Search results for: “suicide”
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Does Mental health Affect your GPA?
By Abby from GPA Calculator Let us talk GPA. That’s Grade point average for those uninitiated. GPA is very important to you dealing with college matters. This leads to us exploring the effect of your state of mental health on your performance – GPA being a key measure… More than half of students struggle with…
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Lack of Mental Health Support during Covid-19
By Robin (from ABLEize) ABLEize has made a shocking discovery that many people with severe anxiety, depression and loneliness as well as thoughts of suicide during the fears following Coronavirus (COVID-19) are not able to receive the mental health support they so desperately need. Due to the lack of mental health support during Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
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Can Acupuncture Help Alleviate Depression?
By April Joy Acupuncture is an alternative treatment that involves the insertion of thin needles into some parts of the body. This is done in the belief that it can help establish a balanced bodily energy. When balance is achieved, the person can feel relief from whatever ailments she feels. The practice of acupuncture can…
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How have we (and the world) changed in the last decade!
Happy New Year! And happy new decade! We have officially entered the 2020s. The 2010s came with its highlights, dramas and effects. The world seemed to move a thousand years faster in just 10 years. How did all this affect us, our lives, our mental health, positively or negatively?
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Online Therapy for Mental Health
By Taína Cuevas Millions of people have found online therapy sites to be an effective, convenient alternative to traditional in-person therapy. It’s easy to understand the appeal too. These sites provide access to licensed therapists through a variety of means – text, direct message, phone, or video – from the comfort of the patient’s home…
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R U OK?
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. The theme this year is suicide and suicide prevention. Suicide is intentionally causing one down’s death. Suicide is a tragedy. It can happen at anytime, at any place to anyone at any age. Often there are warning signs. But do we know these signs? Do we know the risk factors? And if…