Articles about mental health, mental illness and treatment.
June is an important month for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) awareness. The US Senate designated June 27 as National PTSD Awareness Day, and the month of June has been designated PTSD Awareness Month by the National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD). Many people associate PTSD with veterans returning from overseas deployment, but did you know children…
NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a FREE, 10-session course for adults living with mental health challenges. NAMI Peer‐to‐Peer provides an educational setting focused on recovery that offers respect, understanding, encouragement and hope. The NAMI Peer-to-Peer education program is: FREE and confidential Held once a week for two hours Taught by trained Peer Mentors living in recovery themselves…
Today after searching for a client who had missed court, I found that she had committed suicide. Even with my healthcare background and after taking two courses recently to help detect and find help for those contemplating taking their lives I wasn’t able to intervene…
