There’s a Mental Health Crisis Among Nurses HELP FOR THE HELPERS – Mar. 31, 2022 - On the morning of January 18, Joshua Paredes came home to an empty apartment. His roommate and good friend Michael Odell wasn’t there. They were both working as nur... Read More...April 5 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
Can Writing Help Relieve Depression? BE YOUR OWN PEN PAL – March 2, 2022 - Does it matter whether you keep your journal on a computer or other digital device, or write with traditional pen and paper? Chronister shares that it all comes down to the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Why is There a Mental-Health Crisis Among American Children? SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN – Mar. 23, 2022 - Last June, researchers from Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine documented six unusual cases in the journal Movement Disorders. The subjects wer... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionlonelinessMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
‘Prolonged Grief Disorder’ Now a Mental Health Diagnosis THEIR TURN TO CRY – Mar. 22, 2022 - It will most likely open a stream of funding for research into treatments — naltrexone, a drug used to help treat addiction, is currently in clinical trials as a form of grie... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionInterviewMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateTrauma
Paradox Of How Antidepressants Are Tested DEPRESSED NEED NOT APPLY – March 15, 2022 - One afternoon in April 2018 I answered my rarely-used home telephone to a barrage of questions. On a crackly landline, a researcher from the University of Exeter, UK... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabsuicide
Mrs. Doubtfire Co-Star Says Robin Williams Gave Him important Addiction Advice WISHED HE HEARD WHAT HE SAID – March 13, 2022 - Lawrence said Williams gave him a ‘gift’ by being so candid about drug addiction, and gave him an important piece of advice. ‘Don’t ever do drugs. Especially coc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassiondepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewlife expectancyMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
Making Peace With Your Body IT STARTS RIGHT NOW – Mar. 18, 2022 - How long would it be, I wondered, until they would be repeating some version of this refrain? Just moments before, I had listened to a whole different storyline unfold. Tw... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionEating Disorderfood addictioninternetinterventionMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone AddictionTrauma
Kathy Griffin Calls Her Pill Addiction ‘Almost Comical’ WHO’S LAUGHING NOW? – March 18, 2022 - “I didn’t know what to do with myself,” Griffin admitted. “I was just such a crazy workaholic, and all of a sudden, I had this time on my hands, and then I was depressed,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerCelebrity SobrietydepressioninterventionInterviewMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsuicide
It’s So Hard To Find Mental Health Counseling Now AUDIO – LOST AT HOME – March 6, 2022 - In most cases, their waiting lists were closed as well, even though Gullett was willing to pay hundreds of dollars in cash for each session. She spent February’s Super Bo... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
The Anatomy of Understanding Anxiety BOOK REVIEW – March, 2022 - As some of the millions of people on psychiatric medication inevitably decide to discontinue their meds for one reason or another, what I’m witnessing is that there are legions of pe... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness CRAZY – Dec. 26, 2021 - “We have to convince these kids to release their self-diagnoses but when they leave us they go right back into that TikTok community which reinforces their beliefs,” said Don Grant, exec... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressioninternetinterventionMarch 15 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Marian Keyes on Sobriety and Marriage ALL THE RIGHT NOTES – Feb. 15, 2022 - Lauded by contemporaries, including David Nicholls and Jo Jo Moyes, there’s light and dark in all Keyes’ novels, equal measures of hilarity and heartbreak. She has explore... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressionFeb 22 2022interventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New Strategy Needed To Tackle Opioids Crisis REDUCE THE COST OF BURIALS – Feb. 8, 2022 - The pandemic has contributed to a surge in substance misuse including fatal overdoses. At least one in 10 Americans initiated or increased drug use amid rising anxie... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 15 2022interventionopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryTrauma
Mother Sues Facebook, Snapchat Over Daughter’s ‘extreme addiction’ Before Suicide GREED KILLS – Feb. 5, 2022 - Court papers state that before her death from suicide, Selena had struggled for two years with addiction to Instagram and Snapchat, and was hospitalised for emergency psychiatric ca... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressionFeb 15 2022internetMental HealthSmartphone Addictionsuicide
12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety GROWING UP – Feb. 9, 2022 - In his book, Dr Berger suggests that Bill Wilson concluded that the ultimate purpose of practicing the 12 Steps was to achieve emotional sobriety. (2021, p.23) Wilson wrote about the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionFeb 15 2022interventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Maine Might Legalize ‘magic mushroom’ to Treat Depression AUDIO – AND THEY TASTE GOOD TOO – Jan. 30, 2022 - In 2015, he took the leap. Because psilocybin is an illegal drug, he had to be discreet. He secured the psychedelic fungus from black market sources, then ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 8 2022interventionMental HealthPsychedelicsRecoveryRehab
