Illicit drug use is on the rise across the nation. According to the CDC, nearly one in 10 Americans aged 12 and over used an illicit drug within a month prior to a survey that was conducted in 2013, a 13% increase over the number reported in a 2002 survey. Marijuana use accounts for a large portion of reported drug ... Read More
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Boys Don’t Cry: Common Mental Health Stereotypes for Men
There is a crisis developing in the United States around men's mental health. Men are much less likely to seek help when they're struggling with personal and emotional issues, and the result is alarming: One study from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention found that nearly 70% percent of suicides are men, and men ... Read More
South Florida Treatment Center
Mental Health and Addiction: Seeking Treatment in South Florida With a warm year-round climate and over 800 miles of sandy beaches, Florida is known as one of the United States' top destinations for vacationers and retirees. What many Americans may not know is that South Florida is also one of the nation's capitals ... Read More
Alcohol’s Short- and Long-Term Effects on the Brain
Our knowledge about alcohol and its effects has changed a lot over time. Drinking alcohol has been legal in the United States for those who are over the legal age since the end of Prohibition in the 1930s, and since then, alcohol has been regarded, generally, as safe. Yes, drinking has been considered a vice for ... Read More
2020 Scholarship Undergrad Recipient Isabel Buckingham Shares Her “Hope for Healing Story”
Before she went on to win this year’s undergraduate “Hope for Healing Scholarship,” Isabel Buckingham began her personal essay with the following statement: “An estimated three percent of adolescents are diagnosed with an eating disorder; the first day of summer vacation in 2016, I became one of them.” Up until that ... Read More
Meet the Two 2020 Recipients of FHE Health’s “Hope for Healing Scholarship”
FHE Health has chosen the first two recipients of its first-ever, annual “Hope for Healing Scholarship.” This year’s winners are Isabel Buckingham, a nursing major at the University of Pennsylvania, and Melanie Ryerson, a master’s student in clinical mental health counseling at the University of Central Florida. The ... Read More
How Technology Can Improve Mental Health
For many years, conversations about technology centered around entertainment. It’s not uncommon to hear people talk about too much TV or internet time causing attention disorders and unhealthy bodies due to lack of exercise. Yet, technology is improving mental health. In many ways, we are seeing health breakthroughs ... Read More
Meet the Eight Finalists for the 2020 Hope for Healing Scholarship
FHE Health will soon be announcing the names of the two winners of our very first, annual “Hope for Healing Scholarship.” On March 15, tune in on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram to find out who will be awarded a $5,000 grant to support their studies in behavioral health and related fields! One graduate and one undergraduate ... Read More
