Understanding Integrative Approaches to Mental Health

The demands of caregiving can be exhausting and overwhelming. But there are steps you can take to rein in stress and regain a sense of balance, joy, and hope in your life.

Occasional anxiety is a normal part of most people's lives. But if you experience anxiety on an ongoing basis that interferes with the way you make decisions or dampens your day-to-day joy, you may have an anxiety disorder.

No matter how happy and well-adjusted you are, when you unexpectedly lose a loved one, are diagnosed with a serious illness, or undergo an unwanted change of status - such as a divorce, or job loss - feeling grief is normal. Everyone experiences grief and loss differently, and there's no one "right" way to mourn or work through your feelings...

Sometimes you'll hear people joking about having OCD because they can't stop checking their email or want their desks to be in perfect order. But a clinical diagnosis of OCD denotes a mental illness whose manifestations extend beyond normal worry, cleanliness, or neatness. True OCD is marked by both compulsion and anxiety that decreases your...

According to the National Institutes of Health, alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S. and accounts for approximately 31% of fatal car accidents. More than 15 million American women and men and half a million youths (ages 12 to 17) have medically diagnosed alcohol use disorder (AUD), commonly referred to as...

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, almost 70% of children who are seen in a pediatric health setting have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lives. Science demonstrates that childhood trauma changes you on the level of your cells and even your genes. Some of these gene changes - known as epigenetic changes - can last...

You don't want to admit it, but you must: Something's wrong with the way you think about and interact with food. If you have an eating disorder, it's nothing to be ashamed about and you aren't alone. According to the Eating Disorders Coalition, not only will a tenth of Americans develop an eating disorder at some point in their lives,...

When you first met your significant other (SO), you both felt like you'd known each other all of your lives. Now you feel like you're living with a stranger. If you're having trouble communicating with your SO of any gender, you may wonder if couples counseling could reignite your romance and lead to deeper intimacy.

No matter where you live or what your background, every person on the planet experiences stress in various forms. Financial stress, problems at work or with relationships, changes in status, and even environmental stressors, including noise and pollution, all take their toll.