Insights from SCA Staff

Types of Mental Health Providers

Mental disorders affect hundreds of millions of people from all over the world and have a powerful effect on their lives and their loved ones. One in four people will be affected, at some point in their lives, by a mental disorder. Depression is the leading cause of...

Common Mental Health Disorders

Mental disorders are conceptualized as functional disorders of the brain, which can be caused by developmental processes modeled by the complex interaction of genetics with individual experience. In other words, mental illness is based on brain imbalances caused by...

Searching for a Reputable Mental Health Professional

If you choose a specialist who doesn't fit your needs, you risk doing more harm than good, so make sure you take time to make the right choice. Ask your close ones if they can make a suggestion. Careful! Do not ask them about their treatment, unless they start the...

Symptoms of a Panic Attack

Panic attacks are sudden and recurring episodes of intense fear or anxiety. These do not seem to be triggered by any particular factor, which is the reason behind the panic episode is unknown even to those suffering from this mental disorder. According to Littleton...

Tips for Managing Anxiety

Anxiety is a fundamental emotion that people of all cultures deal with. Maybe the term is not so familiar to everyone, but this emotion is known to all of us - we have lived it in many life situations, starting with a very early age. We understand anxiety as something...

How to Find a Caring Christian Counselor

In today's society there are still many people who do not dare to seek help for emotional or psychological problems, do not know where to look for it or cannot find it. Christians especially may find it difficult to turn to a secular psychotherapist, for fear that...

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