I recently had a Twitter conversation with Geraldine Strathdee, our National Clinical Director for Mental Health, about the administrative burden we face while practicing in our specialty. She asked me to write a blog detailing …
Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness
This Canadian Soldier Killed His Wife — And He Blames PTSD …
The 52-year-old, a veteran of the Canadian Forces who was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), says it was flashbacks of his tours in Croatia and Afghanistan that led him to stab Melissa Richmond dozens …
Drama therapy research with female PTSD patients in Colombia by …
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – A woman with a theater degree from Kansas State University will work with displaced women in Colombia suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Jessica D. Munoz graduated in August from …
WVU professor's prevention-focused mental health care education …
When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2009, it brought with it new availability of social work services. Even more importantly, experts say, it signaled a change in preventative mental health care – identifying and helping …
Depression and Anxiety Could Be Helped With Online Cognitive …
Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) combined with clinical care has been shown to benefit people with depression, anxiety and emotional distress from illness, according to an evidence-based review in …