Using our mobile app? Be sure to check for any new app updates to receive any enhancements.
Logo

Get Healthy!

3 Results for search "Mental Illness / Retardation".

Wellness Library Results

"Last week I was really into black, but now I'm having a blue phase -- I must be schizophrenic." If you or someone close to you has schizophrenia, you know that this casual misuse of the term is both hurtful and wildly off the mark. Schizophrenia doesn't cause fashion indecision or multiple personalities. Schizophrenia is a form of psychosis that causes people to lose touch with reality and withdr...

If you've felt sad and listless for any length of time, you're not alone. About 7 percent of adult Americans suffer from depression in any given year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Depression can be brought on by biochemistry as well as the loss of a loved one, unemployment, or even a bout of ill health. Although research has shown time and again how our feelings can affect...

No American will ever forget where he or she was on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. I'm no exception, though that date will always mark two major events in my life. When the first plane struck the World Trade Center, I was at a funeral home, preparing to act as a pallbearer at my father's memorial service and burial. It was a duty I assumed with sadness but also some ambivalence. My father left hom...