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- NHS Health Scotland: Cool Heads - Stress Central (Website)
- Go to this page to download a great guide to keeping your cool when life gets a bit much.
Getting To Grips With Mental Health
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Being healthy is more than just eating your five-a-day or doing enough physical activity, it's all about how you think and feel as well.
There is often a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to mental health. Most people think it is something really negative and serious. But it so much more than that.
Just as everyone has physical health everyone has mental health. When we talk about mental health we mean:
- Our thoughts and feelings about ourselves and other people
- How we get on with people and how we make and keep friends
- How we cope with difficult situations and learn to deal with emotions.
If you want to find out more, this is the section for you.
- It Ain't Easy Being Young - We look at young people and mental health.
- Keep Mentally Fit - Young Scot's hints and tips on keeping your mind in top condition.
- Starting to Feel Low?- Some ideas on what to do if your mood is starting to drop.
- Feeling Low & Depression: Causes - Looking at the differences between feeling low and depression, and what causes people to feel this way.
- Feeling Low & Depression: Symptoms & Treatment - Here we look at the symptoms and treatment for depression.
- Stress & Anxiety - Sometimes feeling stressed and panicky can get on top of you, learn more on this page.
- Self-Harm: What it is and why people do it. - It's something we hear a lot about it but it's still misunderstood, Young Scot has the facts here.
- Self-Harm: How to help yourself or people you know. - Here we talk about how you can help.
- Eating Disorders - If you want to know more about anorexia and bulimia, this page is for you.
- Other Mental Health Problems - Find out about Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, SAD and OCD.
- Where To Go For Help - Go here to find out more about the different organisations in Scotland that can help.
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Young Scot InfoLine - If you have a question or want more information on anything to do with mental health, phone the Young Scot InfoLine on 0808 801 0338 (Monday to Friday 10am - 6pm).
It's FREE to call - that includes from your home phone and your mobile. Email: infoline@youngscot.org
Last modified: 15/06/2010 16:45:39
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