(Guest post by Barbara Van Dahlen, PhD, psychologist, founder and president of Give an Hour) Every American adult can pinpoint exactly where they were on Sept. 11, 2001, when they heard the news that we were under attack, and most of us can recall exactly how we spent that day and the next several. That day changed so [...]
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What are you doing in May? We hope you’ll join us and many others in recognizing May as Mental Health Month. Why do we need a month to tune in to something that affects us everyday? Because even though we all benefit from good mental health, there are still too many people who suffer in silence [...]
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Suicide is difficult to understand and even tougher to accept. Recently, we have heard in the news about a number of teen suicides. The most natural question is why? Unfortunately, the answers are almost always unsuitable and disheartening. What would drive someone to end their life? Although we might be able to identify a triggering [...]
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