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5 WAYS | How Yoga Can Positively Impact Your Mental Health
Yoga is a “no-brainer” for people that do and don’t like to exercise! Why? Yoga is like fitness, and it is not like fitness. It resembles fitness because it strengthens your body and tones it. It is not like fitness, … Continue reading
Why Mental Health Issues In LGBTQ Communities Frequently Lead to Addiction
While mental health issues affect individuals of every community and socioeconomic class, the LGBTQ community has an increased risk for mental illness, with three times as many individuals who identify as LGBTQ living with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder … Continue reading
Roberta Chernawsky | Life with a daughter that has mental illness
Roberta Chernawsky | Life with a daughter that has mental illness
Posted in GivingTuesday, Schizophrenia, Video Tagged bipolar, GivingTuesday, GivingTuesday NAMI, Roberta Chernawsky, schizo-affective disorder Comments Off on Roberta Chernawsky | Life with a daughter that has mental illness
Veterans Mental Health | Understanding Us
I was an American soldier and part of a brotherhood. Understanding Veterans and our mental health can be a difficult task, so I’d like to share something with you that brought me to tears and hit me in the gut. … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health, PTSD, Veterans Tagged 22 veterans per day to suicide, american veterans crisis line, Antonio Benefield, Army Mental Health, mental health of our veterans, Restrepo, Sebastian Junger, veteran mental health, Veteran Sucide Rate, veteran suicide, veterans crisis hotline, veterans that commit suicide Leave a comment
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse | Two Support Groups Gain Nationwide Attention
With one in every five adults worldwide living with a mental illness, there’s an ever-growing need for innovative and effective means of combating mental illness in the community. The National Alliance on Mental Illness – Cook County North Suburban chapter … Continue reading