What is Community-Based Suicide Prevention?
In 2023, suicide was the 11th leading cause of death, accounting for 1.4 in 10,000 individuals, or 1.70 million suicide attempts in the year. Those statistics are tragic and every one of them is a person who might have lived if they had better resources, better education, and more help improving quality of life. Today, […]
Teenage Mood Swings – When Do I Need Professional Help?
Most of us think of teenage years as the point in time to be free, to explore life, and to have friends and people around you. But, for many of us, it’s also when emotions and hormones hit and when the first symptoms of mental health disorders start to show. Teenagers are famous for mood […]
How Do I Get Through to My Loved One with Mental Illness?
Today, an estimated 22.8% or 58.7 million U.S. adults struggle with mental health problems including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and more. With just over 1 in 5 of us struggling with a mental health disorder, experiencing mental health problems is extremely normal. Yet, just over half of those needing mental health treatment get it. […]
What is Trauma Informed Care?
For millions of Americans, substance abuse is about self-medication and treating pain, discomfort, and trauma. Today, some 46.3 million Americans struggle with drug and alcohol use disorders. Taking a trauma improved approach to their care means taking that background of substance abuse to alleviate pain and incorporating it into treatment. It’s also increasingly the standard […]
