Category: Mental Health

  • Michigan’s developing history with mental health

    Michigan’s developing history with mental health

    Mental Health Month: Michigan’s developing history … 45 mins ago .cls-3{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Michigan Health Sparrow Dietitian Sarah Smith talks … 3 hours ago .cls-3{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Healthy Habits: The importance of Hydration 2 hours ago .cls-3{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}

  • Taps for Peace and Mental Health on Memorial Day

    Taps for Peace and Mental Health on Memorial Day

    mato181/AdobeStock PSYCHIATRIC VIEWS ON THE DAILY NEWS This is a Memorial Day weekend, as Monday is a federal holiday in the United States to honor and mourn the military personnel who died while serving in our Armed Forces. My self-disclosure. I served in the Army in Ft. McClellan, Alabama in 1975-1977, starting right when the…

  • Opinion: May is Mental Health Month. I am proof that there is hope

    Opinion: May is Mental Health Month. I am proof that there is hope

    You may have read articles on mental health from objective or subjective point of view. But I would like to teach you from lived experience. That is the term we use for one with a mental health condition. You may have felt some mental pain before (everyone has) but there are many more difficult and…

  • ‘They’re about the mess of being human’: how the mental health musical won over the west end

    ‘They’re about the mess of being human’: how the mental health musical won over the west end

    A new breed of musical theatre is rising amid the jukebox singalongs and well-worn classics of the West End stage. It is the mental health musical, an all-singing, all-dancing genre bringing identity and personal crises to the fore. This means many new musicals are preceded by trigger warnings that the performance to come may feature…

  • NaphCare and NaphCare Charitable Foundation Recognize Mental Health Month with Patient Art Initiative

    NaphCare and NaphCare Charitable Foundation Recognize Mental Health Month with Patient Art Initiative

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 24, 2024– In recognition of Mental Health Month, leading correctional healthcare company NaphCare, Inc. and the NaphCare Charitable Foundation, Inc. launched “Reframing Mental Health” – a patient mental health art initiative and exhibit aimed at advocating for awareness and addressing stigmas related to mental health. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is…

  • 11th annual Mental Health Walk in La Crosse

    11th annual Mental Health Walk in La Crosse

    LA CROSSE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – Multiple organizations in La Crosse are coming together to support people affected by mental illness. First News at Nine’s Dashal Mentzel shares how they’re doing so by putting one foot in front of the other. Thursday (5/23/24) marked La Crosse County’s 11th Annual Mental Health Walk, which saw around 100…

  • New Haven High School hosts special training on Mental Health Action Day

    New Haven High School hosts special training on Mental Health Action Day

    New Haven High School students know a little more about how to manage their emotions having attended a special training session led by Cathy Mott and held in conjunction with May’s Mental Health Awareness Month and Action Day. “I want to help students understand the power and control that comes from being able to name,…

  • Elite Iranian cyclist says his mental health would be ‘broken’ if he is moved to Bibby Stockholm

    Elite Iranian cyclist says his mental health would be ‘broken’ if he is moved to Bibby Stockholm

    An elite Iranian cyclist, who claimed asylum in the UK after last year’s Glasgow World Championships, says the Bibby Stockholm barge would destroy his mental health and wellbeing if he is forced to Portland, Dorset by the Home Office.  Mohammad Ganjkhanlou rode in the elite men’s time trial in Stirling last August and placed 66th…

  • Valley organization highlights mental health resources, honors former Chandler student

    Valley organization highlights mental health resources, honors former Chandler student

    CHANDLER, AZ — May is Mental Health Awareness Month and one Valley organization has been providing free resources to the public. Copa Health provides information and resources at no cost to anyone in, or connected to, the mental health community, including those living with a mental illness, their family members, friends and professionals. The company…

  • Kudos to the Mental Health Unit during Mental Health Awareness Month

    Kudos to the Mental Health Unit during Mental Health Awareness Month

    A guest blog written by:Sgt. Craig Brandon May 23, 2024 – Charlotte County, FL “I would like to recognize Deputies Toby Collins, Nancy Henshaw, Keri Welch, Joseph Carver, Travis Steyskal and Nathan Shultz, Clinicians Maria Foster, Krislyn Hyatt and Stuart Stoltzfus, Medic Martin Ripalda, and Case Managers Debbie Howard and Johanna Rutschow. The Mental Health…