Tag: mental health
Depression: Questions to Ask Yourself
Do you have depression? Mental health providers use many different tools to try to answer that question. One of the most common tools they use is the Patient Health Questionnaire, or the PHQ. The PHQ is a self-administered diagnostic tool that medical providers use to diagnose different mental health conditions, […]
How to Know if You’re Depressed
Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the world. Over 280 million people in the world suffer from this disorder, and it’s likely that many others have depression but aren’t yet diagnosed. Do you know how to tell if you’re one of the many people who suffer […]
Non-Drug Treatment for Depression
It’s common knowledge that depression can be treated with medication. There are many different types of antidepressant medications available, from SSRIs to older drug classes like tricyclic antidepressants. These medications have been proven to be effective for the treatment of depression. But maybe you’ve tried antidepressants and for one reason […]
Treatment Options for Depression: Should You Take Antidepressants?
Depression is a serious health condition that experts are working hard to address. Depressive disorders affect over 16 million adults in the U.S. alone. So, what can we do about it, and what are the different treatment options for depression? Antidepressant medications are one route of treatment that people with […]
Using TMS Therapy to Treat OCD (Here’s What You Need to Know)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is one of the most debilitating mental health conditions out there; its symptoms can severely limit the extent to which someone is able to participate in everyday life. It’s also more common than people realize, with two percent of the world population suffering from this disease. […]
Can TMS Therapy Help with Anxiety?
You may have heard about an innovative new treatment method called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS therapy. This non-invasive brain stimulation technique has accumulated an impressive amount of research supporting its effectiveness in treating depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But maybe you’re not depressed — you’re anxious. You wake up every […]
Am I Depressed?
When life gets hard, it can sometimes be difficult to tell up from down. You know that you’re struggling, and you know that every day brings new feelings of sadness, fear, and despair. What you don’t know, though, is whether or not you’re suffering from a mental health condition or […]
TMS Therapy in San Antonio: 5 Benefits
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS therapy, is an innovative new therapy technique that’s been proven to be especially helpful for treatment-resistant depression. If you’ve tried different depression treatments and haven’t seen any results, don’t give up hope. TMS therapy has helped many people recover from depression, even when nothing else […]
Comprehensive Mental Health: Steps to Take When You’re Struggling
When you look at mental health from a comprehensive perspective, it’s easy to see that our minds aren’t separate from our bodies or our spiritual lives. Implementing a comprehensive mental health approach means that when we are struggling mentally, we need to implement holistic techniques to take care of our […]
Comprehensive Mental Health Care: 5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Depression is one of the world’s most common mental illnesses, and millions of people have been diagnosed with some form of it. Although some medical providers might see depression as a disease that only lives in the brain, we, as comprehensive mental health practitioners, know better. Depression is a disease […]
