Reading Time: 4 MinutesMay is Mental Health Awareness Month, a special month devoted to raising awareness and education about mental health and self-care, eliminating the stigma surrounding mental health disorders, and promoting the importance of routine mental health care. Mental health goes above and beyond the extent of the diagnosis and treatment for mental health disorders such as […]
Reading Time: 3 MinutesNational Prevention Week (NPW) is a national public education platform bringing together communities and organizations to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and positive mental health. As of 2019, nearly 1 in 5 adults in the United States lived with a mental health disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, […]
Reading Time: 4 Minutes“I have been here before. I know there is another side. And the other side is more significant than my PPD-riddled-temporarily-adjusted-brain could have ever imagined: as a mum. As an artist. As a friend. As a collaborator. As a leader. As a boss. As an activist.” -Alanis Morissette As we approach Mother’s Day and continue […]
Reading Time: 3 MinutesThe COVID-19 pandemic was brutal for many individuals and sometimes impossible for those struggling with mental health disorders or addiction. New mental health diagnoses skyrocketed, mental health emergency visits increased, suicide rates, including attempts and deaths, rose, and overdoses cost thousands of lives during this pandemic. Unfortunately, there were and are not enough mental health […]
Reading Time: 4 Minutes“All disease begins in the gut.” -Hippocrates Your gastrointestinal tract (your gut) is tightly connected to your brain, and as a result, what you put into your body can affect how you physically feel and how you mentally feel. The gut, just like the brain, has one unique signaling system that relies on receptors and […]
Reading Time: 4 Minutes“In an article for The Lancet, Kay Redfield Jemison, Ph.D., a psychologist who has long been outspoken about her bipolar disorder, recalls colleagues saying that she should have kept her diagnosis private, while others acted “embarrassed” around her.” When we talk about depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other mental health disorders, we are often mistakenly […]
Reading Time: 4 MinutesNavigating the dating world in 2022 is challenging and can be even more difficult without alcohol. Unfortunately, dating culture and bar culture can seem intertwined. A first date usually consists of talking over drinks after work, grabbing food at Happy Hour, or sipping mimosas during brunch. In general, alcohol is often used as a social […]
Reading Time: 4 MinutesAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for the 12 months ending in April 2021, there were over 100,000 overdose deaths, an increase of 28.5 percent over 2020 levels. Often lost in the understandable concern about these fatalities are millions of chronic pain patients who cannot get adequate pain relief. What are […]
Reading Time: 3 MinutesMany individuals often interchangeably use the terms “dependency and substance use disorder.” Although these terms share some commonalities, they are not the same and should always be differentiated, especially in the treatment setting. Defining substance abuse Substance use disorder is the formal medical term for addiction. It is defined as the compulsive misuse of a […]
Reading Time: 4 MinutesOn March 30th each year, the world comes together to raise awareness of a mental health disorder that affects nearly 6 million Americans, each in a distinctive way. Bipolar disorder has an impact that goes far beyond numbers. Living with bipolar disorder may not be easy, but as van Gogh, himself once said: “The beginning […]
