March 28, 2019 By Joel Penhorwood Ohio’s Country Journal https://www.ocj.com/2019/03/breaking-the-stigma-of-mental-health-in-farming/ Agriculture can often be seen as an idyllic community of people working the land that are too tough to be bothered by the stresses of the outside world. Unfortunately, that’s not true, and more farms and rural areas are being affected by something that is more »
Read MoreApr. 01, 2019 By Laurie Katz https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/April-2019/Four-Lessons-From-Four-Years-of-Therapy I’ve now been in therapy for four years. I talk about four years a lot. It’s an important number in my life. After I was raped in 2011, I suffered in silence for just under four years. It happened at college in Chicago by a fellow student on more »
Read More4/2/19 NAMI https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2019/NAMI-Joins-16-Patient-Groups-to-Protect-Access-to-Health-Care Arlington, VA — NAMI and 16 national organizations representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae (“friend-of-the-court”) brief on April 1 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case Texas v. United States. This is the appeal of a District Court’s ruling to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA). If the more »
Read MoreFRIDAY, March 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) — When the clocks spring forward an hour this Sunday, it will throw everyone off. But the time change will affect children with mental health issues the most, experts warn. “Sleep is a more complicated issue for patients with a mental health disorder,” said Dr. Robert Kowatch. He is more »
Read MoreCOLUMBUS — Making good on his promise to protect abused and neglected children, Gov. Mike DeWine has proposed doubling state aid for family and children services. Under the Republican governor’s plan, state funding would increase to $151 million a year, up $74 million from current spending. “This is a dramatic increase but what we have more »
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