New Study: Religiosity Reduces Risk for Suicide of Young People
Best article I’ve read in months! A take-away to those who are working to strengthen…
Discontinuing Psychotropic Meds
Discontinuing psychotropic medications including antidepressants, anti-psychotics, and mood stabilizers is serious business. Here are a…
Skimpy Insurance in Place
While the country is focused on the issue of separating children from their parents at…
Medication Side Effect of Depression
I don’t usually post things from NPR. However, in my line of work I have…
Sins of Omission and Health
“Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits…
Dying from Despair? Seriously?
Yesterday I learned that a high school teacher died from suicide. There have now been…
When Children Can Refuse (or Get) Treatment
I worked in WA state for 15 yrs. It was very difficult to get kids…
Holiness and Mental Conditions
“Holiness is not perfection according to human criteria; it is not reserved for a small…
STIGMA kills! Parishes Can Do Something.
STIGMA kills. Church communities can do something about it. Let me add: adding “mental illness”…
Walking into the Fiery Furnace of Illness with Faith
“If our God, whom we serve, can save us from the white-hot furnace and from…