined the fundamental differences between inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment to highlight the key benefits of inpatient mental health...
The Risks of Untreated Bipolar Disorder
The Difficulty of Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder As discussed in a previous post, emotional dysregulation is frequently misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder. A bipolar II diagnosis...
How to Stop OCD Thoughts
Asking how to stop OCD thoughts is similar to asking, “Does OCD go away?” To the latter, we often reply, “Well, do you go away?” That’s because the cognitive style commonly labeled...
Can OCD Go Away?
Does Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Ever Go Away? Following an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) diagnosis, one of the most common questions clients ask us is, “Does OCD go away?”...