Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is commonly portrayed in television shows and movies, usually among war veterans returning from combat. However, even as greater visibility is given to this mental illness, there are a lot of misconceptions about what it is, who can experience it, and how it affects friends and ... Read More
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What are the Mental Health Side Effects of the COVID Vaccine?
While the long-term effects of the global pandemic won't be fully realized for decades, the links between mental illness and COVID-19 have been clear from the start. The stress of facing a deadly virus during a period of lengthy isolation, increased unemployment, and a decrease in access to consistent support has ... Read More
The Flight Attendant’s Guide to Addiction and Mental Health
Working as a flight attendant with its demanding schedules, jet lag, and solitary hotel living can take its toll. Like other high-stress jobs, flight attendants can become vulnerable to the use of drugs or alcohol to cope with their work. Abusing drugs and alcohol to cope with mental health symptoms can pave the way to ... Read More
How to Stop Intrusive Thoughts That Won’t Go Away
Updated May 3, 2023 Many parents understand what it is like to have horrifying thoughts about their child being harmed in some way. Most everyone experiences moments of frustration or anger when a violent thought creeps in and then subsides. It is common to experience anxiety and even play out scenarios about ... Read More
How Hemingway Never Met a Martini He Didn’t Like
The author of classic works like The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway is looked upon as a literary titan. But in many circles, his writing isn't what he's best remembered for. Hemingway's drinking and macho reputation are revered long after his death — but what ... Read More
The Police Officer’s Guide to Addiction and Mental Health
Every day police officers face a unique set of stressors that can make them more vulnerable to mental illness and addiction. Life and death situations can occur without warning and require immediate action from the trained officers serving the nation's cities, suburbs, towns, villages, and rural areas. Without ... Read More
What Drugs Did Bob Dylan Really Do?
The "golden oldies" age of music may have ended decades ago, but the impact of this often drug-fueled music will live on forever. While it wouldn't surprise many to learn that famous musicians from the '60s had drug habits, the story of Bob Dylan is a bit more complicated. Once thought to be the most protesting ... Read More
COVID and Depression – How to Seek Help
The coronavirus is raising Americans' susceptibility to anxiety and depression and making more people anxious and depressed. That's an inescapable conclusion from recent revelations about the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its rippling effects across American society. It's not hard to see why the ... Read More