Many Mental Illness Treatment Options are Available to Help

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Many Mental Illness Treatment Options are Available to Help

If you have been diagnosed with a mental illness, it’s important to know that you’re not doomed to suffer intense mental illness symptoms indefinitely. While many mental illnesses don’t have a cure, they all have multiple treatment options.

Treatment for mental illness varies. A treatment that works great for one person might not work at all for another. However, there are treatments for everyone. Some common approaches include:

• Medication. Mental illnesses involve the biological brain. Like illnesses affecting other organs, psychiatric medication can help.
• Therapy. Mental illness also has a psychological aspect made up of our experiences, thoughts, and emotions. Working with a therapist can help you sort things out and move forward.
• Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). Treatment approaches like acupuncture, massage, aromatherapy and other oil uses, supplements, and more have been found to be effective for some.
• Other methods. There are other valid and effective treatments for mental illness. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), vagus nerve stimulation, and other medical procedures reduce symptoms.  

It’s important to work closely with your doctor and mental health professionals to determine what is safest and most effective for you. It can take patience to find what works best for you, but mental illness treatment is available. You can take charge of your mental health and regain control of your life.

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Your Thoughts

Today's Question: What mental health treatment has helped you the most? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

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

• Going No-Contact with Toxic Friends and Family
• The Self-Loathing Spiral of Addiction
• Learning to Feel Full in Eating Disorder Recovery
• How to Prevent Mental Health Relapse During a Stressful Time
• Worry and Anxiety: I Can't Stop Thinking
• Can the Physical Symptoms of Mental Illness Stop Stigma?
• Facing the Unknown with Confidence
• How to Find Belief in Positive Affirmations
• Is a Tough Exterior a Good Way to Cope with Depression?
• Dark Side of Body Image in Competitive Sports
• I Went to a Party Despite Schizoaffective Disorder
• How to Feel More in Control of Time
• Post-Vacation Depression and Dreading Work: What to Do
• PTSD Recovery and Overcoming Fear
• Social Responsibility in Mental Health Recovery

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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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

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

1. How to Visualize Anxiety Away
2. Could a Side Gig Increase Both Income and Health?
3. The Origin of Values: Internal Values vs. External Values

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

"The only thing more exhausting than being depressed is pretending that you're not."

Read more depression quotes.

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