If you want an idea of how much mental illness and substance abuse is out there, listen to the police scanners in a major metropolitan area, like South Florida, where I work. Some agencies use human dispatchers but many of …
Category Archives: Depression
Mental illness and homelessness – fiscal myopia strikes again | Bill …
The mentally ill fall into this category. Most of us are ill equipped to handle a fellow citizen in deep mental crisis shaking and frothing in front of us. It is an incredibly confronting situation that makes most of us deeply …
Ask the Doctor: Panic Attacks | The Michigan Chronicle
Question: “What is a panic attack”? Panic attacks are basically sudden attacks of fear. They may last from 10 to 15 minutes or so. Symptoms associated with fear can be physical, such as shortness of breath, rapid and …
Exciting New Breakthrough in Mental Health | Psychology Today
The new year offers more hope than ever for treatment of mental disorders.
Shedding More Light on Postpartum Depression – Penn Medicine …
“To put it into perspective, it's important to note that the percentage of patients who experience postpartum depression is much higher than the number of patients who are diagnosed with gestational diabetes, which is between …