There are lots of things in this life. That are good for us. However, on the flip side of the coin, there are lots of things. Which are not so good for us. Nonetheless, there are some things, which can be good and bad. Anger is something that is natural and can be okay in small doses. But large doses can be poison to both the body and mind.

One’s mental health is just as equally important as is their physical health. So it is vital to make sure to maintain them and keep a balance that is healthy for the whole person.

What is something that hurt your health and mental health? One of the most apparent of things that can affect your mental health and physical health is obvious. It is no other than uncontrollable anger. A recent medical study has linked anger with heart disease. Therefore, those who have a temper, should beware of letting their tempers fly. It is not advisable to let yourself yell at top of your lungs, slam a door as hard as you can, or to even rage on. Anger is a very destructive force that wreaks havoc on the body and the mind. Strong negative feelings such as the ones hostility promotes. Will only promote negativity in the end. Therefore, antagonism must be handled in a positive manner, in order to avoid escalation of wrath. Part of managing anger successfully will help to alleviate aggression and calm tensions down in a big way.


Uncontrollable anger is something that is very much like a loaded gun. It will eventually go off in time and someone will end up getting hurt. There are many people. Who have real anger management problems. Not being able to manage anger properly and in a normal way can lead to a host of trouble. Some of this trouble includes addictions, road rage, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace, to name only a few.

In a study headed by Katharine Ries Marikangus and her colleagues, they found that most teens that have mental disorders are going untreated. Out of 6.483 children aged from thirteen to eighteen years of age (represented across the America), only 36.2 percent of kids that had mental illnesses or disorders were receiving or had ever received treatment.

With severity of the illness being a marker, only half of the kids who had severe mental illnesses were being treated for it. Most of the time children are diagnosed and treated for ADHD/Hyperactivity and a couple of behavioral disorders, but other disorders are largely untreated, as stated by the new report published in the “Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.”

Teenagers Aren’t Getting the Mental Health Help They Need

It also reports that only about 20% of mentally ill teens get treatment for substance abuse or eating disorders. Another shocking fact is that children who are black or Hispanic get even less treatment, even when symptoms are so severe that it causes impairment. 

Part of the reason for this is the critical lack of metal health specialists for kids, and another reason is the lack of medical insurance families are able to buy. Many families forgo treatment without insurance, as medical costs soar higher than ever in history. Another reason is defiance. Who wants to admit they’re mentally unstable, or that their children are? 

Does pride have anything to do with this shortage of mental health treatment in teenagers? It’s more likely a small factor, but a factor none the less. Nobody wants to know someone they love is mentally impaired, especially their child. Fewer people are taking studies to be professionals in the areas of teenager/child mental health and wellbeing. Adolescents in this country severely suffer from this widespread national shortage. It would only behoove the US to encourage and give incentives to taking on the profession of adolescent mental health.