Mark Cloutier, MPP, MPH is the CEO of Caminar, a community-based behavioral health care agency in the Bay Area.

Most of the medicines used to treat mental illnesses affect your neurotransmitters, which are chemicals that carry messages in your nervous system. Examples of neurotransmitters include serotonin ...

Do psychiatric diagnoses obscure the impossible circumstances many of us find ourselves in? Harriet Williamson spoke to Dr Lucy Johnstone about why we can’t separate psychological suffering from its ...

Those with mental health conditions may be labeled, stereotyped, or discriminated against as a result. For example, someone with a mental health condition may be called “crazy” or “dangerous”.

According to research, healthy lifestyle choices can help prevent and manage mental health illnesses like anxiety ... Better sleep and diet, for example, can provide the energy needed for ...

We’ve come a long way as a society in how we judge people who seek treatment for mental health illnesses and addictions. The stigmas surrounding the two types of illnesses have subsided ...

There is new research data on the reduction of mental health-related incapacity for work. An implementation study was carried ...

mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions that affect mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia ...