Mental and Behavioral Health

Learn about mental and behavioral health problems

Many people are affected by mental health problems such as depression or panic disorders. These problems can make it harder to think clearly, manage how you feel, and work with other people. Sometimes you may feel helpless and hopeless. But you're not alone. Talking with others who suffer from these problems may help. And treatment can help you get back in control. Or maybe you're worried about someone else and want to help. Our information can answer your questions.

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Depression.
Bipolar Disorder.
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Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder.
Schizophrenia.

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Abuse in Vulnerable Adults
Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
ADHD and Hyperactivity
ADHD in Adults: Behavioral Strategies
ADHD: Impulsivity and Inattention
ADHD: Symptoms in Adults
ADHD: Tests for Other Disorders
Aggression in Young Children
Agitation and Dementia
Alcohol and Drug Use
Alcohol and Drugs: When to Get Help for an Intoxicated Person
Alcohol and Substance Use in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Alcohol Problems: How to Stop Drinking
Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol Withdrawal
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Coping With Sundowning
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Maintaining Good Nutrition
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Making the Most of Remaining Abilities
Alzheimer's Disease
Anger, Hostility, and Violent Behavior
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia: Learning New Eating Behaviors
Anorexia: Learning to Trust Others
Antidepressant Withdrawal
Antidepressants
Antipsychotic Medicines
Anxiety
Anxiety During and After Pregnancy
Assessing PTSD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Autism and Vaccines
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Adults
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Behavioral Training and Management
Avoiding Emotional Eating: Making a Plan
Barriers to Psychological Care
Behavior Rating Scales for ADHD
Behavior Therapy for ADHD
Binge Eating Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Bipolar Disorder in Children: Other Health Problems That May Occur
Bipolar Disorder in Children: School Issues
Bipolar Disorder: Helping Someone During a Manic Episode
Bipolar Disorder: Hypomanic Episodes
Bipolar Disorder: Manic Episodes
Borderline Personality Disorder
Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Eating
Building Resilience
Building Self-Esteem
Bulimia Nervosa
Bullying
Bullying: Building a Child's Self-Esteem
Bullying: How to Help Your Child Who Bullies
Calming Your Mind With Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Cancer Support: Dealing With Emotions and Fears
Cancer Support: Managing Stress
Cancer Support: When Your Cancer Comes Back or Gets Worse
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Emotional Health Benefits
Caregiving: Making a Home Safe
Cathy's Story: Dealing With Stress
Change a Habit by Setting Goals
Change Your Outlook to Lower Your Stress
Cheryl's Story: Dealing With Depression
Child Abuse and Neglect
Childhood Fears and Exposure to Violence
Choosing a Counselor or Therapist for Your Child
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pain Management
Common Coping Responses for Stress
Comparing Symptoms of Normal Moodiness With Depression in Children
Complications of Grief
Conditions With Symptoms Similar to Depression in Children and Teens
Confusion, Memory Loss, and Altered Alertness
Coping After a Traumatic Event
Coping With Osteoarthritis
Coping With Stress
Counseling for Sexual Problems
Counseling for Your Teen
Creating a Healthy Schedule When Working From Home
Dealing With Anxiety After a Loss
Dealing With Guilt After a Loss
Debbie's Story: People Can and Do Recover
Dementia
Dementia: Assessing Pain
Dementia: Legal Issues
Dementia: Medicines to Treat Behavior Changes
Dementia: Support for Caregivers
Dementia: Testing How Well a Person Functions
Dementia: Tips for Communicating
Dementia: Understanding Behavior Changes
Dental Anxiety
Depression
Depression and Anxiety When You Have Coronary Artery Disease
Depression and Suicide
Depression and the Holidays
Depression During Pregnancy
Depression in Children and Teens
Depression in Older Adults
Depression Screening
Depression Screening in Children and Teens
Depression, Anxiety, and Physical Health Problems
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Do I Have Depression?
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence: Checklist of Things to Take When You Leave
Domestic Violence: Getting a Protective Order
Drinking More Than You Want To?
Drug Withdrawal in Newborns (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome)
Dyslexia
Eating Disorders: Cultural and Social Factors
Eating Disorders: Feeling Better About Yourself
Eating Disorders: Malnutrition Tests
Eating Disorders: Things That Put a Person at Risk
Effective Parenting: Discipline
Elder Abuse
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Emotional Eating
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Examining Your Beliefs to Manage Stress
Exposure Therapy
Family Therapy
Family Therapy for Depression in Children
FDA Advisories for Antidepressants
Feeling Depressed
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Fibromyalgia: Managing Fibro Fog
Finding Purpose
Finding Reliable Mental Health Resources Online
Finding Strength to Keep Going: Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts
Form for Identifying Reasons to Cut Down On or Stop Alcohol Use
Gambling Disorder
Gender Dysphoria
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Get Regular Exercise for Mental Health
Getting Help During a Mental Health Crisis
Getting Help With Housing
Getting Help With Transportation
Give Yourself a Break: Practicing Self-Compassion
Grief and Grieving
Grief Counseling
Grief: Dealing With Feelings of Insecurity
Grief: Helping Children Understand
Grief: Helping Teens With Grief
Grief: Losing a Loved One
Grief: When Major Loss Challenges Your Beliefs
Guided Imagery
Handling Sadness and Yearning After a Major Loss
Healthy Eating and Stress
Help for Anger Problems
Helping a Family Member Who Has PTSD
Helping Kids Handle Peer Pressure
Helping Someone During a Panic Attack
Helping Your Child Build a Healthy Body Image
Helping Your Child Manage Their Emotional Reactions
Helping Your Child Recover After a Traumatic Event
Helping Your Teen Recover After a Traumatic Event
Hoarding Disorder
How ADHD Affects Your Child
How to Build Well-Being
How to Track Your Stress
Hyperventilation
Importance of Personal Relationships for Lowering Stress
Independent Living for People With Disabilities
Infertility: Emotional and Social Support
Interactive Tool: Are You Depressed?
