Tag: Recovery Model of Mental Illness
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Eradicating Labeling People With Mental Health Issues
Jennifer Guttman Psy.D. About 20 percent of adults have at least one mental health condition. People can embrace discussions about coping with mental adversity at home or out with family or friends. Be mindful and sensitive that the mental health issues people struggle with don’t define their state of being or who they are. One…
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Losing Home: Rediscovering a Sense of Self
Elizabeth Heaney MA, LPC KEY POINTS It is essential to have a stable, clear sense of self. Sometimes, our identities go through profound changes, and we need to be able to rebuild a sense of who we are. Losing self may be a normal pattern, and rediscovering a sense of self is a crucial skill…
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Generative AI Could Help Solve the U.S. Mental Health Crisis
Ashley Andreou & ChatGPT At ten years old, I considered I, Robot a scary movie. To this day, it lives on as a flashbulb memory in my mind—loss of control and existential threat don’t sit well with me. A similar uneasiness took hold when I recently read the news: ChatGPT can handle questions on the US medical licensing exam…
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Will New Hyper-Realistic Video Filters Harm Mental Health?
Gwendolyn Seidman Ph.D. Close Encounters We are not the first to point to one of Silicon Valley’s favorite tenets, move fast and break things, and say, that’s fine, as long as those things aren’t people. But nowhere is this more apparent than with the new TikTok Bold Glamour filter. It is a live-action video distortion filter…
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The Road to Deep Emotional Connection With Yourself
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lawrence J. Cohen Ph.D. Playful Parenting Acknowledge the emotions you have, and accept them all as normal and universal Adults still need all of their emotions to be seen, recognized, reflected, and validated, just like toddlers, kindergartners, school-age children, and adolescents. Adults still act in less-than-ideal ways (to put it mildly) because of…
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The Mental Health Industry Transformation
How increases in mental health issues have transformed the helping professions. In the past two decades, mental health issues have been skyrocketing across the world, creating a need for mental health professionals. These days, we even talk about the mental health “industry,” terminology that was simply not used 20 years ago.We need both short- and…
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Why Young People Are Languishing
The mental health of young people of both sexes is declining New data suggest that young people of both sexes are languishing. Global and cultural circumstances may be facilitating the decline in young people’s mental health. Today’s youngsters may face more stressors, but may also be more emotionally fragile. Glancing at the news, and the…
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Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic
Vera.org Lessons from New York State’s Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program Overview As the opioid crisis has swept the nation, more and more states are equipping their first responders and police officers with naloxone, an overdose antidote that reverses opioid overdoses and can be administered by bystanders with minimal training. This report details the…
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Student mental health crisis worsening nationwide
1. 1 in 5 high school students considered suicide within last year, CDC says Full story 2. The size of 4 big payers’ behavioral provider networks Full story 3. Cherry Health to place Narcan vending machines in Michigan Full story 4. How 4 health systems fill gaps in behavioral health with automated care programs 5. UC San Diego anesthesiologist creates app for fentanyl overdose rescue Full…
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Black History Month
Learning about the history of systemic racism during Black History Month – and all year – in the mental health system and movement and how it harms Black communities in the US and around the world is key for creating a mentally healthier world. We are highlighting Black and African American contributions to the mental…