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The Andrews Labor Government is ensuring Victorians struggling with anxiety and distress get the support they need.
Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria will receive an extra $200,000 to provide surge capacity for their specialist OCD and anxiety helpline, which has experienced a 232 percent rise in demand this year.
This comes following a $250,000 investment to ARCVic earlier this year, to improve access to support and ongoing care for people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and other anxiety conditions.
Since the start of the pandemic, the service has recruited 70 more volunteers and extended its operating hours, so more Victorians can access the support they need, when they need it. This funding will deliver the new CARES 4ME program to be run by ARCVic, that caters to those who require ongoing support.
Huntsville counselor offers advice for people experiencing depression
Mental health help By Caroline Klapp | December 28, 2020 at 6:49 PM CST - Updated December 28 at 6:49 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The pandemic has claimed many lives this year, from the virus itself to the pressures it has created.
That means taking care of your mental health is more important than ever.
Choya Wise, owner of Aspire Counseling and Consulting Services, says hope is what a lot of people he sees are lacking right now.
He tells us the number of patients battling depression is off the charts, and depression can lead to someone taking their own life.
Patients suffer as production of cheap medicines for mental ailments discontinued
Karachi
December 27, 2020
Despite a multifold increase in the prevalence of mental health and neurological diseases, dozens of cost-effective medicines used for the treatment of psychiatric illnesses and neurological disorders have vanished from the Pakistani market after local and multinational companies discontinued their production for being non-profitable for them, causing immense hardships to patients.
These drugs include psychoactive drugs antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anticholinergics, antihistamine, sedative and antiemetic, stimulant for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and anticonvulsants. All these drugs used to be prescribed to people having mental health issues and neurological disorders as they were immensely cost-effective and in the reach of common people, experts said.
For many people, the holiday season isn t always happy. It could be due to dealing with the grief that comes with the loss of a loved one. At times it s due to a sense of regret or melancholy reflection. When the world feels closed and we spend more time at home, it can amplify these feelings and thoughts even if they re not objectively true. I ve been there. If you re there now, sending you love. You re NOT alone.
But there s no denying if you re depressed, lonely, or just feeling generally melancholy during a time of year that s meant to be extra merry, it can make one extra
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