Raising Awareness: Men’s Health Month sheds light on crucial issues

Brody Wooddell June is a month dedicated to raising awareness about men’s health. Men’s Health Month serves as an essential reminder to prioritize and address the unique health challenges faced by men. It is an opportunity to shed light on…

11 Tools to Cope With Burnout and Overwhelm

Ravi Chandra M.D., D.F.A.P.A. ​Burnout is a major and growing problem. The pandemic and stresses of multiple cultural traumas, including the quest for racial justice and equity for all, including sexual and gender minorities, have taken a great toll. The National Academy of Medicine has produced…

5 Self-Soothing Techniques

Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. Self-soothing is defined as an individual’s efforts or capacity to calm themselves while in a state of emotional distress (Wright, 2009). It is a key aspect of well-being as it helps us stay regulated and calm (take…

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Addiction Counseling

Empowering paths to recovery and healing. Rubin Khoddam Ph.D. Approximately 20 million Americans aged 12 or older battled a substance use disorder in 2020. Addiction counseling is a specialized form of therapy designed to address the underlying causes of addiction….

Health Anxiety: Inflating the Likelihood of Serious Disease

Brittney Chesworth Ph.D., LCSW With health anxiety, we tend to overestimate the likelihood of severe disease. Learning how to challenge thinking errors is critical to see the probability of a threat more accurately. Examining the evidence is a cognitive behavioral…

Supporting Mental Health Through Disaster Prevention

Ilan Kelman Ph.D. The phrase “natural disasters” is a misnomer, because we can choose to avoid harm from the environment’s perils. Gaming can change our psychology by instilling cooperative strategies necessary for preventing disasters. Producing confidence in avoiding disasters can…

Focus on Children’s Wellness: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week

Weil Cornell Medicine It’s normal for children to experience sadness, irritability and anxiety every now and then. Sometimes it can be hard to tell whether your child is dealing with standard day-to-day stressors, such as juggling homework, sports, and social…

Mental Health Awareness Month Facts

National Council for Mental Well Being Each May, the National Council observes Mental Health Awareness Month, a national event to bring attention to the importance of mental health. To help raise awareness in your community, we compiled publications, toolkits, original…

You Can’t Control Your Teen, But You Can Influence Them

Emily R. Kline Ph.D. Teens of overly-controlling parents are likely to circumvent the rules or withdraw emotionally, damaging the parent-child relationship. The less parents engage in a power struggle, the more likely teens are to relate from a place of…

Depression, Serotonin, and the Gut

Team Biotic – Nicole Cain, ND, MA New findings explore SSRI efficacy and dysbiosis in major depressive disorder. A new report indicates a direct correlation between gut dysbiosis, major depressive disorder, and SSRI efficacy. Although the gut makes more than…

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