New Survey Shows 64 Percent of College Students with Mental Illness Leave School Articles>Trauma and PTSDBy The Ranch TNDecember 7, 2012Getting a handle on how mental health issues disrupt the lives of college students is no easy task. But a new survey, College Students Speak, conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) went right to the students living with mental health conditions to find out if schools were meeting their needs and what…
Eating Disorders May Serve as A Way to Focus Emotional Stress Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNNovember 3, 2012So many disorders hinge upon a person’s maladaptive strategies for handling unpleasant emotions. Now a recent college undergraduate experiment points to emotional stress as a driver behind the development of eating disorders. A significant body of research currently exists to show how eating disorders are linked to perfectionistic attitudes toward weight and body size. But…
What Is An Eating Disorder? Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNAugust 9, 2012There is no singular definition of eating disorder. Simply put, ‘eating disorder’ is a term used to describe eating patterns and perspectives around food and body that would be classified as abnormal and usually detrimental. Nearly all cases have imbedded within them a certain mental obsession with food and eating, and a physical compulsion to…
Wearing the Warning Signs All Over Your Smile Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNAugust 3, 2012Trying to hide an eating disorder will only go so far until your smile gives it away. Dentists are often the first medical professionals to spot signs of the disease, according to an article on eating disorders.
Slight Brain Injury Can Increase Chances of Developing PTSD Articles>Trauma and PTSDBy The Ranch TNJune 25, 2012Soldiers returning from deployment receive psychological screenings to try to determine whether various mental syndromes, such as depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may require treatment. Even with the screenings, however, many soldiers do not disclose their problems in order to protect their advancement in their military careers.
Identifying an Eating Disorder in its Earliest Stages Articles>Eating DisordersBy The Ranch TNJune 6, 2012Eating disorders can be one of the most difficult types of obsessive-compulsive conditions to overcome, as those who are diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia are often so deeply enmeshed in the food-phobic worlds they have constructed for themselves that they can no longer remember that a different way of life exists.
