Kaiser Health News: Portia Smith’s most vivid memories of her daughter’s first year are of tears. Not the baby’s. Her own. “I would just hold her and cry all day,” Smith said. At 18, Smith was caring for two children, 4-year-old Kelaiah and newborn Nelly, with little help from the partner in her abusive relationship.…
ReadLaunched in November 2016, this series is for caregivers of service members and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Each episode offers information, resources and tips for caregivers and shares caregiver stories. You can listen to The TBI Family episodes or download them via SoundCloud(link is external), iTunes(link is external) or Google Play Click Here to View all…
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ReadTaken From US News & World Report By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter (HEALTHDAY) The number of Americans dying from alcohol abuse each year has doubled since 1999, a new study reveals. Between 1999 and 2017, alcohol-related deaths jumped from nearly 36,000 a year to almost 73,000. That’s about 1 million deaths lost to booze over…
ReadConcussions are like ghosts from the past. The symptoms of old concussions and brain injuries may be the manifestations in the present. Often the person has forgotten about their concussions, or in some cases, their many concussions, but they continue to struggle with the lingering effects of concussion. Usually the symptoms associated with concussion resolve…
ReadDue to a multitude of factors including discrimination and bias, individuals who identify as transgender experience higher rates of mental health issues than the general U.S. population. A 2013 article published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology found that about 50% of individuals identifying as transgender presented with clinically significant depressive symptoms. Further,…
ReadBipolar disorder has been clinically recognized for years, but the mechanisms that underly the condition and the ways the disorder expresses itself have remained poorly understood. Now, researchers say they have identified a unique way that bipolar disorder expresses itself that can improve treatment and therapy options for those with the disorder. As researchers from…
ReadThe following article is offered to us by contributor Ruwan M. Jayatunge, MD, and offers us new insights into the future of PTSD treatment. by Ruwan M. Jayatunge and Mieczyslaw Pokorski Abstract: This review is an attempt to provide a comprehensive view of post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD) and its therapy, focusing on the use of meditation…
ReadThis week, the world lost not one, but two highly successful celebrities to suicide. From the outside, no one would have guessed Kate Spade or Anthony Bourdain were contemplating taking their lives in the last few days leading up to their deaths. Both had built sizable business empires, were well-respected, and were living what appeared…
ReadDhruv Khullar, MD in an article in the New York Times of June 7, 2018 described the serious health disparities that Americans living with serious mental illness face. According to Dr. Khullar people living with serious mental illness die 15-30 years earlier than those without a serious mental health condition. That is an enormous reduction…
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