Bipolar Disorder Is More Than A Typical Adolescent Mood Swing

by Vanessa Bruce Little | Bipolar Disorder is often misunderstood. Here’s how to know when it might be something more than just typical adolescent emotions…
» Read moreCountry Parent blog has teamed up with Teen Mental Health, an organization led by the IWK and Dalhousie University, to bring you a series of blog posts regarding the most common mental illnesses in adolescence. The posts are authored by Vanessa Bruce Little, the Knowledge Translation Lead at TeenMentalHealth.org.
by Vanessa Bruce Little | Bipolar Disorder is often misunderstood. Here’s how to know when it might be something more than just typical adolescent emotions…
» Read moreby Vanessa Bruce Little | By this point, you likely know how I intend to start this post. You’ve heard it before, but the words we use matter. OCD is one of those terms we often hear casually thrown around to…
» Read moreBy Vanessa Bruce Little | Although Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental illnesses experienced by Canadians, they still only affect about 12% of the population over the course of…
» Read moreby Vanessa Bruce Little | A recent UK study asked people to report on their experience of mental illness and found something quite shocking…
» Read moreby Vanessa Bruce Little | Youth today – and parents too – know far more about mental health and mental illness than past generations. Awareness campaigns, among other initiatives, have raised the profile of mental illness both in Canada and worldwide…
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