Lenard McKelvey, known professionally as Charlamagne Tha God, speaks with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show about what he discovered by going to therapy and why it’s important to be honest and upfront about mental health. Charlamagne says, “It’s always important to share our experiences because they can help the next person.” He says, “therapy… Read More »
A news release published at MarketWatch.com reports that the garden at Lee Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pennington Gap, Virginia is just one example of a growing nationwide trend toward extending various types of garden or horticultural therapy into healthcare settings, senior facilities, schools, prisons and community gardens for people with special needs. Barbara D.… Read More »
As I walked along a city street today, I was struck by the word “therapy” appearing atop two posters. The headline on the first poster gleefully promoted “Heart Therapy”. It was an advertisement for a juice beverage. The headline on the second poster, located a half block away, proudly promoted “Couples Therapy”. It was an… Read More »
Headline in today’s USA Today: Study: Most depressed kids get antidepressants but no therapy “At least half of U.S. children who take antidepressants aren’t in therapy, a large study suggests, and that delays recovery while greatly increasing the number of kids on the medication who are suicidal.” The report tracks insurance claims for antidepressants from… Read More »
Health-related quality of life appears to deteriorate as the number of cigarettes smoked per day increases, even in individuals who subsequently quit smoking, according to a report in the October 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Offering smoking cessation counseling to hospitalized smokers appears to be effective as long… Read More »
Good article about the connection between stress and disease, published in the Petoskey News-Review on October 10, 2008. “Exercise is therapy for stress management,” said a Northern Michigan Regional Hospital exercise physiologist. “Exercise gets you away from stress and releases serotonin in the brain which helps you relax.” “Many of us are recovering from all… Read More »