Preliminary results from a trial in Uganda regarding Self Help Plus A guided, self help plus approach provides strategies for managing distress and coping with adversity is safe and resulted in meaningful improvements in psychological distress and functioning compared to enhanced usual care over…
Last month, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) announced it has joined Mental Health for US, a coalition working to ensure that improving treatment for mental health and addiction is a top priority during the 2020 election. “Social workers are on the front…
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” -To Kill A Mockingbird At a recent seminar on healthcare personalization through technology in Los Angeles, the main complaint…
A professional drummer asked me to write a testimonial for her music business about why I feel playing the drums (drumming) helps people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). I have long known the benefits of drumming for children with ASD because our son, Doug,…
It’s an issue for about a third of American adults Ever since we were kids, we’ve heard about the importance of getting (choose a number) hours of sleep. When you’re small, the number can be ten, or even twelve for some ambitious parents. Moving…
Until it is, nurses and other healthcare providers may want to try to help identify this “condition.” It would have been difficult for Patsie McCandless to imagine a better, more appropriate gift for her 2nd Grade class. It was 1980, and every classroom in…
Welcome to the 2019 Elite Healthcare Resource Guide Read This Issue Now! If you enjoy this issue, please take a look at our other healthcare resource guide (s) that focus on other topics. Cover Story: An Epidemic of American Suicide Recent high-profile cases have…
Becoming one with nature and your unacknowledged senses Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurrences with seasonal changes. It is most common in winter, although it can occur in other seasons. Symptoms include those seen in other types of depression:…
How do they find, recruit, and cultivate victims? For the past couple years, predators—sexual or otherwise—have unfortunately been a constant feature in the news cycle. Prominent Hollywood figures were identified for inappropriate or even criminal behavior. Most recently, this past weekend singer R.…
In psychiatry the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM–5) is the authoritative guide to mental disorders. To have a specific disorder certain criteria must be met. With each revision new disorders are identified. The original DSM-1 had 105. The latest DSM-5 has 297.…