Building Generational Resilience: Supporting BIPOC Grandfamilies and Kinship Families’ Mental Health
By Jamarl D. Clark, Associate Director of Generations United, National Center for Grandfamilies Have you ever felt the need to be seen and acknowledged? It’s a universal desire, right? Unfortunately, the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community often doesn’t get the recognition it deserves, especially when it comes
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An Inspirational Tool to Reframe Your Everyday Thoughts
Historically, changing our ingrained thought patterns has proven to be a problematic process. The cause behind this definitive challenge to our health and well-being is none other than our most complex, ingenious and mysterious organ: let’s hear it from your brain! It ensures that once we have adopted a particular
The role of inflammation and the immune system in adolescent depression |
Dr. Valentina Zonca, from the Department of Pharmacology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Milan, shares with us the latest findings on the role of inflammation in depression from the MQ-funded IDEA RiSCo study, in this Recently published article. Depression is becoming increasingly common among adolescents, so it is
ANDYou can get away with saying to your car: “I don’t care how the brakes work, just fix them.” But that won’t work with emotional and mental illnesses. It’s important to try to understand how our brains work, especially the anatomy and physiology that generate our challenges. How important is
Of all the traveling I have done, healing is a long road and I am still traveling. It is a journey that often begins in the depths of despair, where pain and suffering seem insurmountable. I feel like a tourist in all the places I have called home, all the
Digital Autism Screening Tool Could Enhance Early Identification
June 13, 2024 • Research Highlight A tablet-based screening tool that analyzes children’s behavior in response to specific video clips shows promise for improving early detection of autism, according to a study supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health. While early detection of autism generally relies on
Reflecting on the Idea of Permanent Solutions – My Brain’s Not Broken
When it comes to problems and challenges in our lives, we all want the perfect solution. We want to know what we have to do or say to make the problem go away. Maybe we can buy a product to help us overcome the challenge; Other times, creating a new
4 Differences Between Reassurance Seeking Compulsions and Information Seeking
In the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), compulsions, including reassurance-seeking compulsions, should always be eliminated. However, it can be confusing to differentiate between reassurance-seeking compulsions and information-seeking questions and behaviors. So how can you tell the difference? Let’s analyze some important points that differentiate these two concepts. Curiosity Information
Poor Sleep Linked to an Increase in Social Media Use in Teens
A new study presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found a link between sleep duration, social media use, and brain activation in areas responsible for executive control and reward processing in young people. As part of the Adolescent Cognitive Brain Development Study, researchers analyzed data from adolescents ages 10
Emotional and mental first aid: 11 immediate interventions
tThis way of living can lead to confusing questions when trying to manage emotional or mental health issues. For example, what do we do when chaos strikes and we suffer a serious injury? Let’s talk about that… Reach out to someone who needs it. Yes, when things get a little
5 Benefits Of Minimalism And Decluttering
Minimalism and order could be your path to salvation. In this post, let’s talk about how choosing a path through minimalism and decluttering can have a life-changing impact on your life. We can search for anything online and order any product, and the need arises to introspect between need and
June 14, 2024 • Institute Update • 75th anniversary It is estimated that One in five American adults lives with a mental illness. These conditions can vary in severity and lead to disability. “But hidden within those statistics are the striking disparities that exist in the prevalence, course and burden
