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"Help and support for young people aged 12-25 at centres, online or over the phone covering mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicide, eating disorder, illness, cannabis, psychosis, depression, substance use, schizophrenia, antidepressant medication, self-talk, problem solving, stress, online chat, LGBTI" This is a useful website as a starting point for students to find out about mental illness and also offers support.

Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; I believe it is important to share to students so they be aware and be well educated on this topic in psychology. Students would most likely experience this and it will be benefecial for them to be equipped with knowledge on this topic.

Stephen Fry - Manic Depression Video

Introduces the complex approach to analyzing teenage depression and discusses an extreme case in mass murderer Adam Lanza. How does Western society affect teenagers?

Scientists turn to vaccines to curb the growing opioid epidemic. A good overview of drug addiction, the involvement of dopamine and glutamate, and what happens to the brain of an addict (loss of pleasure from normal activities, the need to increase dosage to stave off anxiety and despair, and impairment of dopamine function in prefrontal cortex hence inability to make good decisions).

By age 25, Patrick Schnur had cycled through a series of treatment programs, trying different medications to kick his heroin habit. But the drugs posed problems too: Vivitrol injections were painful and created intense heroin cravings as the drug wore off. Suboxone left him drowsy, depressed and unable to study or go running like he wanted to.

Explore modern neuroscience with this huge resource of videos, animations and interactive 3D brain. Autism, ADHD, ALZHEIMER'S depression and cognitive disorders.

Mindful meditation helps treat depression Clinical psychologists have developed an impressive array of empirically supported treatments over the past several decades. While these new treatments have brought relief to many people, a stubborn scientific problem persists. I refer to the fact that psychologists don't understand, and therefore can't explain, how or why any of these treatments work.

Psych Central is a great site! It has support groups, blogs, quizzes, articles--a great resource for students exploring various issues related to mental health.

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