Tag: #suicide #mentalhealth #wellness #wellbeing #healthcare #depression
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History Through a Modern Lens
A patient said to me the other day, “you cannot view history through a modern lens.” I thought a lot about this. She vocalized something in a way the left my mind unresolved. To add to her idea, you can, but you must remember that you have the benefit of the lessons learned in this […]
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Trauma and Growth.
Adaptations to stress are what allow living things to thrive in a hostile world. Many people have suffered some insult to their existence from which they needed to adapt. The changes to a person’s character from childhood trauma, moments of failure and embarrassment, and seemingly immovable obstacles can become ingrained in one’s personality. Many times […]
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Mastery During Transition
Each day during the isolation, over the past few months, and as we ramp up now with re-opening, we have been faced with uncertainty and change. During our day-to-day, predating COVID, our routines were likely well established. At the least we may have had a vision of what we wanted to work on and towards. […]
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*SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
Suicide Awareness – by Mark Weidenbaum, MD & Thomas Bottiglieri, DO Mental health awareness requires a recognition that stigma is an obstacle. No one asks for disease of the mind, the same way a person would not ask for hypertension or rheumatoid arthritis. Like all diseases, environment and self-care influence disease. That doesn’t suggest that […]