As we give thanks at the holidays, it’s easy to overlook someone important: your past self. While it’s well documented...
Most mental health care in America doesn’t happen in psychiatrists’ offices – especially when it comes to children, teens and young adults. Instead, young people with...
America is a pretty angry place these days. Formerly respectful spaces like school board meetings have become bitter battlegrounds. Some people are harassing healthcare workers and...
Both moderate and strenuous exercise alleviate symptoms of anxiety, even when the disorder is chronic, a study led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows....
We’ve all heard of self-reflection, and I’d wager most of us would feel comfortable defining it. But generally, self-reflection exists more as a concept that’s understood...
October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but let’s make it our mission year-round to end the one important thing that, paradoxically, is both a dire consequence...
“I understand these people. I know they are tired of living here. They have had difficulties. They have no one to help them.” – Chen Si...
“I don’t know if I did the right thing. Maybe I shouldn’t have.” Power differentials are present within the helping profession and may cause the helpee...
At the age of 17, I lost my older brother, David, to suicide. As a gay man in his early 20s, David struggled with mental health...
Social work can be an incredibly personal profession- exposing social workers not only to others’ traumas but often forcing them to face triggering experiences from their...
Over the last year and a half, there has been no shortage of media coverage about the mental health implications of the pandemic. Generally, these articles...
COVID-19 led to an increase in alcohol consumption. Here's how to encourage Americans to level set.
Maybe I am a hopeless romantic, but I believe that workplace environments are akin in many ways to romantic relationships. If we spend the majority of...
Who (or what) comes to your mind when you think about active listening? For me, I think about my girlfriend Jo. She gives her complete attention...
If you are a social worker, you probably know better than anyone just how much pressure has been put on professionals since the Covid-19 crisis began....
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We’re all public health nerds now, and many of us have stepped up our games when it comes to washing our hands and sanitizing surfaces at...
As we begin a new decade, 2020 is testing the mental health of humanity. After the world mourned the loss of Kobe Bryant to start the...
You know that being kind to others is good for the recipient (obviously), but did you know that it’s also good for the giver, too? Yep,...
For the nearly 36 million Americans who experience panic attacks, the coronavirus pandemic is a potentially significant new trigger, a recent story in the Washington Post reported. For...
A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes — immune system cells also known...
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health...
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....