Mental Health

The use of restrains and seclusion in psychiatric hospitals has caused long lists of issues for patients and the rest...

For the clinician or case manager who finds most of his or her caseload representative of young people, the Millennials...

Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, lived in an era where experimentation with drug use was encouraged. The children...

Court-mandated outpatient treatment in New York State, known as Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), is a program designed to compel outpatient...

Every two hours, someone in England takes their own life. Suicide is a leading cause of death amongst young men...

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a form of strengths-based counseling originally developed by Miller and Rollnick with the aim of helping...

Depression is a serious and debilitating condition for older adults aged 65 years and older. Depression not only exacerbates physical...

Harm reduction seeks to maintain people’s safety and minimize death, disease and injury from high-risk behaviour. The reduction of harmful...

Tragic and inspirational are the two words that come to mind after reading SJ Hart’s book, Lies In Silence. SJ...

In late February, social media in New Zealand showed its bitchy side rather than outright bullying, but you have to...

Art therapy is a commonly used and versatile medium for self-expression.  There are several exercises that can be completed at...

L'Wren Scott, famous fashion designer and girlfriend of Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, was found hanging from a doorknob which...

Most coping techniques that teach people how to handle their abnormal anxieties focus on skills that reduce, replace, and avoid...

I was the poster child for Vicarious Trauma at least that’s what I liked to tell myself. In the great oppression...

Recently, I went to the #fostercare hash-tag on Instagram to look at the most current foster-care related photos. At the top of...

Drug use is a significant contributing factor of poor health and rising mortality rates in Canada and the United States....

According to recent statistics and surveys, more than 10% of Americans shoplift. The vast majority of them shoplift not out...

In recent news, Yusuf Neville, a prominent African American male, committed suicide by jumping from the parking deck of a...

You can’t take it with you.—Kaufman and Hart Unless you’ve been living on another planet, you’ve probably noticed the ever-increasing...

We all heard the phrase “Recover is Real”, I honestly didn’t believe it until I learned about Julie Brown and...