THE QUICK LIST
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MENTAL HEALTH
TAKEAWAYS TO
THINK ABOUT
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Mental
illnesses
are treatable, yet only 39
percent of those
who suffer from
them are receiving
proper treatment.
You probably know someone with a mental illness,
which affects one in
five Americans.
Success is
no measure
of mental
health. Abraham
Lincoln, J.K. Rowling and
Sheryl Crow are a few of the many
famous people who have suffered
from depression.
Depression involves
changes in brain
function, not emotions you can control.
Mental illnesses like
anxiety and obsessivecompulsive disorder
are no laughing matter. Jokes can cause
those who are suffering to feel shame and
embarrassment, preventing them from
seeking treatment.
Every minute counts when
someone is experiencing a
stroke. For the brain, one
hour without treatment equals
3.6 years of normal aging.
Up to 16 percent of
women experience
postpartum depression. If the baby blues last for
more than a few weeks, talk
to your doctor.
Recent decades have
seen tremendous
advances in mental
health treatment.
Lobotomies were
common as recently
as the 1940s.
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Probiotics may
improve functioning of the digestive system-and the
brain. Researchers are
studying the effects of
the supplements.
Everyone
feels
stressed
sometimes. But if
you wake up feeling
that way, you might
need to seek help
for anxiety.
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Living Well - Summer 2015 - Beaufort