Stigma is one of the most challenging aspects of living with a mental health condition. It causes people to feel ashamed for something that is out of their control and prevents many from seeking the help they need and speaking out. In order to...
He was living in a dumpster when the idea first came to him. His name's Jeff Wilson — Dr. Jeff Wilson, actually. He's a professor at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, known fondly on campus as "Professor Dumpster." Photo by ...
I recently had the chance to interview Sarah Silverman to chat about her latest film. The movie is called " I Smile Back ," and it's a dark, powerful, honest story about a woman struggling with addiction and depression. Silverman — for those who...
Last week Greece reported roughly 10,000 asylum-seekers a day arriving from Turkey. These migrant flows, the country’s highest to date, are just the latest wave of refugees from Syria, Iraq, and other conflict-ridden countries...
Darris Young was ecstatic when he heard the news that United States officials will set free about 6,000 inmates, all non-violent drug offenders, by November 2. The release is part of an overall, bipartisan push to reduce the...
Washington County has been working with key stakeholders and the community on upstream approaches to decreased tobacco use, chronic disease prevention and suicide prevention, however, early strategies did not include addressing the role ACEs...
By now I think everyone in America has heard what happened at Spring Valley High School in Richland County, South Carolina. A quick synopsis: After a student would not leave the classroom, the teacher followed a toxic series of steps too common...
We've been reporting on the Napa State Hospital in California. Five years ago this week, an employee there was killed by a psychiatric patient. It's still a dangerous place. Steve Seager is a psychiatrist there. STEVE SEAGER: Every time I leave the...
City Councilor Ayanna Pressley held a hearing last week aimed at establishing a coordinated and sustainable system for psychological trauma response in Boston. The devastating effects of homicides, shootings, domestic abuse and other traumas last far...
At United Way of Kitsap County, we believe in challenging the status quo to the way we approach fighting poverty in our community. We believe in thinking differently and we are excited to be taking bold, progressive steps to begin to resolve...
Chris Divin, a doctoral student in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, and a 2014 recipient of the Frances Fowler Wallace Award from the Hogg Foundation, has recently completed her...
Adverse childhood experiences and associations with health-harming behaviours in young adults: surveys in eight eastern European countries Mark A Bellis,a Karen Hughes,a Nicola Leckenby,a Lisa Jones,a Adriana Baban,b Margarita Kachaeva,c Robertas...
The Best Start Resource Centre has launched a provincial awareness campaign on child discipline. A high-impact television public service announcement is currently disseminated to promote it. The goal of the awareness campaign is to reduce the...
Discussions on how to help traumatized children echoed across the walls of Phoenix Children’s Hospital on Thursday morning. Nicole Stanton, the first lady of Phoenix and founder of the Dion Initiative for Child Well-Being and...
“Within the past 12 months, we worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more. Within the past 12 months, the food we bought just didn’t last and we didn’t have money to get more.” Yes or no?...