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Supporting a Loved One After a Psychiatric Hospitalization
Hospitalization stabilizes a mental health crisis, but healing is an ongoing process that continues at home with the right support and follow-up care. The good news is that your presence
- by Dana Hinders
First responders run toward what most people run from, but that same culture of strength and self-reliance can make it hard to ask for help when the job starts to...
- by Dana Hinders
Self-harm in teens, also known as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), is more common than most parents know. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, research estimates that approximately 17% of...
- by Dana Hinders
Late-life depression is often underestimated and underdiagnosed, with an average expected prevalence of 31.8% among older adults according to research published in Psychiatry International. Primary care visits for seniors tend...
Why Can’t I Turn It Off When My Shift Is Done? Understanding Hypervigilance in Police, Fire, and EMS
- by Dana Hinders
Hypervigilance is what happens when the part of your brain that runs threat detection—mostly the amygdala, with a lot of help from your sympathetic nervous system—gets used to running at...
