How to Stop Intrusive Thoughts
If you live with a mental health issue like anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder, you are probably intimately familiar with intrusive thoughts. Since these can be so [...]
What Is Dysthymia?
Every day, millions of Americans struggle with their mental health. Even if you have never dealt with a condition such as PTSD, anxiety or depression, these mental illnesses are [...]
September is National Recovery Month
National Recovery Month was established in 1989 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA). The purpose of National Recovery Month is to educate the public about mental [...]
TMS: Exploring a Cutting-Edge Depression Treatment
The History of Depression As long as human beings have existed, they have dealt with depression and other forms of mental illness. The earliest written accounts of depression date back [...]
Link Between Teen Substance Use and Perception of Control
This month, researchers from the University of Bristol discovered a new link between adolescent substance use and their locus of control. This potential indicator of future tobacco and alcohol [...]
Warning Signs of Suicide
Suicide is a devastating act that almost always seems to friends and family members like a bolt from the blue. But people often give clues that they are thinking [...]
When the Last Child Leaves Home: The Empty Nest Experience
By Kathy Coffman, MS, LPC, NCC In describing the transition into the inevitable empty nest lifestyle, I think of the famous Charles Dickens quote from A Tale of Two [...]
Depression
Depression is a serious medical condition. In contrast to the normal emotional experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood states, clinical depression is persistent and can interfere significantly with [...]
