Whether we’re looking at a disorder or someone’s ability to regulate their own emotions, the biopsychosocial model can help conceptualise the contributing factors. These factors don’t sit in silos – they interact with each other.
Adjustment Disorder
Adjustment disorder is a stress-related condition where you have trouble getting used to a big change in your life.
Interactive Explanations: What Contributes to Mental Health Issues?
Many things can contribute to mental health issues and mental illness – biological factors, psychological factors, and social/environmental factors. All the factors interact with and influence each other. This is what we call the biopsychosocial model.
Myths and Facts: Psychiatric Medication
Busting common myths about psychiatric medication, a topic that can be riddled with many misconceptions. An info-graph created by Claire.
Mentally Healthy but Mentally Ill
The mental health continuum looks at mental health and mental illness as separate things. They may affect each other, but one does not determine the…
Thinspo, Ana, & Mia
Thinspo, or thin-inspiration, is more rampant than ever today – it is every Internet user’s responsibility to work against its rise, and the leaders Ana…
Myths vs Facts: Psychosis
There are many misconceptions about psychosis, which is – by definition: a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is…
Myths About Mental Illness
According to the World Health Organization, mental health is defined as “a state of wellbeing in which every individual realizes his or her own potential,…
Antidepressants (SSRI, SNRI, NDRI, Tricyclics)
Antidepressants are used in the treatment of depressive disorders (e.g. major depressive disorder, dysthymia). They can also be used for other conditions, such as anxiety…
Anxiety
People suffering from anxiety disorders often face more than a few minutes or hours of uncomfortable anxiety. Their anxiety goes on for longer periods of…