For Caregivers

How to help someone enter into therapy

When someone you care about needs help, you may find it very difficult to know which steps to take. Looking away and doing nothing has become all too easy in our society. Let's change all this and make it commonplace to reach out to others and say, "I'm concerned about you, is there anything I can do to help?"

ADHD on College Campuses

Can't study. Can't focus. Can't remember what I was supposed to do next. I've got to do this. No, I've got to do that. What was I doing? In college, students with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) face an array of challenges: long days and nights of classes, studying and activities, all of which require increasing amounts of concentration.

ADHD treatment options

A number of ADHD treatment options have proven to be effective for some children. Effective strategies include behavioral, pharmacological and multimodal methods.

Attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings help

One of many reasons attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings helps people with alcohol use disorders stay sober is that it appears to alleviate depression. A team of researchers has found that study participants who attended AA meetings more frequently had fewer symptoms of depression--as well as drank less--than did those participants with less AA participation.

Children with mental illness

Through greater understanding of when and how fast specific areas of children's brains develop, we are learning more about the early stages of a wide range of mental illnesses that appear later in life. Helping young children and their parents manage difficulties early in life may prevent the development of disorders.

Define a therapy plan for your child

When children are diagnosed with a mental health disorder, treatment often involves more than just the young patient.Treatment for a mental health issue doesn't occur in a vacuum.

Depression and medications

There are several types of medications used to treat depression. These include newer antidepressant medications–chiefly the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)–and older ones, the tricyclics and the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).

Depression and other illnesses

Depression often coexists with other illnesses that may precede the depression, follow it, cause it, be a consequence of it, or a combination of these. It is likely that the interplay between depression and other illnesses differs for every person and situation. Regardless, these other coexisting illnesses need to be diagnosed and treated.

Helpline Telephone Numbers

Telephone Help services provide easy, free access to quality resources.

How family and friends can help

The most important thing anyone can do for a man who may have depression is to help him get to a doctor for a diagnostic evaluation and treatment. First, try to talk to him about depression help him understand that depression is a common illness among men and is nothing to be ashamed about. Perhaps share this booklet with him. Then encourage him to see a doctor to determine the cause of his symptoms and obtain appropriate treatment.

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