Twenty years ago, when I began my healing journey, I only knew one thing about shame: I would do whatever it took to protect myself from the shame of being sexually abused as a child. Since then, I’ve eliminated that shame and dedicated my...
"Most of us nod our heads when we hear that we are the product of our experiences early in life. But do we really know what that means? What would you do if you knew that you could change the likelihood that someone would experience lifelong...
Jeanni McCarty, a nurse and native of this threadbare city of 4,200, hurried up and down Main Street in Saturday’s bright sun, handing out stacks of fliers to any business that would take them. They were announcing a hastily planned...
The National Institute of Mental Health has unveiled a five-year strategic plan emphasizing research it hopes will ultimately give clinicians a better understanding of what mental illness looks like inside the brain — before a patient...
The San Antonio police’s strategy for responding to calls involving people who are mentally ill is being hailed as a national model amid rising anger over police brutality toward and high incarceration rates of people with mental health...
Even a careful psychiatric examination of the co-pilot involved in last week's Germanwings jetliner crash probably would not have revealed whether he intended to kill himself, researchers say. "As a field, we're not very good at accurately...
"When you have a 10-year-old who weighs 160 pounds walk into your examining room, you know it's not just the act of overeating at the core of that problem," says Rosemary Fernandez Stein, MD . "It's a bigger behavioral issue. And that means...
It was nearly dawn on October 20, 2012, when Elisa Lopez hopped on the 4 train downtown from the Bronx* to head to her boyfriend's apartment. Lulled by the subway's rock and rumble, she fell asleep, head cradled by the Plexiglas divider between...
A new study shows that workplace wellness programs can be effective in helping people lose weight by providing healthier food choices and increasing opportunities for physical activity, particularly if these efforts are designed with the input...
The majority of teenagers with mental health issues don't get help. But maybe if help were just a text message away — they wouldn't be so hesitant to reach out. That's the thinking behind NYC Teen Text, a pilot program at 10 New York...
We know that living in a poor community makes you less likely to live a long life. New evidence suggests that living in a community with high income inequality also seems to be bad for your health. A study from researchers at the University of...
“It’s the greatest professional disappointment of my career,” Bruce Growick told me recently without a trace of doubt in his voice. The former president of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals was...
The British Psychological Society welcomes the announcement of a five-year plan for a complete overhaul of mental health services for children and young people in England. This follows the publication of a report by the...
What do projects such as communities-in-schools, building affordable housing, preventing adverse childhood experiences, wasting less food, septic systems monitoring, and neighborhood trails or pathways have in common? They are all efforts being led by...
Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Robert Block, recently said, "Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing our nation today." That got me thinking about how...