Last week the Psych Central website, of which I’ve been a reader for what seems like a decade or more now, formally announced a new venture. Psych Central Professional, a new resource devoted exclusively to mental health and behavioral health professionals. What will you find on Psych Central Professional? All the rich goodness you’ve come…
With all of the celebrity suicides in the news recently, John Grohol took advantage of the uptick in people looking for information about suicide and untreated depression to give a brief glimpse into the risk among young adults, and some of the warning signs to look for in this post today. I’m copying the important…
Catroina from the Counseling Directory website, sent me an email today asking if I could let folks know about this resource. As I know there are at least a handful of you who reside in the UK, I thought it might proof helpful. If not now, it’s a handy resource to have around the next…
Interesting post today about how a Vitamin D deficiency can cause not just physical problems, but can have a real factor in mental health as well. Since there’s no better source of Vitamin D than the sun, take some time to go get a little. It may not solve all of your mental health issues,…
@Thriver mentioned this on Twitter today, and I thought I would pass it along. It’s the premeire issue of an e-zine called Light and Shadow. Light and Shadow is a quarterly e-zine which focuses on moving beyond psych labels, psych diagnosis and mental health stigma. There is a whole lot of stuff packed into the…
Psychotherapy Works Is Still News to Many In the U.S., consumers are constantly bombarded with pharmaceutical advertising describing the many benefits of different psychiatric medications (Depression hurts. No duh!). But consumers get no marketing about the benefits of psychotherapy, and often still have old, stigmatizing misconceptions about how it works and how expensive it is….
