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- 5 Action Steps for Helping Someone in Emotional Pain
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Infographic presents five steps for helping someone in emotional pain in order to prevent suicide. Steps include: Ask, Keep Them Safe, Be There, Help Them Connect, and Stay Connected.
- 5 Things You Should Know About Stress
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This fact sheet discusses five things to know about stress and how to manage it.
- About the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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This fact sheet describes the mission of NIMH, the type of research the Institute supports, and the functions of each NIMH office and division.
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The Basics
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This brochure focuses on basic information about ADHD in both children and adults including what it is, signs and symptoms, causes, treatments, and how to find help.
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
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This brochure informs parents and adults on the range of symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including social impairment, communications issues, and repetitive behaviors. It also discusses diagnosis and treatment of ASD.
- Bipolar Disorder
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This brochure describes the signs and symptoms, risk factors, and treatment options for bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depressive illness), a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
- Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
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This brochure provides information for parents about bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depressive illness) in children and teenagers. It addresses signs and symptoms, treatment options, and how parents can help their child with this disorder.
- Borderline Personality Disorder
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Learn about borderline personality disorder, an illness marked by an ongoing pattern of varying moods, self-image, and behavior.
- Children and Mental Health
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It can be hard to tell the difference between challenging behaviors and emotions that are consistent with typical child development and those that are cause for concern. Learn about symptoms, treatment options, and resources to help your child.
- Chronic Illness & Mental Health
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This brochure discusses chronic illnesses and depression, including symptoms, health effects, treatment, and recovery.
- Clinical Research Trials and You: Questions and Answers
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Brochure discusses what a clinical trial is, who participates in clinical trials including patient and healthy volunteers, why people participate in clinical trials, and guidelines.
- Could I Have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
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Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) begins in childhood and is considered a developmental disorder, but a person may not receive a diagnosis until adolescence or adulthood. This brochure explains how ADHD affects adults, including signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments options.
- Depression: What You Need To Know
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This booklet contains information on depression (depressive disorder or clinical depression), including signs and symptoms, treatment and support options, and a listing of additional resources.
- Depression in Women: 5 Things You Should Know
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This brochure discusses five things about depression in women, the types of depression unique to women and how to find help.
- Eating Disorders: About More Than Food
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This brochure provides information about different types of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. It also addresses how eating disorders are treated and what research is being done to better understand these disorders.
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder: When Worry Gets Out of Control
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This brochure discusses signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
- Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Disasters and Other Traumatic Events: What Parents, Rescue Workers, and the Community Can Do
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This brochure describes common reactions to trauma and what parents, rescue workers, and the community can do to help children and adolescents cope with disasters and other traumatic events.
- Let’s Talk About Eating Disorders
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This infographic presents facts that can help shape conversations around eating disorders.
- Looking at My Genes: What Can They Tell Me About My Mental Health?
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This fact sheet answers commonly asked questions about genes and their role in a person’s mental health. It covers family history, genetic testing versus genome scans, and NIMH research on genetics.
- Men and Depression
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Men and women may experience depression very differently. This brochure describes common signs and symptoms, and treatment options for depression in men.
- NIMH Answers Questions About Suicide
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Brochure focuses on suicide and suicidal thoughts/behaviors in young people including risk factors, warning signs, resources, social media, reporting on suicide, and prevention.
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: When Unwanted Thoughts or Irresistible Actions Take Over
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This brochure discusses signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a chronic disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts and behaviors.
- Older Adults and Depression
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Depression is not a normal part of aging. This brochure describes the signs, symptoms, and treatment options for depression in older adults.
- PANDAS—Questions and Answers
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This fact sheet describes the causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS).
- Panic Disorder: When Fear Overwhelms
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This brochure discusses symptoms, causes, and treatments for panic disorder, a type of anxiety disorder associated with sudden and repeated attacks of fear.
- Postpartum Depression Facts
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A brochure on postpartum depression that explains its causes, symptoms, treatments, and how to get help.
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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This brochure focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a disorder that some people develop after experiencing a shocking, scary, or dangerous event. It explains signs and symptoms in children and adults, risk factors, treatment options, and next steps for PTSD research.
- Schizophrenia
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A brochure on schizophrenia that explains what it is, when it starts and how to get help.
- Social Anxiety Disorder: More Than Just Shyness
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This brochure discusses symptoms, causes, and treatments for social anxiety disorder (also called social phobia), a type of anxiety disorder associated with intense, persistent fear of being watched and judged by others.
- Suicide in America: Frequently Asked Questions
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This fact sheet can help you, or a friend or family member, learn about the signs and symptoms, risk factors and warning signs, and ongoing research about suicide and suicide prevention.
- Taking Control of Your Mental Health: Tips for Talking With Your Health Care Provider
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This fact sheet provides five tips to help prepare and guide you on how to talk to your health care provider about your mental health and get the most out of your visit.
- Teen Depression
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This brochure helps teens understand depression and how it differs from regular sadness. It describes symptoms, causes, treatments, and how to get help.
- The Teen Brain: 6 Things to Know
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A fact sheet outlining how a teenager’s brain grows, matures, and adapts to the world. This fact sheet also briefly covers the teen brain’s resiliency, onset of some mental illnesses, and sleep patterns in teens.
- Understanding Psychosis
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This fact sheet covers the signs, symptoms, and treatment options for psychosis.
- Warning Signs of Suicide
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This infographic presents behaviors and feelings that may be warnings signs that someone is thinking about suicide.
