Tag: empowerment
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In Some Workplaces, It’s Now OK Not to Be OK
BY BRUCE HOROVITZ JUNE 22, 2022 2:32 PM EDT Good mental health seemed like a given to Kamini Cormier. Then, came the pandemic. Back in 2020, when she was forced to isolate herself at home with her husband and adolescent daughters, she started feeling aches and pains all over her body. She figured she’d probably caught…
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How Employers Can Help With Our Mental Health Crisis And ‘Collective Trauma’
Jack Kelly Senior Contributor I write actionable interview, career and salary advice. For two years we’ve been subjected to fear, anxiety, isolation, powerlessness which all contributed to a crisis of “collective trauma,” and being on “edge.’ To find out how bad things are, and what business leaders and people can do to cope with the…
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How Teachers Help Students with Mental Health Disorders
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vantagereport.com Staff Teachers are expected to do so much with students in only six hours a day. It would be an easy job if all they had to do was teach the subject matter and go home. But their jobs are far greater. Teachers are expected to act as parents, counselors, disciplinarians, tutors, and…
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Co-occurring mental illness, drug use, and medical multimorbidity among lesbian, gay, and bisexual middle-aged and older adults in the United States: a nationally representative study
Published: 04 August 2020 Benjamin H. Han, Dustin T. Duncan, Mauricio Arcila-Mesa & Joseph J. Palamar BMC Public Health volume 20, Article number: 1123 (2020) Abstract Background Older lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults are an underserved and understudied population that experience specific health disparities. The intersection of aging and chronic medical disease with a higher risk for substance use and mental…
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Why Therapy Is Broken
Everyone is telling one another to “get help,” but few acknowledge that the practice is often flawed. ELEANOR CUMMINS SEP 26, 2022 8:00 AM Elanor Cummings Social Media AN HOUR A week in a shrink’s office is increasingly treated as a prerequisite for a healthy, happy life. There, we imagine, friends learn new coping skills and…
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Recovery Model of Mental Illness: A Complementary Approach to Psychiatric Care
K. S. Jacob This disclaimer relates to PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), and Bookshelf. These three resources are scientific literature databases offered to the public by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). NLM is not a publisher, but rather collects, indexes, and archives scientific literature published by other organizations. The presence of any article, book,…