Informative articles on the latest news on mental health conditions and co-occurring disorders.
Despite the rise in depression and anxiety symptoms, firearm sales, and drug and alcohol use, US suicide rates during COVID actually fell 6% last year, the largest annual decline in four decades. While we’ve all watched our fair share of disaster movies — Titanic, The Day After Tomorrow, The Perfect Storm, and probably the most […]
It’s helpful to know when and how to draw the line between what is acceptable and what is not, and how to hold to it. Setting healthy personal physical contact boundaries has taken on a whole new dimension in the age of COVID and the #MeToo movement. Although we know now that COVID rarely spreads […]
We’ve all seen it happen. Maybe it’s an online disagreement that got all-caps ugly. A barista chewed out for foaming the wrong milk. An impatient driver aggressively passing a slower one. Rolled eyes, loud sighs, or demands to “see a manager” in a long line of any kind. Or it’s knee-jerk nastiness when a store […]
We often think of grief as a process that only happens when someone close to us dies. But the reality is we grieve losses of all kinds throughout our lives. This has been especially apparent in recent years as our entire lives have been turned upside down by the pandemic. In fact, this has been […]
How do you know if you’re getting enough sleep? Sometimes a lack of sleep comes from a busy schedule, overconsumption of caffeine or alcohol, or an anxious mind. But sleep problems can have many contributing factors and no single solution. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one-third of adults (35%) don’t get enough […]
Research on ADHD-addiction risk shows a growing concern that people with ADHD may be more susceptible to alcohol or drug misuse.