Mental Health

September is National Suicide Prevention Month in United States.  September was first declared as National Suicide Prevention Month in 2008.  Throughout the month many mental health organizations along with mental health professionals focus on raising awareness about the stigma surrounding suicide.  Additionally,...

Depression and anxiety seem to be a prevailing mood among the masses, and the clinical diagnosis and treatment of such mental illnesses still leave much to be desired. Adverse side effects from prescription medication and...

Chris Witowski of Psilera Inc. is discussing the development of drugs from natural psychedelics to treat mental health illnesses.

James Hamblin Clean – The New Science Of Skin James Hamblin, a  preventive medicine physician and staff writer for The Atlantic was curious about the new science of skin microbes and probiotics. He discovered that...

Local start-up, Psilera Bioscience, is developing therapeutic uses of psychedelics–psilocybin magic mushrooms, DMT, ayahuasca, etc.–for the treatment of mental health disorders like treatment-resistant depression, social anxiety disorder, ADHD, PTSD, addiction, etc. The potential for effective...

Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Tanner, of the Emotional Wellness program of the Hillsborough Co. Public School System and psychotherapist Dr. Wendy Rice joined us on MidPoint to discuss the crisis in teen mental health one day...

Freddy Barton, executive director of Safe and Sound Hillsborough, a community-based intervention program intended to prevent violence in Hillsborough County joined WaveMakers on April 19.

Mental Health Holiday Stress and Seasonal Affective We are coming into the more stressful time of year. The holidays often are the times when we place undue stress on ourselves to create a perfect event...

Veterans Day is Thursday, November 11. On Tuesday Café with Seán Kinane this week, we focus on Veterans' issues, especially mental health.

For decades during the month of October, many people from around the world have collectively raised awareness about mental health issues in support of World Mental Health Day. Mental Health is important at every stage...

There was something different in the air in Brewster,Massachusetts when the owners of a local restaurant unexpectedly decided to shut their doors and treat their staff to a “Day of Kindness”. The owners, Brandi and...

After 25 years of hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah Winfrey had these words to say to her audience during her last episode in 2009, “I’ve talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show and...