By Melissa Clark You may hear stories on the news about the impacts this pandemic made on people’s mental health. The social distancing and isolation can cause negative thoughts or emotions, plus a variety of other feelings. So, what is…
Health Essentials Each day, set your intention to stay in the present moment! Daily meditation is a powerful tool for managing your stress and enhancing your health. But bringing present-moment awareness to all your daily activities is important. Wellness expert Melissa C. Young, MD, shares simple…
Douglas T. Kenrick Ph.D. and reviewed by Lybi Ma KEY POINTS Evolutionary theory provides an essential perspective on the origins of our powerful motives, not a prescriptive philosophy. Slavish servitude to powerfully evolved motives can sometimes lead to a very…
Bill White – Chipur Controversy: we’ve never shied away from it here. Popular belief is there’s a cause and effect relationship between serotonin and depression. But wait, is there really a relationship at all? Serotonin and depression: a supposed one…
Kayla Zawislak, MSW, CADCAddiction Policy Forum Mindfulness is a tool that can benefit nearly anyone, whether in recovery or not. But for those of us in recovery, it is a particularly helpful tool that can reshape how our brain works…
Supporting mental health in children with gender issues Writer: Caroline Miller Clinical Expert: Paul Mitrani, MD, PhD The experience of being transgender or gender nonconforming means that a person’s gender at birth (their assigned gender) does not match the gender they feel…
SilverCloud Health part of amwell November is Men’s Health Awareness Month with International Men’s Day falling on November 19th. Men’s Health Awareness Month is dedicated to bringing awareness to a wide range of men’s health issues. As we focus on men this…
U.S. Fire Administration This is the second bulletin in a two-part series on situational awareness for the physical and mental environments. In Part 1: Physical Environment, you will learn how to identify situational awareness deficiencies and open up to a broader…
Authors: Lawrence Robinson, Jeanne Segal, Ph.D., and Robert Segal, M.A. Preface by John Riley Hello, Publisher here and I wanted to share something with you. Yesterday we lost our second pet dog, his name was Jack Jack (white and brown…
What type of Mental Illness is this and is there a solution? Collected and published by John Riley and brought to you by Nippon.com & frontiersin.org Hikikomori has been defined by a Japanese expert group as having the following characteristics: (1)…