What Kind of Mental Health Help Do You Need?

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• What Kind of Mental Health Help Do You Need?
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Video: Rapid Cycling: I Want Off This Roller Coaster
• Video: Starting Antidepressants? I Have Something to Tell You
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Mental Health Quote

What Kind of Mental Health Help Do You Need?

When you’re experiencing mental health difficulties, it can be hard to know what to do and to determine what kind of mental health help you need. The mental health system can be confusing because there are multiple options available, and dealing with your symptoms can make everything else, such as finding mental health care, more difficult.

It’s common to wonder what kind of mental health help to seek. Unfortunately, there isn’t a single, straightforward answer because everyone is different. This is actually a good thing. Mental health treatment isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach.

There are a few different paths for you to take to get the mental health help you need. Very simply summarized, they include:

• Your medical doctor, who can rule out medical causes for your symptoms, treat some conditions, and refer you to a specialist for more specific help
• A psychiatrist and some specially educated psychologists, who deal with medication and provide some psychotherapy
• A counselor or therapist, who does not prescribe or monitor medication but instead works with you to help you overcome your challenges

There are seemingly endless approaches to treatment within each of these mental health providers. The type of help you need depends on your symptoms, how much they’re interfering in your life, and your own personal preferences. A good place to start is by talking to your doctor about your mental health symptoms and how they affect you.

Related Articles Dealing with Mental Health Help

• Different Types of Mental Health Therapy
• Types of Mental Health Treatment
• When Tragedy Strikes: Mental Health Therapy Benefits
• Types of Mental Health Counselors: Finding a Good One
• How Do You Know if You Need a Psychiatrist?

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: If you’ve sought professional mental health help, what have your experiences been like (with anything other than specific medications)? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experience, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• I'm Not Ashamed to Take Mental Health Medications
• Withholding: When Silence Is Worse Than Verbal Abuse
• Coping with Verbal Abuse When You Can’t Just Leave
• How Much Alone Time Is Healthy in Mental Illness Recovery?
• A Certified Peer Support Specialist’s Training Experience
• Three Mistakes I Made in Bulimia Recovery
• Creating Things to Look Forward to with Bipolar Depression
• The Difference Between Oppositional Defiance (ODD) and DMDD
• How Does Mental Illness Affect Criminal Behavior?
• When Performance Anxiety Steals the Show
• Setting Realistic Goals Benefits Your Mental Health
• Defining Myself Outside of My Mental Illnesses
• Building Physical Confidence During Tough Times
• 10 Tips for the First 90 Days of Addiction Recovery
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Anxiety Treatment
• How Trauma and Eating Disorders Go Hand-in-Hand
• How to Cope If Hashtag #Metoo Triggered Trauma Memories
• Finally Asking for Help with My Anxiety Feels Good

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

I'm Hannah. I Have Bipolar 2

Rapid Cycling: I Want Off This Roller Coaster

Right now, I am experiencing rapid cycling bipolar disorder. I’m maneuvering my way through a pattern of depressive and hypomanic episodes. In this video, I define what rapid cycling is and what rapid cycling looks like for me. (Watch Hannah)

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I’m Veronica. This is My Life with Depression

Starting Antidepressants? I Have Something to Tell You

There are a lot of misconceptions about antidepressants. Maybe you’ve heard people talk about how bad antidepressant medications are. Or you’ve read some review type articles on the internet or in forums. I’ve been there. What I want to share with you is that I wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for antidepressant medications.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Start a Happiness Habit and Build Your Bliss
2. How Acceptance of Mental Illness Can Help You Manage Stigma
3. Setting Goals When You Have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"She overcame everything that was meant to destroy her."

Read more mental health quotes.

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