Interactive Tool: How Well Do You Bounce Back?
Interactive Tool: Is Your Use of Alcohol Harmful?
Interactive Tool: What Is Your Stress Level?
Interactive Tools
Keeping Change Going—Your New Normal
Learning Disabilities
Learning to Say No
Letting It Go: Getting Past Negative Emotions
Light Therapy
Living With More Than One Health Problem
Loneliness and Your Health
Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Medicines
Maintaining a Healthy Relationship With Someone Who Has a Mental Health Condition
Making a Change That Matters
Making a Suicide Safety Plan
Making Your Change Happen
Managing Relationship Stress for Couples
Managing Relationship Stress for Families
Managing Your Emotional Reactions
Martha's Story: A Voice for Recovery
MDMA (Ecstasy)
Medical History and Physical Exam for Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease
Medicines and Other Substances That Can Cause Symptoms of Depression
Medicines for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Memory Problems: Issues With Driving
Memory Problems: Tips for Helping the Person With Daily Tasks
Memory Problems: Wandering
Mental Health Conditions and Stigma
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Mind-Body Wellness
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Mood Disorders in Children
Mood-Stabilizing Medicines
Multiple Sclerosis: Mental and Emotional Problems
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP)
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Managing Your Energy
Myths About Tourette's Disorder
Myths and Facts About Depression
Nail-Biting
Natural and Logical Consequences for Behavior
Nervous System Problems
Night Eating Syndrome
Nonepileptic Seizures (NES)
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children
Nonverbal Learning Disorder
Not Ready for Change?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Opioid Use Disorder
Overcoming Anger
Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
Phobias
Physical Abuse
Physical and Emotional Changes as Death Approaches
Planning a Secure Financial Future
Planning for a Change That Matters
Positive Thinking Daily Journal
Postpartum Depression
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Practicing Gratitude
Problem-Solving to Manage Stress
Prolonged Grief
Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA)
PTSD and Panic Attacks
Questions About Substance Use Treatment Programs
Quick Tips: Reducing Holiday Stress
Quick Tips: Reducing the Stress of Caregiving
Ravi's Story: Coping With Back Pain and Depression
Reducing Financial Stress With Better Money Management
Relapse of Schizophrenia
Residential Treatment for Substance Use
Rethink How You Respond to Stress
Safety Plan: Preparing to Leave a Violent Relationship
Saying No to Alcohol and Drugs
Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia: Encouraging Social Skills
Schizophrenia: Encouraging Someone to Take the Medicines
Schizophrenia: Helping Someone Who Is Hallucinating
Schizophrenia: Helping Someone Who Is Paranoid
Schizophrenia: Social Skills Training
Schizophrenia: Warning Signs of Violence
Schizophrenia: When Hospital Care is Needed
Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Screenings for Health-Related Social Needs
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-Test for Anxiety
Sensory Processing Disorder
Separation Anxiety: Helping Your Child
Setting Goals
Sexual Abuse or Assault (Rape)
Sexual Abuse: Signs and Symptoms
Sharing Memories With Older Adults
Sherri's Story: Medicines Do Work
Simple Ways to Connect With Others and Reduce Loneliness
Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Connections
Social Factors That Can Affect Health
Spirituality and Your Health
St. John's Wort
Starting Antidepressants: How to Care for Your Child
Starting Medicines for ADHD: How to Care for Your Child
Staying Safe: After You Leave a Violent Relationship
Staying Safe: If You Are in a Violent Relationship
Stop Negative Thoughts: Choosing a Healthier Way of Thinking
Stress and Back Pain
Stress in Children and Teens
Stress Management
Stress Management: Doing Imagery Exercises
Stress Relief and Relaxation
Stroke: Behavior Changes
Stroke: Changes in Emotions
Stroke: Dealing With Depression
Substance Use and Mental Health Conditions
Substance Use Disorder
Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults
Substance Use: Helping Someone Get Treatment
Substance Use: Staying Alcohol- or Drug-Free After Treatment
Suicidal Thoughts or Threats
Support Groups and Social Support
Supporting a Child Who Has a Mental Health Condition
Supporting Someone After Inpatient Mental Health Treatment
Supporting Someone During Inpatient Mental Health Treatment
Supporting Someone Who Has an Eating Disorder
Supporting Someone Who Takes Medicines for a Mental Health Condition
Susan's Story: A Friend Really Helps
Swallowed Air
Symptoms of Depression
Symptoms of Depression in Children
Symptoms of Severe Anxiety and Panic
Symptoms of Stress and Sleep Problems
Taking Care of Yourself When You Have a Child With Physical, Emotional, or Behavioral Problems
Taking Care of Yourself When Your Baby Is Fussy
Taking Medicine to Support Your Mental Health
Taking Steps Toward a Less Stressed Life
Talk to Others About Depression
Talking About Suicide to Someone You're Worried About
Tapping the Power of Optimism
Teaching Older Children and Teens About Consent
Teaching Your Young Child About Consent
Teen Behavior: What's Typical and What Are Signs of a Problem?
Teen Dating Violence
Teens: Being There for a Friend Who Self-Injures
Teens: Getting Out of an Unhealthy Friendship
Teens: Helping a Friend Who's Talking About Suicide
Teens: Supporting a Friend Who Is Struggling Emotionally
Teens: Talking About a Difficult Topic With Your Parent or Guardian
Teens: Things That Get in the Way of Mental Health Care
Teens: Tips for Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Teens: Tips for Using News and Social Media in a Healthy Way
Temper Tantrums
Temper Tantrums: Keeping a Record
Temporary Confusion or Decreased Alertness
Thinking About a Change?
Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop
Time-Out
Tips for Coping During a Divorce
Tips for Finding a Counselor or Therapist
Tips for Using News and Social Media in a Healthy Way
Tips to Help You Cope When Things Feel Out of Control
Tourette Syndrome (TS)
Tourette's Disorder: Tic Triggers
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Treatment Plan Record for a Child With ADHD
Types of Intimate Partner Violence
Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Understanding How Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Can Affect Children
Unproven Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Violent Behavior in Children and Teens
Virtual Reality Therapy
Warning Signs of Suicide
Warning Signs of Suicide in Children and Teens
Warning Signs of Suicide in Older Adults
Ways to Reduce Stress
Weakness and Fatigue
What Is Well-Being?
Why Work Breaks Help You Be Productive
Yoga

