Eating Disorders Awareness Week will be held February 26 - March 3, 2024, creating space for support and understanding.
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Sometimes referred to as SAD or seasonal depression, seasonal affective disorder is a mood disorder occurring at the same time each year that impacts about 5% of adults.
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Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in women’s mental health, wants us to shift our thinking about self-care. Her new book Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included), covers what self-care is and what it isn’t and shares four key principles necessary to perform self-care.
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Fountain House pioneered what is now known as the clubhouse model, which are community-based programs that provide social support for severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and borderline personality disorder.
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One small act of kindness can make a big difference in someone’s day. Small gestures can provide a sense of connectivity with others and help to ease loneliness and isolation and, even, improve your daily way of life.
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A Phoenix nursery is at the forefront of a movement advocating for a new care model for babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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This January, consider journaling for your mental health. As we enter a new year with new goals, dreams, aspirations and challenges, journaling can be a beneficial tool to check in with yourself about your emotional and mental health on a daily basis.
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The loss of a loved one is difficult, but during the holiday season, it can prove to be even harder. Whether you’ve lost a family member, friend, co-worker or beloved pet, watching others celebrating or giving thanks can be overwhelming when you’re experiencing sadness, loneliness or pain.
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Family dynamics are unique and can bring both stress and joy during the holiday season. For anyone experiencing a mental health issue, the holidays can be tricky to navigate and can even exacerbate what they are feeling.
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Severe bullying can result in mental health problems like depression, anxiety, substance abuse and, even, suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
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Mental Illness Awareness Week was established by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) over three decades ago in an effort to focus exclusively on educating and increasing awareness about mental illness. Call to Mind joins like-minded organizations this week to raise awareness, fight discrimination, remove biases and increase support for those who need it.
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The last two years have been a rollercoaster of social distancing, quarantining, remote learning and remote work, postponed events, closed restaurants and, quite frankly, a giant interruption to our everyday lives. The last two years have also shown us that mental health preventative care is critical to maintain well-being and find support and healing.
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Remote learning, social distancing and mandatory quarantines are mostly practices of the past. However, there is still a lingering issue brought to light by the pandemic: the state of youth mental health and the rise in anxiety, stress, depression and, unfortunately, suicide.
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With September just around the corner, it’s important to remember that going back to school in person can be an exciting time for some – and a nervous one for others. In fact, for the past two years, students have experienced events that no other generation has encountered all at once: an on-going pandemic, racial reckoning and complicated international conflicts. Add to it remote learning (which was helpful for some, harder for others), missed opportunities and socializing, and academic delays that, for some, have reverberated all the way from kindergarten and, even, into college.
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Losing a parent means some children may lose a primary breadwinner. And that can have long-term financial implications for children for years later.
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Call to Mind is no longer recommending people rely on the Crisis Text Line, after reporting by Politico showed that the nonprofit mental health response service shared user conversation data with its related for-profit company Loris.
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Conditions at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in Wisconsin were so bad that now, a federally-appointed monitor oversees the facilities.
Read MoreWisconsin still doesn’t know when it will close its two youth prisons. In 2018, then-Gov. Scott Walker signed a law to shut the “schools” at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake. They’re still open. Conditions have been improving, but the kids there still face tremendous mental health challenges.
Read MoreThe grief and stress of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a spike in demand for mental health care. But amid a nationwide shortage of providers, more people are turning to remote — or virtual — care.
Read MoreOne group of college students, athletes, routinely get more access to mental health services as an effort to care for the whole athlete. This care is gaining traction, but it is fair to other students?
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