I was diagnosed with osteoporosis in my early twenties. Why were my young bones already losing tissue? Women who struggle with anorexia nervosa, like me at the time, are at a higher risk of developing the disease. I also believe that my eating disorder may have contributed to my sluggish thyroid. Many people don’t realize […]
By Clint Fletcher There’s a common misbelief in our country that PTSD is a disorder that only our combat soldiers suffer from after returning from war. While it’s true the PTSD rate in the US military is alarmingly high (as many as 500,000 troops from the Iraq and Afghan war), there’s also a strong correlation […]
The brave men and women who serve our country in the military experience many difficult stressors that ordinary citizens do not. Whether they’re in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, National Guard, or Coast Guard, life in the armed forces is intense, stressful and often unpredictable—regardless of whether or not any active war zone duty […]
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 […]
Here at Meadows Behavioral Healthcare (MBH), our goal is to provide patients with the best of the best. With more than 40 years of experience and the nation’s top mental healthcare and addiction professionals, we are trusted by clinicians and patients all over the world. This National Healthcare Quality Week, we want to take a […]
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 […]