The Best Anti-Depressent Foods You’re Not Eating AU NATURAL – While Dr. Mann’s research found that traditional comfort foods don’t have a meaningful effect on mood, a growing body of research shows that improving the quality of a person’s diet can have a sig... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionFeb 1 2022interventionMental HealthRecovery
How Workaholism Is Destroying Our Mental Health MONEY IS THE ROOT ALL PROGRESS? – Jan. 5, 2022 - Although hard work has always been an indispensable moral virtue, providing integrity and self-satisfaction, overwork is a noxious concept. “Workaholic” is a buz... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionFeb 1 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Is COVID Depression Driving Labor Shortages Around The World? WATCH – NO REASON TO GET OUT OF BED – Jan. 21, 2022 - While companies struggle to find employees at a time of peak employment, a COVID-related mental health crisis is putting hundreds of thousands of people out... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusdepressioninterventionJan 25 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Fiesta Black on Beating Alcoholism and Depression COMEBACK – Jan. 14, 2022 - In 2020, I thought I knew what needed to be fixed, but I didn’t,” she tells Drum. ”I needed to experience a few hardships for me to know who I truly am and my full potential.” ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressioninterventionInterviewJan 18 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Trending Now: Psychedelic Therapy WATCH – WHAT GOES AROUND... – Jan. 7, 2022 - “It’s understandable that it’s taken a while to get past the stigma, but ... I think within the next year, we’re going to see more federal funding and less of a hes... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 11 2022Mental HealthPsychedelicsRecovery
Ketamine May Quickly Ease Tough-to-Treat Depression WATCH – WORKS FAST TOO – Dec. 27, 2021 - The new review, published recently in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open, pulls together all published research on ketamine as a treatment for psychiatric disorders... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 4 2022RecoveryRehab
These High-Achievers Share Mental Health Struggles ‘That’s making me better’ – Dec 31 2021 - Last month, five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love told CNBC Make It that he started using mental health struggles as fuel to win basketball games as early as high school. But t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionCoronavirusdepressioninterventionJan 4 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Are We Prescribing Antidepressants Wrong? IS THERE A RIGHT WAY? – Dec. 21. 2021 - That’s not to say we shouldn’t use antidepressants at all – in many instances, they save lives and work well. But the authors of the new review, which appears in the Briti... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 28 2021depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecovery
San Francisco Approves Emergency Declaration In Tenderloin WATCH – DRASTIC ACTION – Dec. 24, 2021 - “We know this increase in police presence will disproportionately impact Black and brown unhoused community members who — due to lack of dignified housing options — are... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 28 2021depressionDrug Abuse and Addictionhomelesslife expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabrelapseTrauma
Adrienne Banfield-Norris Celebrates 31 Years of Sobriety SHE SURRENDERED TO WIN – Dec. 23, 2021 - Ramsay explained that she’s able to now process her feelings “consciously” rather than mask them with a drink. “Alcohol and antidepressants do not mix well at ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 28 2021depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehab
Surge of Mental Health Issues for Kids Back In-School LISTEN – NO SAFE SPACE TO LEARN? – Dec. 23, 2021 - RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: When Millis Public Schools opened its doors this fall, teachers and staff were happy to have everyone back in classrooms.&n... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionCoronavirusDec 28 2021depressioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
Therapists Deluged by Emerging Mental Health Crisis TSUNAMI OF PAIN – Dec. 16, 2021 - Nine out of 10 therapists say the number of clients seeking care is on the rise, and most are experiencing a significant surge in calls for appointments, longer waiting lists ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDec 21 2021depressioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Are We Losing the War for Our Children? WHO’S EVEN TRYING? – Dec. 3, 2021 - Even more so, sadness and anxiety have ensnared many young people in a vise-like grasp. “Likes” and “views” on social media have caused some of them to continuously compare ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 14 2021depressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninternetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
WARNING! Young People Face ‘Devastating’ Mental Health Crisis According to Surgeon General WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN? – Dec. 7, 2021 - Although blame for adolescent distress is often pinned on social media, the research suggests that screen time alone does not account for crisis. Rather... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionCoronavirusDec 14 2021depressioninternetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma