For many people adult autism is just the way of life. They have to endure living with this disorder, which can be very difficult because they can’t function as normal people can function. For some people, they have learned to accept this disorder and live with it, but what makes it really difficult for some, [...]
The Government announced this week that people with mental health problems are to get extra help with managing their condition to help them continue to work. Apparently pilot schemes run in conjunction with the mental health charity Mind have achieved 90% success in helping people with fluctuating mental health conditions retain their jobs. [...]
For seniors who live independently, mental health is largely dependent on their capacity for self awareness and their willingness to seek appropriate care. For those living in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities, the situation is a little more tenuous. As the numbers show, depressive and behavioral disorders are prevalent in these settings. In [...]
Tiger Woods has one. So does Andre Agassi. Almost every college pro team, major league pro sports team and Olympic team has one. Virtually every pro golfer and pro tennis player has one. What do they have? A Mental Game Coach. These top sports stars are smart. They’re good already. Even great. Some are all-stars [...]
RESEARCHERS have confirmed a strong link between high sugar consumption and the risk of both depression and schizophrenia. A British scientists-Malcolm Peet who led other researchers to conduct a provocative cross-cultural analysis of the relationship between diet and mental illness, discovered two potential mechanisms through which refined sugar intake could exert a toxic effect on [...]
Health promotion in the workplace benefits not only the company, but the employee as well. Additionally, there is a distinct trickle-down effect as the benefits are transferred from employee to family members. Health promotion in the workplace creates conditions that support and teach the best possible health for the employee. This gives employees a sense [...]
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, passed by Congress in October 2008, promotes equitable care for mental health illnesses by requiring parity between medical and mental health benefits. The law applies to group health plans, including both fully insured and self-funded plans. However, small employers with 2-50 employees and individual coverage [...]
Separate attention should be given to women’s health. It is obvious that men and women are different. The major health concerns of men are not the same for women. Moreover, women’s bodies and systems also respond differently to various treatment approaches. Alternative Medicine for Women First of all, it is crucial to understand that conventional [...]
For the parents of a child with autism it can be a continuous process to search for new activities and stimulations that can prove to be a benefit their child. And the hardest part can be discerning the validity of the treatment in question, and the true long-term effects of implementation. But with music and [...]
We are all, individually, responsible for our own health. We make choices about what we take into our bodies as regards food, fluids and substances and we make choices on how we look after our health – mental and physical. We also have the option to ignore potential health problems, take ourselves off to our [...]
