Spend your summer with a good book or two. Readers of all ages can take part in the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Summer Reading Club. Register online at cals.beanstack.org, where you can keep track of your reading, earn badges and enter prize drawings. You can find a plethora of weekly events at each library…
Jill Rohrbach, travel writer Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Art and nature come together at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville for an experience like none other. The permanent collection of art spans five centuries of American masterworks ranging from the Colonial era to the current day. Included within the collection are…
Fox16 helped spread the word about AY Magazine’s 2018 Mental Health Guide by sharing stories from the guide and stories about mental health. Click here to see Fox16’s special section on mental health news. Fox 16 & AY Magazine Team Up for Mental Health Week State of Mental Health: Youth Suicide State of Mental Health…
by Dwain Hebda The first step in taking control of mental health issues – resolving to take action – is the hardest one. But what happens once you or a loved one is ready to get help? “The therapy relationship is very personal, it’s really a ‘right fit’ thing,” says Ken Clark, practice director with…
By Alex Gladden Photography by Meredith Mashburn Arkansas, a state with a consistently poor reputation for its handling of mental health issues, is undergoing major changes at almost every level of its mental health care system. Mental Health America ranks Arkansas the 35th-worst state in terms of its mental health care for 2017, worse than its position of 41st in 2016 and 47th the year…
By Howard M. Turney, Ph.D. Therapists, like the general population, come in all shapes and sizes. They are represented in the fields of psychiatry, social work, psychology, counseling and marriage and family therapy. Therapists operate in a variety of work environments that include agencies, hospitals, clinics and private practice. Just like the general population, therapists suffer from depression, anxiety, grief or any of the other diagnoses enumerated in the Diagnostic and…
By Sydne Tursky In Anna Karenina, writer Leo Tolstoy posits that “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” But perhaps the quote’s popularity masks its truth; as family estrangement becomes more prevalent in society, the myriad ways that families are unhappy seem to increase unceasingly, according to Little Rock-based family counselor Rebecca Ward. Families…
By Steve Straessle, Principal of Catholic High Photography by Jamison Mosley The tapping of ink pens provides a drumbeat for the lesson. If the pens are in motion, I know they’re paying attention. They twirl the blue or black instruments, chew on them or continue that incessant tapping that used to infuriate me, but now is…
