The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.
~Chinese Proverb~
We have been taught that thinking (cognition) happens in the gray matter housed in our skull.
It is natural for us to assume that everything we do is the result of complex mental computations that go on there. And it is logical for us to assume that if a person is not managing life well, the proble…
Violence is the willful act of inflicting harm on others. The perpetrator may or may not have a diagnosable mental health problem. Research does not uphold the idea that dangerousness should be associated with mental illness. With rare exceptions, violence is not committed because someone has a psyc…
May is Mental Health Month and this year Mental Health America is advocating two significant themes. One is Do More for 1 in 4. The second is Healing Trauma’s Invisible Wounds.
Do More for 1 in 4 refers to the one in four adults in the U.S. who have a diagnosable and treatable mental health con…
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2012 - March is Women in History month and Dorothea Dix is a mouse that roared.
After witnessing a gross injustice, Dorothea Dix took on U.S. and Canadian legislators to advocate for people who were politically and economically powerless. She worked to relieve the suffering o…
WASHINGTON, February 18, 2012 - There is a significant link between type 2 diabetes and mental illness. Does one illness set the stage for the other? Maybe the brain’s chemistry during the ups and downs of bipolar swings invites diabetes. Perhaps changes in the brain from abnormal glucose levels…
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