“We’ve all seen on the news situations where people call 911 when no one is breaking the law. 911 ultimately is a law enforcement number, and when you’re having a mental health ...

“The therapist is in” is a new Seattle Times column about mental health written by Jordan Alam, a clinical social worker ...

You should be grateful for what you have”: Telling someone they are insufficiently grateful is a surefire way to reduce their capacity for gratitude. When dealing with a mental health crisis ...

“The circumstances that get people to a point of crisis can vary because we all have different resiliency levels and abilities to deal with setbacks or unplanned stressors,” says Kevin Curtis, LCSW, a ...

Hudson also found a divide between the language of mental health care and that of people who have experienced a crisis. mental health professionals tend to use clinical terms such as "psychiatric ...

“There have been so many times over the years when ... the tactics shared with a local bank employee — who may rarely encounter someone in crisis — will differ significantly from those ...

So, once you’re not willing to do that, you have a hard time with other people. Then that can lead to anger and frustration. What mass shooters reveal to us is the root of the crisis of ...

That might surprise people who had to cope with bubonic plague, ice ages, Vikings, world wars, colonisation and the rest. But ...

I have spent a significant part of the past year ... I rather think we would be referring to it, rightly, as a crisis. Recommended My stress wasn’t an ‘overdiagnosis’ – if only it were ...

Recognizing and avoiding known triggers can help prevent an episode of myasthenic crisis. Up to 50% of all people with MG do not have a known trigger. However, certain risk factors make severe ...