I have never understood the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, for some reason the name has always confused me and to be honest a bit scary. It is a misleading label that was coined in the 1930’s. I wish I had read this article from The New York Times, Personal Health – An Emotional Hair [...]
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Bullying is an age old problem, I don’t think there has ever been a time when kids have not bullied or been bullied. For some it can be detrimental, even life threatening and today there are many different types of bullying. Kids are not only bullied by their peers but sadly also by adults. They [...]
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You too can show your commitment, promote health delivery, and nurture the mental health of the children in your home and community.Visit the 2009 Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day page to learn more about how you can get involved and share trusted, valuable information!
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Today we had family therapy with our son that is in residential treatment. Next week we are planning a home visit, the therapy session was geared around the home visit and what the expectations may be. As we got into it, it was amazing how unrealistic my sons expectations could be around the visit. Since [...]
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Mental Health Problems In Childhood May Predict Later Suicide Attempts In Males. This study shows the importance to screen, detect and treat childhood disorders to prevent suicide among males. It is found that males are unlikely to seek mental health services during adolescence. “The main finding of our study is that severe suicidality in adolescence [...]
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Thoughtful therapy is not something that can be imparted from books or seminars alone and is much more than a set of skills which are delivered willy-nilly according to the adolescent’s diagnosis. We are not simply in the business of instruction. It takes years to develop a “third ear,” to hear the underlying themes of a person’s life story and to help him or her to learn to pay attention to his or her own thoughts, so that eventually they can do this for themselves.
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Researchers in Montreal report that people who were abused or neglected as children showed genetic alterations that likely made them more biologically sensitive to stress. via After Abuse, Changes in the Brain – NYTimes.com.
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This editorial in the New York Times discusses the Nebraska Abandonment Law which was supposed to be for mother’s with infants and how it became the drop off for children ages 13-17 with mental health issues. This illustrates how a lack of good care early on can create much bigger problems, for families and for [...]
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