Resource topic
Mental Health
Explore mental health assessment, care options and practical support. Each article has a primary clinical topic, with related links where they help explain care or co-occurring needs.
Cross-topic support: crisis and safety, children and adolescents, perinatal mental health, older adults and neurodevelopmental support.
How it connects
Presentation before label
Symptoms are understood in context, including overlap and co-occurring needs.
- 01History
- 02Current safety
- 03Patterns
- 04Needs
Clinical resource
What to Do When Someone With PTSD Pushes You Away
orm can have far-reaching and debilitating effects on life, often emerging as a condition called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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How A Person With Bipolar Thinks
Your depression is more than just a case of "feeling sad." Bipolar depression manifests itself in a variety of ways for various people. It's…
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What Causes OCD To Get Worse
ymptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder can progress and worsen with time. Symptoms vary in intensity and frequency, and you may notice a rise in them…
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Teenage Anxiety Rehab
Helping teens with anxiety is a step-wise process. If you suspect your adolescent is dealing with anxiety disorder the first thing you should do…
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How To Get Someone Mental Help
Learn how to help someone get mental health support with calm, practical steps, boundaries, and communication guidance from THE BALANCE.
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Coping Skills for Depression
This article aims to provide an overview of the coping techniques for depression. Each method offers a practical solution to fight this disorder, both…
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ADHD With Bipolar Disorder
ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Bipolar disorder are distinct disorders that are increasingly being identified in American children and teenagers and are frequently diagnosed…
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Bipolar Disorder and Anger: Support, Boundaries and Safety
Practical guidance on irritability in bipolar disorder, communication, treatment support, personal boundaries and when to seek urgent help.
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PTSD From Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse, also known as psychological abuse, is a practice of behavior in which one person subjects another to mental or nonphysical acts that undermine…
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Does PTSD Go Away
PTSD is often fully reversible. However, there are sometimes long-term consequences. When PTSD sustains for a long time, dealing with it can be a miserable experience…
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Signs You Are Healing From Trauma
Relationships and interaction, re-connecting to our heritage and inherited practices, having a discipline like meditation and/or yoga, expressions like art, dancing, and literature, and more…
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Intermittent Explosive Disorder Treatment
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, lists intermittent explosive disorder (IED) as a mental health issue (DSM-5). Conduct disorder, Oppositional…
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