By Kami Tran, LPC, RPT, NCC Pediatrics Plus Counseling & Diagnostics Grief is personal and affects everyone differently. For the child and adolescent population, grief is often complex to identify. Common symptoms include sadness, anger, numbness, irritability, defiance, mood irregularity, depression and anxiety. For parents, the first step in helping your child overcome grief is…
by Dustin Jayroe It is an age-old psychological dilemma — nature vs. nurture — which debates the extent to which behavior is shaped. In the context, nature stands for inherited traits and genetics, whereas nurture applies to acquired traits, learned or conditioned over time. For too long, many of the stigmas attached to mental…
By Jane Dennis Even a holiday bursting with shiny ribbons, twinkling Christmas lights and stacks of gifts can arrive with its share of challenging, sad or anxiety-riddled moments. Not everything associated with holidays brings happiness and joy. An extra measure of stress can be piled on, whether yours is a one-parent, two-parent, extended,…
by Dwain Hebda When the subject is addiction, it doesn’t take a whole lot to get Dori Haddock rolling. As regional director for Bradford Health Services, a multi-phase substance abuse treatment company that also works in mental health, she sees daily the impact that addiction has on families from every sector of society. She’s…
by Bruce Trimble, MA, APR I began my career working for a residential treatment facility for adolescents, and it was on a fall day that I experienced the worst day of my fledgling career. A young man, who I’ll call Dave, was on the brink of adulthood but had some difficulties at home, resulting…
The Face Of Mental Health The BridgeWay Sherrie James Mental health care may not be the most exhilarating topic, but its practitioners are critical for caring for those experiencing serious, life-changing illnesses. In Arkansas, the field’s top facility is The BridgeWay, a 127-bed, freestanding behavioral acute care hospital offering specialized, tailored programming to all…
Next week, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will be offering free depression screenings. The screenings will be held Thursday, Oct. 10, from 9 am to 1 pm in the UAMS Medical Center lobby gallery. The week of Oct. 6 to Oct. 12 has been designated National Mental Illness Awareness Week for…
The Secret Postcard Society, a collective of creatives that includes musicians, a poet and a photographer, is opening up a conversation about mental health in their community. After realizing how many people he knew who personally struggled with addiction, trauma and mental illness, Drew Foote decided he wanted to create more than just a…
by Curtis Lanning If someone breaks an arm or gets a nasty cut on his or her leg, it’s off to the doctor so the problem can be fixed. But when it comes to mental health, people are unfortunately more likely to respond slower, if at all. While some mental health problems affect individuals, others…
by Dwain Hebda | Photography by Jamison Mosley Rev. Jay Clark stood in the Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church pulpit and scanned a sea of grief-stricken faces gathered to mourn a young member of the congregation who took his own life. It was a human landscape he’d surveyed before, made up of the people left behind struggling…
