Mental health is how we think, feel, and act in order to face life's situations. It is how we look at ourselves, our lives, and the people we know and care about. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, evaluate our options, and make choices. Like physical health, mental health is important at every stage and in every aspect of life. Everyone has mental health.
Aging
Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Anxiety & Phobias
Learn the difference between normal worry and anxiety disorders.
Chronic Pain
Coping With Crisis
Whether tragic events touch your family personally or are brought into your home via newspapers and television, coping with crisis involves addressing a range of emotional responses, including grief, anxiety, sorrow, fear, anger and profound helplessness.
Family & Relationships
Our lives are filled with relationships. Learn more learn about yourself and the people in your life--whether you're married, single, engaged, divorced or widowed.
Family Caregivers
During the past year, more than 54 million Americans cared for chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved ones—and, as life expectancy increases, so will the numbers of those who will care for and be cared by family members.
Gay & Lesbian
Access helpful resources specifically geared towards gays and lesbians.
Grief & Loss
Losing someone dear to you can be very difficult. There are many reasons and variables for the differences in your grief. These may include social, physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual.
Parenting
Parent/child issues can begin to surface during pregnancy and they continue to affect you and your family throughout infancy, early childhood, the teen years, the “empty nest” period--and beyond!
Sadness & Depression
Everyone feels down in the dumps sometimes, especially when life’s unavoidable pitfalls make just getting through the day a challenge. But when a person’s feelings of sadness persist beyond a few weeks, he or she may have depression.
Smoking Cessation
If you are like a great many smokers, you probably want to quit. Quitting is tough, but not impossible. More than 3 million Americans quit every year. Many who have successfully given up cigarettes did so by replacing their smoking with new, healthier habits, planning a special program, and/or seeking professional help.
Stress
Stress varies greatly from one person to the next, but the most universal sign of stress is a feeling of being pressured or overwhelmed.
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse--alcohol, prescription medication, illegal drugs--can have devastating consequences that affect all areas of an individual's life. Learn how to detect the signs of a problem and how to get help.
Therapists' Perspectives
4therapy is a nationwide network of mental health professionals—read what some of our experts have to say about the many ways therapy works to strengthen lives.
Weight Management
Work & Career
On a day-to-day basis, most of us spend more time at work than the cumulative number of hours we devote to all the other areas of our life—as a result, work-related issues can have a big impact on your emotional, mental and physical well-being.
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