Self Harm: Cutting Too Many Deaths Too Deep

Self harm is not generally regarded as an “epidemic”, and generally fails to receive much media coverage; unless in linkage with a suicide. We all know suicide kills people (over 800,000 people a year), but we generally have the wrong (and sometimes lethal) idea that self harm doesn't kill, and if it does; it’s only a few right?

If over 880,000 a year is a few; then yeah… Just a few. [1]

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Stigma: The facts

Present in today's article will be a discussion on how Stigma can affect the Mental Health of individuals by examining scholarly papers.

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When Words are Lethal: Why “talking about it” might not be as good as we think

Suicide, it is one of the most complex, and least understood phenomena when it comes to human psychology. When we choose to discuss mental health (or mental illness for that matter) a stigma is usually present, and a sense of awkwardness usually works its way into the room. Suicide though seems quite different, it has the tendency to be romanticized both in literature and in real life (see Romeo & Juliet and more [1]). So what exactly does this mean for society?

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Addiction in the US: A disturbing truth

So as of recent I stumbled upon a very interesting topic, addiction. When I first think of addiction I personaly think of drugs and crime, along with medical issues and the $600 billion price tag accompanying it. The reality though is quite different...

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