Category Archives: Resiliency

Suicide Rate of Female Military Veterans is Called Staggering

09 Jun 2015

New government research shows that female military veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women, a startling finding that experts say poses disturbing questions about the backgrounds and experiences of women who serve in the armed forces.

How Adam Levy Channels His Grief Through Music

08 Jun 2015

At a coffee shop in northeast Minneapolis, a short walk from his home, Adam Levy turns over his left forearm to show the spider tattoo that his son Daniel designed. It’s from the day he and Daniel got tattoos together, a father-son outing that left him with this souvenir.

Depression and Sleep Disorders Profoundly Linked

07 Jun 2015

A five-year study of 1800 men found that those with an undiagnosed sleep disorder (diagnosed during the study) who were prone to falling asleep in the daytime, were four times more likely to suffer depression than those without a sleep disorder.

Addiction Treatment Hard to Find

06 Jun 2015

With nearly 44,000 deaths a year, more Americans today die from drug overdoses than from car accidents or any other type of injury.

Anxious Students Strain College Mental Health Centers

05 Jun 2015

One morning recently, a dozen college students stepped out of the bright sunshine into a dimly lit room at the counseling center here at the University of Central Florida. They appeared to have little in common: undergraduates in flip-flops and nose rings, graduate students in interview-ready attire.

PTSD Awareness: How Far We’ve Come, Where We Need to Go

04 Jun 2015

June marks PTSD awareness month and new statistics show the alarming number of veterans in our country who are dealing with the mental disorder, triggered by experiencing or seeing a traumatic event.

Clinton’s Campaign Will Make Substance Abuse, Mental Health Key Issues

03 Jun 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s policy advisers held discussions with stakeholders in Iowa and New Hampshire who are involved in helping people dealing with substance abuse and mental illness, as Clinton looks to make those issues a large part of her 2016 presidential campaign.

Young Widows Speak Out About Managing Grief

02 Jun 2015

Nine days after her husband died unexpectedly, Sheryl Sandberg took to Facebook to describe her return to the sidelines for her daughter’s soccer game. There, a grandmother who had been widowed prematurely years earlier offered her a chair.

A Great Falls Cop’s Harrowing Account of PTSD

31 May 2015

Great Falls Police Sgt. Rich LaBard thought he was having a heart attack, but he didn’t call for an ambulance. The next two hours were scrubbed from his memory; he “came to” at his kitchen table. He was holding a duty roster from the Great Falls Police Department and a phone.