Mental health conditions can be very serious, and yet the stigma and shame that surrounds them often keep people from getting the help they need. The following is a guest post by Stan Popovich, author of “A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear Using Psychology, Christianity and Non Resistant Methods.” It’s an easy to read book… Continue Reading
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Mental Health – the Impacts of Childhood Trauma
May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, and I want to zero in on one this year’s celebration objectives – to raise awareness of trauma and its impacts. Specifically, I want to zero in on childhood trauma. As Paolo del Vecchio wrote in his article, “AWARENESS: Understanding the Link Between Life Experiences and… Continue Reading
Why Letting a Child/Teen Fail Can Help Them to Succeed as an Adult
Chronic stress can cause any number of mental illnesses – depression, anxiety to name but two. People (young and old) with mental health issues report drinking or using drugs as a means of self-medicating their mental illness — not stated this clearly, to be sure — but wanting to party or have a drink after… Continue Reading
MANAGING YOUR PERSISTENT FEARS, ANXIETIES, AND STRESSES
The following is a guest post by Stan Popovich is the author of “A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear Using Psychology, Christianity and Non Resistant Methods” – an easy to read book that presents a general overview of techniques that are effective in managing persistent fears and anxieties. For additional information go to: http://www.managingfear.com/. Everybody… Continue Reading
October 10th – World Mental Health Day
by Lisa Frederiksen The connection between mental illness and substance abuse is SIGNIFICANT! Often a person with a mental health illness, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD or bipolar, will start using a substance (or substances) in order to self-mediate — to feel better. Most are not aware that both mental illness and substance misuse cause… Continue Reading
I Love January and February. “Yeah, okay…”
The following is a guest post by Bill White, M.S., a counselor, author, mentor, blogger and speaker specializing in depression, anxiety and general mental health issues. He hosts a blog, http://chipur.com, and does a lot of E.R. psychiatric emergency work in Chicago’s suburbs where he also spends time with his two teenage children. This can… Continue Reading
Links This Week
Mind Matters in Promoting Health Research suggests Hippocrates’ holistic view of health and illness was right; mind does matter when it comes to health and healing. Nurse researchers and clinicians at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) and the Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) share that view and are working at this mind-body intersection.… Continue Reading
Links This Week
Mind Matters in Promoting Health Research suggests Hippocrates’ holistic view of health and illness was right; mind does matter when it comes to health and healing. Nurse researchers and clinicians at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) and the Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) share that view and are working at this mind-body intersection.… Continue Reading