While both conditions can cause mood swings, they have distinct characteristics. BD involves episodes of mania and depression, while BPD has frequent mood shifts that are reactive to events. Treatments also differ, let’s take a deeper look into the topic! Understanding the Overlap Between Bipolar Disorder and BPD Both bipolar...
30 April,2024 | 5 min read
High-Functioning Anxiety: Signs, Symptoms, Causes & Treatment If you have known people who define the idea of what it means to be an ‘overachiever’, there perhaps may be a more layered undertone. People who are ‘high-functioning’ are more often than not, very anxious people. They can mask the symptoms of...
31 July,2023 | 5 min read
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Skills To Help People Mental health first aid (MHFA) is provided to someone who is developing a mental illness, having a mental crisis, or someone with a worsening of an existing mental illness. The skills required to provide are basic and easy enough for anyone...
03 July,2023 | 5 min read
Pica Eating Disorder: All you need to Know “Don’t eat that!” We have all had a parent or an elder say this to us right? This could be when we were chewing toys or consuming dirt. We eventually grew out of this habit, at least I hope we did. But,...
03 July,2023 | 5 min read
12 Ways to Raise Self-Confidence in Your Kids Like adults, children also have struggles of their own. Because children are growing at such a rapid pace, there are a lot of adjustments and changes taking place in their lives. Not only that but parents and teachers also tend to have...
03 July,2023 | 5 min read
Difference Between Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia and Alzheimers can be hard to diagnose, not only because the exact cause is not known but because the symptoms tend to overlap between the two. Alzheimer’s and dementia affect millions of people every year. However, due to the lack of awareness, many...
03 July,2023 | 5 min read
Guide to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Signs, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment When we hear the term ADHD, we may paint a picture of a stereotypically hyperactive child. A child who is forgetful, impatient, and disruptive. Although we may be partially correct in assuming those signs, there is a lot...
03 July,2023 | 5 min read
10 Things to Do if You Are Feeling Lonely Despite huge technological advances and increasing ways to “stay connected”, we have become increasingly disconnected from each other and feel more lonely. The current COVID pandemic situation has only exacerbated these feelings across the population. People feel more isolated and anxious....
03 July,2023 | 5 min read
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