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What Is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a behavioral disorder characterized by disruptive behavior in children that lasts at least six months. Children...

Teen Fatigue & Mental Health
What is Teen Fatigue? Teenagers go through many physical and emotional changes during puberty. Hormonal shifts and rapid growth can lead...

Take Action: Getting Mental Health Treatment
- Colleen Sproull
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Did you know that 1 in 5 adults in the United States will have a diagnosable mental health condition each year...

What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition characterized by daily instability. People with BPD experience intense mood swings and...

Doomscrolling and Its Impact on Mental Health
Doomscrolling: the act of scrolling repeatedly through media, usually on topics of a negative nature, to stay informed on current world...

5 Tips for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion
Dr. Ruble gives his five tips for living a life of mindfulness and compassion: accept imperfection, don’t lose sight of what...

Loneliness & Social Isolation: Links to Serious Health Conditions
Updated on 04/07/25 Loneliness is a human emotion that is complex and unique to everyone. It has no single cause and...

Move Into the New Year with Mindfulness
A new year is synonymous with change…right? We expect each year to bring something new and different – a new experience,...

EMDR Therapy for Mental Health
Updated on 4/14/2023 How we remember negative experiences greatly affects our mental health and how we encounter the world around us....