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Types of mental health problems
Types of mental health problems
Explains what anger is, and how to deal with it in a constructive and healthy way.
Explains anxiety and panic attacks, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains what bipolar disorder is, what kinds of treatment are available, and how you can help yourself cope. Also provides guidance on what friends and family can do to help.
Explains body dysmorphic disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains what BPD is and what it’s like to live with this diagnosis. Also provides information about self-care, treatment and recovery, and gives guidance on how friends and family can help.
Explains depression, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains dissociative disorders, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains the mental health effects of recreational drugs and alcohol, and what might happen if you use recreational drugs and also have a mental health problem. Includes suggestions for where you might find support.
Explains eating problems, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains what it is like to hear voices, where to go for help if you need it, and what others can do to support someone who is struggling with hearing voices.
Explains hoarding, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains hypomania and mania, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains loneliness, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Explains what mental health problems are, what may cause them, and the many different kinds of help, treatment and support that are available. Also provides guidance on where to find more information, and tips for friends and family.
Explains obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains what panic attacks are, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains paranoia, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains personality disorders, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support.
Explains phobias, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains postnatal depression and other perinatal mental health issues, including possible causes, sources of treatment and support. Also gives advice for friends and family.
Explains what post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD are, and provides information on how you can access treatment and support. Includes self-care tips and guidance for friends and family.
Explains what PMDD is and explores issues around getting a diagnosis. Also provides information on self care and treatment options, and how friends and family can help.
Explains what psychosis is, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains what schizoaffective disorder is, including its symptoms and causes. Gives advice on how you can help yourself and what types of treatment and support are available, as well as guidance for friends and family.
Explains schizophrenia, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains seasonal affective disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains how to increase your self-esteem, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Explains self-harm, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Explains insomnia and other sleep problems, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Explains what stress is, what might cause it and how it can affect you. Includes information about ways you can help yourself and how to get support.
Explains what suicidal feelings are, including possible causes and how you can learn to cope.
Explains what tardive dyskinesia is, what causes it and what you can do to manage it.
Explains what trauma is and how it affects your mental health, including how you can help yourself, what treatments are available and how to overcome barriers to getting the right support. Also includes tips for people who want to support someone who has gone through trauma.
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/
Living with a mental health problem can often have an impact on day to day life, making things that others might not think about a bit more difficult.
The human brain is a wonder in its own existence. It helps us to perceive and understand our environment and its creatures, namely us. By definition it is a complex structure with its own functions to control our body. Despite all of this our brain has its own set of fundamental problems. You see our brain works on what information we give it, it develops its mind-set on our surroundings and how we retain and interpret them. This, though a good thing, is majorly responsible for what we label as ‘stigma’ in the society. It creates pressures on certain individuals to behave and evolve in the set limits of the society. So when an individual is not able to do so he often is under stress which gives rise to mental disorders such as depression.
It focuses more on behaviour which is not considered to be ‘normal’ by the standards of our society. Apart from this mental illness can also be caused by a number of other chronic physical illness such as heart disease and diabetes.
People who suffer from this disease often go undetected and are usually isolated as the society tends to view them morally broken than ill. This creates a huge negative impact on the individual forcing them to be quite about their problems.
The question that arises now is how do we create a more empathetic and aware society so as to help these people. A certain better understanding of human brain would play a great role but our own interpretation of such crucial health problems will work faster and force around us also to develop their thought process.
When mental health is recognised as an essential element like physical health and not an incipient element of it then truly we will have access to the best possible modern medicine.
Wellbeing hand
Wellbeing hand
So many factors impact your mental wellbeing and it's important to look after yourself in all areas to help improve your mental health. Doing things that make you feel good like being with friends, family, exercising or studying is good ways to help make you feel productive and de-stress.
Useful links/contacts
Useful links/contacts
Nightline
Nightline
Lancaster Nightline is a listening and information service run by students for students at Lancaster University. Nightline aim to provide a night-time contact point offering a wealth of free information or just a non-judgemental listening ear. All calls made to Nightline are confidential, and remain completely anonymous. You can contact Nightline by telephone (01524 594444)
Mind:
Mind:
Infoline: 0300 123 3393
Email: info@mind.org.uk
Text: 86463
If you are on campus, 999 for the Emergency Services, then afterwards contact the Security Reception on 01524 594541 to let them know so they can direct the Emergency Services appropriately on arrival.
If you are off campus, 999 for the Emergency Services.
https://talklistenchange.org.uk/contact-us/booking
Lancaster su - The VP Welfare is Amy Merchant : su.vp.welfare@lancaster.ac.uk.
NHS 111 - This is the NHS non-emergency number. NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day. Call 111 and speak to an advisor.
Financial stress – Studentfunding@lancaster.ac.uk
Chaplaincy – Chaplaincy@lancaster.ac.uk
Or
You can also contact the Grizedale CAT Team.
GZ JCR Welfare team -
VP Welfare - j.humphreys1@lancaster.ac.uk
Women's welfare - c.a.may@lancaster.ac.uk
Men's welfare - m.ladda@lancaster.ac.uk
Community inclusion - s.rayarel@lancaster.ac.uk
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