Stress can be very serious and can lead to various anxiety-related conditions. If you live with stress, you may know how it can affect your relationships, work-life, and even your daily life. But stress does not have to ruin your life. With Harmony Hills’ anxiety disorder treatment program, you can put stress back into perspective.…
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Traumatic events can follow you through your daily life if they are not properly processed. Many traumatic events occur daily, such as the grief of losing a loved one, experiencing a natural disaster, or being a victim of violence. Because these events happen so often, it is important to have proper coping mechanisms. But sometimes,…
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Most individuals will deal with trauma in their lives. However, how can you know when trauma has affected your life beyond what is normal? The truth is trauma affects different people in different ways. This means there may be no way to gauge what might be considered a normal trauma response. However, if you find…
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National counseling awareness month is a time to seek advocacy if you struggle with a mental health disorder. This time of the year offers many opportunities to participate in the community to show your support of counseling and seek help from counseling efforts. Most importantly, it is a time to embrace counseling as an effort…
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A mental health disorder can affect every aspect of your life, including your relationships, employment, and self-care routines. These struggles can worsen over time, as well. If you have been struggling with a mental health disorder, you know how hard it can be to find the right care to suit your needs. However, with Harmony…
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Psychological and emotional trauma is caused by extraordinarily stressful events that devastate your sense of safety and security, leaving you feeling helpless, vulnerable, and afraid. This type of trauma can result in upsetting memories that keep you in a state of stress or anxiety. You may also feel numb, disconnected from your environment, and unable…
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Many mental health disorders require a two-pronged approach to treatment, involving a combination of therapy and medication. Regardless of diagnosis, how individuals respond to medications is often a process of trial and error. A medication management program in Florida is essential to comprehensive mental health treatment. Medication management involves the initial evaluation of the need…
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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness that causes extreme disruptions in life. Not officially recognized as a separate disorder until 1980, research on BPD is more than two decades behind other major psychiatric disorders. Lack of information about BPD contributes to misinformation, misunderstanding, and overt stigma around it. According to the National…
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Defined as an event that threatens our sense of safety, whether real or perceived, a traumatic event can have a lasting emotional and psychological impact. It is normal to think, act, and feel differently following a traumatic event. For most, these effects subside after a short time, and the details of the trauma begin to…
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Why Veterans Should Enroll in the VA Healthcare System by Lisa Dean Florida has consistently been one of the top three most populated states in the country consisting of nearly 1.5M Veterans. However, over half of the Veterans that suffer from substance abuse, homelessness, and mental health concerns, are not enrolled with their…
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