How to Navigate Mental Health When You’re…
As a child of an immigrant, I’ve often found myself questioning my place in the world, navigating two identities, two cultures, and two religions—one from my mother, who was born in Mexico, and one from my father, who was born in the United States. Along the way, I frequently wondered: Am I too American? Do […]
The Hidden Gap in College Student Mental Health Care
by Rachel Conrad, MD, and J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD Imagine being a college student like Alex, who was experiencing increasing anxiety and depression as the academic year progressed. During the spring semester, Alex finally found a psychiatrist in their college town, and after months of waiting, they began treatment and started to feel better. […]
AI-Mental Health Is Coming: Are You Ready?
The Mental health treatment landscape is about to be transformed by artificial intelligence (AI-Mental health). Whether you are a Mental health provider or a person interested in Mental health services, AI is changing the way that treatments are provided, the patient-centered care options that are available to consumers, and how we evaluate the benefits of […]
How Blood Sugar Impacts Your Brain Health
Source: Austin Perlmutter/DALL-E To think, act, and feel in any way, your brain requires access to large amounts of consistent energy. For most of us, that energy comes in the form of blood sugar (glucose), which is transported into the brain and used by our brain cells. While it’s been well known that very high […]
The Continuing Challenges of a Mental Health Disability
Source: asinclair/Pixabay My intention in writing these posts is to share the experiences that I went through with my son, starting with the first manifestation of his illness and our journey through numerous subsequent episodes. It’s also to provide commentary as a parent and psychiatrist on issues that these experiences bring up, such as how […]
Send the Kids Outdoors, Improve their Mental Health
The weather in Quebec can be pretty unpleasant during winter and early spring. And yet, it was during the months of February, March, and April that over 500 children aged 10-12 were given classes outdoors for two hours each week in a gutsy experiment to see whether time in nature doing art, meditation, or learning […]
The Mental Health Benefits of Giving Thanks
Next week is Thanksgiving. For many, the day will be filled with food (a lot), family and friends, and endless football games on TV. Some families or friend gatherings have a tradition of going around the table to ask each participant what they are grateful for. But did you know that practicing gratitude positively actually […]
Providing Health Care Across State Lines
Source: hillside7/Pixabay The United States’ licensure process for different health care disciplines is a bewildering hodge-podge of state-specific rules that vary across different disciplines. Exceptions exist and are often the rule, making it incredibly challenging to render any overarching opinions or statements, much less solutions. By and large, health care licensures in the U.S. operate […]
Strategies for Health Care Leaders to Build…
Countries around the world face a health care workforce crisis: The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, an additional 40 million health care professionals will be needed. Meanwhile, in most countries, health care staff are experiencing high levels of stress and burnout, resulting in ill health and many leaving their professions. The pandemic exacerbated […]
The Hidden Mental Health Costs of Dieting
In a world where dieting is often seen as a quick path to better health or improved self-esteem due to weight loss, the Mental health consequences of dieting are not often acknowledged. Yet, the psychological toll of dieting can be severe, often outweighing any physical benefits. Let’s explore some of the ways that dieting can […]