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Intellectual Developmental Disorder and Mental Health

Child Mind Intitute

Research shows that children with intellectual developmental disorder have a higher incidence of mental health problems than other kids, but they are less likely to be diagnosed and treated for them. Why are kids with IDD more at risk for mental health disorders?

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Staying Grounded: The 3-3-3 Rule for Anxiety 

Clear Behavioral Health

The 3-3-3 rule for anxiety can help you calm yourself when your anxiety spikes [1]. Anxiety is a common condition in the United States, with about 3.1% of the population having a diagnosed anxiety disorder [2]. While using the 3-3-3 method, you can be discreet.

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Test Anxiety – How to Calm Your Nerves Before a Big Test

Clear Behavioral Health

You might be thinking that test anxiety is normal, although pre-test nerves are common; however, clinical testing anxiety is a psychological condition. People who experience generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have a greater chance of developing testing anxiety. Related: What is Anxiety? have GAD [2].

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. The biomedical approach to distress has spread beyond the health/mental health sector and has seeped into every sector of the community.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6)

Mad in America

I n a previous chapter I reported data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 11c that suicides for the years 2007 to 2017 increased by 30% while the teen rate (ages 10 to 24) increased by 56%! This is the first step in evaluating any new drug, trying out the drug on normal people without the health problem under consideration.

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Day # 153: Insomnia - Assessment

Bullet Psych

Age : Insomnia symptoms can start at any age, but the first episode is more common in young adults. Overall, complaints are more common in middle-age and older adults. Late-life onset is often linked to other health conditions. Does not occur exclusively during the course of another sleep-wake disorder.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 1)

Mad in America

These drugs have often become the sole treatment for a variety of behavioral health disorders including clinical depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other approved and off-label uses of these drugs. Is depression really on the increase?