Category Archives: Mental Health

During its first meeting of December, the Poulsbo City Council approved a new position within the Behavioral Health Outreach Program, better known as the navigator program. The navigator program is a multi-city effort that gives law enforcement access to a behavioral health navigator who contacts individuals struggling with behavioral health, mental health or chemical dependency issues, and works to connect them with social services and treatment Continue reading →

White House hopeful Andrew YangAndrew YangAmerica's real 'freedom dividend': Hard work and pro-business policies The Hill's Campaign Report: 2020 Democrats trading jabs ahead of Los Angeles debate Booker says he will not make December debate stage MORE on Wednesday unveiled two plans to invest in mental health coverage and expand telehealth services. Continue reading →

The company requesting a $1.4 million performance-based incentive grant from the Metro Council to open a new specialty psychiatric hospital in north Baton Rouge is planning to locate the facility in the former Champion Medical Center space at Howell Place. According to a draft agreement attached to the Metro Council agenda for Wednesdays meeting, at which the council will vote on the $1.4 million incentive, Oceans Behavioral Hospital plans to enter into a 10-year lease for some 35,000 square feet in the former surgical specialty hospital at Howell Place. The new behavioral health facility would be an expansion of the Dallas-based companys existing operations on Florida Boulevard Continue reading →

Joyner Lucas confronts his daily struggles with ADHD and the pressure to fix everything with medication in his new video for Revenge Intro/ADHD. Lucas co-directed the clip with Ben Proulx, and the video opens with a jarring scene in which Lucas spits the furious bars of Revenge Intro while standing outside a pharmaceutical facility with a bomb strapped to his chest and a SWAT team bearing down on him Continue reading →

BOISE, Idaho Over the past year, the popular social networking app Instagram has buckled down on efforts to prevent suicide among users, in part, by prohibiting real or fictional photos depicting any type of self-harm or suicide. As of November, the company began hiding the number of likes on photos for some U.S. users, in an effort to lessen the competition among younger users who are comparing themselves to their peers based on the number of likes their posts receive Continue reading →

Medically reviewed by Marina Katz, MD; American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology REFERENCES: American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition-Treatment Revision 2001. Chou, J.C.Y Continue reading →

Mental Health Impacts All of Us Mental health impacts not only our students but our families, schools, and communities. Text "WELL" to 65173, call 1-888-NYC-WELL (692-9355), or chat now Continue reading →

By Taylor Mooney December 6, 2019 / 5:44 PM / CBS News Adult film star raises concerns over the state of porn performers mental health There are many stories about the mass proliferation of porn online and the impact it has on viewers. But those stories leave out an important group, according to adult entertainment industry icon Amber Lynn: the people in front of the camera. While online platforms have diversified revenue streams and allowed online payments to be paid directly to performers, Lynn said that the internet has also brought unintended consequences to those baring it all. Continue reading →

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 05: NFL Wide Receiver and Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Project ... [+] 375, Brandon Marshall attends 2019 Forbes Healthcare Summit at the Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 05, 2019 in New York City Continue reading →

In fifth grade, Hailey Magee rushed home from school distraught and crying after seeing that shed received an A-minus on her first letter grade report card. Continue reading →