If you’re an employer or in HR at your company, you may have noticed something disturbing in your company’s health care expenses. Expenses for mental health care are going up. That trend started happening prior to COVID-19, but the pandemic has just added fuel to the fire. What you may not have noticed is that […]
Last year, we wrote about how the World Health Organization had officially classified “Burnout” as a legitimate medical diagnosis beginning in 2020. Since our post last year, COVID-19 has created the equivalent of a tectonic shift in working by moving huge segments of the work force to work from home. Has that change in […]
As COVID-19 continues to spread and availability of a safe and effective vaccine is still in question, we need to accept that this “new normal” is here to stay for the foreseeable future. For those who have had COVID-19 or get it in the future, we still have much to learn about lingering and long […]
July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Why is this important? Because people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages and religions experience mental health concerns. Some are transitory while others are chronic. Some affect our quality of life, happiness, and wellbeing. Others can exacerbate existing medical conditions increasing suffering and costs to employers, taxpayers, […]
Americans are angry. Angry about many things. In fact, if you watch TV news or pay attention to social media, you get the feeling that America is a boiling cauldron of anger. People are angry about decades of societal indifference toward systemic racism. Angry about excessive use of force aimed at Black Americans by some […]
We often get asked the question, ” I’m having some of the symptoms of PTSD. How do I know if I have PTSD?” The only way to know for sure if you have PTSD is to talk to your physician or a mental health care provider. He or she will ask you about your trauma, […]
National PTSD Awareness Day on June 27 is marked annually to call attention to effective treatments available to the millions of people – adults and children – who experience PTSD. This blog is dedicated to helping you understand PTSD symptoms and treatments. PTSD is the name or diagnosis of a mental health condition that some […]
As if the public health emergency concerning COVID-19 was not causing enough grief, anxiety and emotional turmoil, Americans are now experiencing additional distress concerning the recent deaths of African American citizens in police excessive force incidents. Many people are coming to recognize this as a pattern of use of excessive force by law enforcement embedded […]
June is National Safety Month, as recognized by the National Safety Council. The nation’s leading non-profit safety advocate, the NSC calls attention to how a focus on safety – from the workplace to anywhere – benefits people, employers and society. When most of us think about safety, we don’t immediately think about health, other than […]
Americans are making many lifestyle adjustments during the COVID-19 emergency: working from home, restricted travel, wearing masks when in public and the increased use of telehealth or virtual care services to name a few. At least one of these adjustments – telehealth – may prove to be a new normal for the better, both in […]