Alzheimer's Disease: Should I Take Medicines?
Depression: Should I Take an Antidepressant?
Depression: Should I Take Antidepressants While I'm Pregnant?

ADHD: Helping Your Child Get the Most From School
ADHD: Helping Your Child Get Things Done
Anxiety: Stop Negative Thoughts
Bipolar Disorder: Preventing Manic Episodes
Chronic Pain: Using Healthy Thinking
Depression: Dealing With Medicine Side Effects
Depression: Helping Someone Get Treatment
Depression: Managing Postpartum Depression
Depression: Stop Negative Thoughts
Depression: Supporting Someone Who Is Depressed
Depression: Taking Antidepressants Safely
Diabetes: Coping With Your Feelings About Your Diet
Eating Disorders: Stop Negative Thoughts
Grief: Coping With Grief
Grief: Helping Children With Grief
Grief: Helping Older Adults With Grief
Managing Job Stress
PTSD and Anger
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Using Light Therapy
Stop Negative Thoughts: Getting Started With Thought Reframing
Stress Management: Doing Breathing Exercises
Stress Management: Doing Guided Imagery
Stress Management: Doing Meditation
Stress Management: Doing Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress
Stress Management: Managing Your Time
Stress Management: Practicing Yoga to Relax
Stress Management: Relaxing Your Mind and Body
Using Telehealth Counseling
Weight Management: Stop Negative Thoughts

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Current as of: July 31, 2024

Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff

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