Three interventions designed for follow up of patients who are identified with suicide risk in hospital emergency departments save lives and are cost effective relative…
Posts published in September 2017
Lisa Hillman never meant to become a poster child for parents coping with a child’s drug problem. She was an accomplished health care administrator, a…
As is plain to see, Americans are living in a politically polarized era. “Partisan animus is at an all-time high,” reports Stanford political scientist Shanto…
Recently I was speaking with a couple whose adult son died two months ago of a drug overdose. These parents adored him and knew he…
A recent study confirms that Norwegians have more one-night stands than Americans do, and one of the key contributing factors in determining this outcome is…
In this episode of the Psych Central Show, hosts Gabe Howard and Vincent M. Wales speak with guest Christine Hammond, a licensed mental health counselor who…
To be acceptable to yourself and others, you hide who you are and become who you aren’t. Most people think of codependency as being in…
We’ve all heard about this thing called “mindfulness” — it’s the latest buzzword in psychology that’s picked up a lot of steam in the past…
Almost 150 years have passed since Jean-Martin Charcot first described amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease, an ailment that leads to…
When I was 8 years old my uncle died by suicide. I remember sitting in my family living room with my twin brother during a…