Gender disparities and mental health: The Facts Mental illness is associated with a significant burden of morbidity and disability. Lifetime prevalence rates for any kind of psychological disorder are higher than previously thought, are increasing in recent cohorts and affect nearly half the population. Despite being common, mental illness is underdiagnosed by doctors. Less than half of those who meet diagnostic criteria for psychological disorders are identified by doctors. Patients, … [Read more...]
Gender and Women’s Mental Health
January 9, 2015 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: CANADIAN, Contributors, EDUCATION, FEATURED, FEATURED EVENTS, PSYCHOLOGY, RECOVERY, SELF CARE, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: bipolar, borderline, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, depression, fear of abandonment, Gender and Women's Mental Health, post trauma, PTSD, rape, sexual violence, unipolar depression, violence against women., WHO, women., World Health Organization
Gender and Women’s Mental Health, WHO
December 21, 2014 by Team Celebration
Gender and women's mental health Gender disparities and mental health: The Facts Mental illness is associated with a significant burden of morbidity and disability, to such a degree that our society is not referring to the 'Sad Generation' as a common term for our youth. Youth these days are confused as they are surrounded by the darkness of the world, we can help them by adding more love and light into their worlds, both children and adults suffer with mental health equally. Taking the kids … [Read more...]
Filed Under: EDUCATION, FEATURED, PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RECOVERY, SELF CARE, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, acelebrationofwomen.org, anxiety, bipolar, cause and effect, depression, domestic violence, escalating rates of substance use, Gender and Women's Mental Health, mental illness, psychological distress, PTSD, schizophrenia, sexual violence, WHO
