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It’s 2022 and Every professional looks forward to a new day at the workplace and being productive. Showcasing your skills and getting the best results is vital in any company or business. However, work can be overwhelming and stressful sometimes. In the worst case, workers can develop mental health issues that take away from both […]
On October 10th of every year the World Mental Health Awareness Day is celebrated. The overarching goal is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize mental health efforts. The day provides an opportunity for all mental health professionals to talk about their work and what else needs to be […]
from Amanda Harrist, Oklahoma State University and Laura Hubbs-Tait, Oklahoma State University Hundreds of programs over the past four decades – on junk food removal School machines to Michelle Obama’s “let’s go“Campaign – Attempted to encourage children in the United States to eat healthily and exercise more often. But none of these efforts lowered national […]
Medically reviewed by Dr. Rena Ferguson There used to be a greeting card in the mid-1990s that said, “Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m schizophrenic and so am I.” This unfortunate sentiment reflected society’s insensitivity towards the condition and the common belief that schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder (technically called Dissociative identity disorder) They […]
The Upper West Regional Mental Health Coordinator, Mr Randy Sedem Agbodo, has appealed to Government to speed up implementation of Ghana’s mental health law to guarantee better service delivery and prevent growing human rights abuse. The Mental Health law was passed in March 2012 in an attempt to uphold improved mental healthcare service delivery as […]
In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified gaming disorder in their International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The ICD-11 is a list of diseases and medical conditions that health professionals use to make diagnoses and treatment plans. According to the ICD-11, people with gaming disorders have trouble controlling the amount of time that they spend […]
Mental health relates to the emotional, psychological and social well-being of an individual. Mental health is crucial because it affects your capacity to think, feel, and act. Just like you exercise to maintain physical fitness, you need to maintain good mental health for mental well-being. If you want to explore the topic of mental health […]
In the fall of 2006, law enforcement on the southwest border of the United States seized some crystal methamphetamine. In due course, a five-gram sample of that seizure landed on the desk of a 31-year-old chemist named Joe Bozenko, at the Drug Enforcement Administration lab outside Washington, D.C. From our November 2021 issue Check out […]
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. He was a lawyer with a red Alfa Romeo, a 7 golf handicap, and a new two-bedroom apartment in leafy Washington, DC suburbs. I was a bank and pension reporter with a spotty driving report, a shopping problem, and a studio apartment in a dodgy DC neighborhood. While […]
Social media is extremely fake. You can scroll through thousands of posts per day of people showing off how fit they are, how happy their relationship or marriage is, and how great their life is. The thing is, social media is used to show the GOOD parts of life. I’ve seen this happen so many […]