Category: Mental Health

If you or someone you know is in crisis: Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). Available 24/7. For emergencies, call 911. You Don’t Need to Be a …

If you or someone you know is in crisis: Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). Available 24/7. For emergencies, call 911. The Tool That Changed Suicide Risk …

Two “Yes” Answers Is the Clinical Cutoff The CAGE-AID is brutally simple — four yes-or-no questions. But a score of 2 (answering yes to two or more) is considered …

A Score of 2 Means a Positive Screen — Here’s What That Actually Means Your teen scored 2 on the CRAFFT 2.1 screening tool. That’s the clinical cutoff for …

The Average Woman Waits Nearly a Decade for the Correct Diagnosis Bipolar disorder affects men and women at roughly equal rates. But the diagnostic journey? Completely different. Women with …

It Doesn’t Always Look Like Sadness When most people think of depression, they picture someone visibly sad, crying, withdrawn. In older adults, depression often wears a different disguise. Your …

Your GDS-15 Score in Plain Language The Geriatric Depression Scale short form (GDS-15) is one of the most widely used depression screening tools for older adults. Fifteen yes/no questions, …

A Score of 15 Puts You in the “Moderate Clinical Insomnia” Category You scored 15 on the Insomnia Severity Index. That’s not great news, but it’s not catastrophic either. …

Mood Swings Don’t Automatically Mean Bipolar Let’s clear this up immediately: having mood swings is normal. You’re irritable on Monday, euphoric on Friday, somewhere in between by Sunday. That’s …

ADHD Doesn’t Look Like What You Think It Does When most people picture ADHD, they imagine a hyperactive kid bouncing off walls. But adult ADHD? It looks nothing like …