April 2023

To mark the anniversary of the passage of the landmark legislation of the Georgia Mental Health Parity Act, we are sharing a letter written a year ago by Roland Behm, Co-founder of the Georgia Mental Health Policy Partnership, Board Member and Former Board Chair, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Georgia Chapter. The letter is to his son, Kyle, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2010 as a junior in college and died by suicide in August 2019.

To read more of Nicole Kear's article, please click here. Teen girls in the U.S. are “engulfed in a growing wave of sadness, violence and trauma,” according to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that found alarming increases in rates of rape, depression, suicidality, and cyberbullying among adolescents. 1 “The numbers are unprecedented,” said Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health . “Our young people...

Photo by Aerial Perspective Works via iStock.com. To read more of Roberval Oliveira's article, please click here. Driving can be stressful and many of us spend hours a week doing it. But if we bring mindfulness to driving, it can actually improve our well-being. Mindful driving begins with clearly seeing the relationship between cause and effect, a cornerstone of Buddhism. American Buddhist monk Thanissaro Bhikkhu teaches that in our search for well-being and happiness, it’s important to...