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Tracey Maxfield started this read as a safe place to document her journey through depression and to provide some insight and education in the world of depression. She states, “When you are in the rabbit hole, everything changes. The person you once were disappears, the life you once had is

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Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) in Children and Teenagers
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Blog #4: Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) in Children and Teenagers

 Self-harm or Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) is a deliberate, self-inflicted injury to body tissue resulting in damage, but without any suicidal intent. The injury can be superficial e.g. skin tear, bruising or can be disfiguring with subsequent scarring to skin. There is some debate amongst healthcare professionals about whether

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Eating Disorders in Children and Teenagers

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTqMql8rQWw[/embedyt] According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) there are seven types of eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating, pica, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, rumination disorder and eating disorder not elsewhere classified. Anorexia Nervosa (AN) – severe low body weight, intense

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The 5 Stages of Grief and Bereavement: Overcoming Loss by Jake Irving

“Grief is itself a medicine.” ~William Cowper Grief as defined by Merriam-Webster is: (a) a deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement (b) a cause of such suffering. But the truth is, it is so much more than this. Grief and bereavement have been studied throughout the years

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