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Symptoms associated with bipolar disorder can get worse when this mental illness is left untreated.

Psychotic is just another term for crazy.

If a person cannot contract for safety • agree not to harm themselves or to tell someone if they worry they might try to harm themselves • they may have to be hospitalized on a psychiatric inpatient unit.

Sexual abuse of a child is said to occur only when there is some kind of physical contact involving genitalia.

One common thread with people who self-cut is often the experience of not feeling heard or understood by those closest to them.

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About a third of women who seek services related to unprotected sex, such as pregnancy testing or emergency contraception, do not receive STD counseling, testing, or treatment.

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