How to Support a Drug Addict in Recovery: A Helpful GuideSupporting someone recovering from drug addiction can be challenging, but your role is crucial. Recovery affects both...
Mental Health
Signs of Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Visual EvidenceThe “construction” of mental illness in the Middle Ages in the context of the visibility and perceptibility....
Psychedelic Medicine: A Re-Emerging Therapeutic ParadigmThe public’s knowledge is from cases involving patients who used illicit substances in unsupervised nonmedical contexts. By...
Addiction Recovery Is Hard, but Funding It Shouldn’t BeI work with moms and kids on their recovery journey. Funding for centers like mine is woefully...
Unlocking Trauma: The Revolutionary Impact of EMDR Therapy on Mental Health CareEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has emerged as a groundbreaking approach in the treatment of...
PTSD: Causes, Signs, Symptoms & Treatment OptionsPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health condition which is usually caused by the experience...
A Look at How Depression Treatment Centers Are Changing LivesLife’s like a rollercoaster sometimes. But imagine being stuck in the dip and feeling like you’re always...
Addicted to the Thrill: Confessions of a Compulsive GamblerHave you ever imagined the life of a compulsive gambler? In the following, we’ll tell you an...
The Importance of Social Connections in Later LifeSocial connections play a vital role in promoting both physical and mental health, reducing the risk of...
How the VA Fails Veterans on Mental HealthThere are failures in behavioral care. The breakdowns have had fatal consequences. A veteran with a known...
Demons and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Health and MedicineDemons appear regularly as causes of mental disorder in saints’ lives and miracle stories. Introduction Among the...
Institutional Memory: The Mentally Ill and St. Elizabeths Hospital in the Late 19th CenturyMomentum to establish a hospital grew again in the 1850s. By Frances M. McMillen and James S....
Online Entertainment and Mental Health: Balancing Screen Time and Well-BeingWe can’t deny that online entertainment has become an essential component of our modern existence. It offers...
Quilting and Embroidery as Dissent for Women in 19th-Century AsylumsQuiet revolutionaries who, incarcerated and classified as ‘lunatics’, spoke their truth with embroidery needles. Introduction In 1893,...
A History of Sanitoriums for Tuberculosis and Surveillance in the 20th CenturySanatoriums were a hybrid between a hospital and a resort, built to treat tuberculosis in the early...
What to Do After a Dementia DiagnosisA dementia diagnosis can trigger many overwhelming emotions, from upset and anger to disbelief or numbness. Also,...
‘Thoughts and Prayers’: Religion Fails to Properly Address Mental HealthBeing told to “pray your worries away” doesn’t address the problem. Introduction From an early age, I...
Anxiety Disorder: Natural Ways to Reduce AnxietyAnxiety is a mental health problem that can make your life difficult. Nearly 40 million people in...
Agricultural Stress and Mental Health in AmericaTaking time to talk is a good way to relieve the isolation that most ag workers experience...
Mental Health Crisis Response for Rural ResidentsCrisis response teams have been slower to catch on in rural areas even though mental illness is...
A Call to Action to Address Rural Mental Health DisparitiesIlluminating the complexities of rural health disparities. By Dr. Andrea C. Beckel-MitchenerDeputy Director, NIH BRAIN InitiativeNational Institute...
A History of Mental Disorders since the Ancient WorldAncient Greek philosophers were some of the first to advocate for humane and responsible care for individuals...
Mental Health Stigma Beginning to Decrease among Rural ResidentsRaising awareness about farmer stress and mental health have been priorities for farming organizations. Farmers and rural...
Mental Illness in Ancient GreeceTreatment of mental illness in ancient Greece was a new and experimental process. Introduction Mental illness was an...
We Need Better Systems of Care to Treat Mental IllnessThe U.S. needs better integration of mental health services with primary care and greater reliance on community...
Manifestations of Pyschiatric Illness in Texts from the Medieval and Viking EraExamining the stunning psychological insights provided by the saga authors. By Dr. Jon Geir HøyerstenProfessor of PsychiatryHaukland...
Mental Health Care Is Hard to Come By – Especially If You’re Low-IncomeRecord numbers of Americans are seeking mental health care and struggling to get it. Here’s what it’s...
Sipping the Feels: Confronting Your Emotions to Gain Strength and GrowDon’t struggle in trying to make sense of it all. Emotions are not like an easy puzzle....
A New Way of Looking at Building Mental HealthPresenting a new way of understanding and building mental strength. Presentation by Freedom in Thought What is...
Jab over Java: Lessons from the Longest Study on HappinessTaking a look at the science of the good life. Presentation by Dr. Robert WaldingerClinical Professor of...