[…] gave us permission to tell her story here, but to protect her privacy we are not using her real name.) Ellen, 24, has had multiple hospitalizations for suicide attempts since she was a teenager. She takes medications, and sees a psychiatrist and a therapist on a regular basis. She wants to work, but her […]
[…] been adapted for general use. In order to update the book, Dr. Ashear collaborated with Vanessa Hastings, a technical editor who has been a leader in the suicide prevention community. Self-Acceptance is not a textbook. It’s an easy-to-read, self-help workbook intended for people living with depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. It can be useful […]
[…] health. In some cases, this has led to emotional moments, such as a Ohio Governor John Kasich’s response to a woman who lost five family members to suicide. Meanwhile, The Washington Post used Donald Trump’s rhetoric to illustrate the broader problem of language and stigma in American culture—which included analysis by NAMI on how […]
Integrated care could help improve mental health care. Depression screenings sound like a good idea, but is it the answer we're looking for?
[…] depression in mice by “reactivating happy memory cells.” His search for a breakthrough is fueled by his experience with depression, following the death of his son from suicide. Part three of the series, the final installment, is titled OCD Goes Under the Microscope. It examines efforts to identify patterns of activation associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder. […]
I had been leading groups on religious issues at the Metropolitan State Psychiatric Hospital for a year when one woman, Libby, died by suicide. Libby had been in the state hospital for years and was well-known to staff and other patients. Individuals who lived side by side for months or even years often became […]
[…] cool, calm and collected. A few weeks after the shooting, he came home and was pacing and agitated. He was concerned that his officers might die by suicide. He expressed his concerns, and we came up with options for him to execute the next day. I listened, bringing whatever common sense I could to […]
[…] of Mental Health Community Services Board and as chair of the Mental Health Subcommittee. Other projects/committees she is involved in at the county level are: Monroe County Suicide Prevention/Awareness Coalition; the Agency Directors Group; the Regional Planning Committee for the implementation of Home and Community Based Services through Medicaid Managed Care; and the on […]
This Sunday Nov. 6 at 2 a.m. we will “fall back” to standard time. It’s important to be prepared for the potential effect this change may have on your mental health.
[…] orders to save your soldiers and the innocent civilians in the village. There are many troubling factors that impact our nation’s warriors leading to the unfortunately high suicide rate of 20 veterans a day. But one factor which has recently been under consideration is moral injury. The term was coined in 2009 by Dr. […]
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