In Blog #1 and #2 of this series, I talked about mental health, how the brain works, and the effect our current environment and how ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) affects brain growth and development and increases the likelihood of developing a mental illness. We know that 50 percent of
Dementia aware: what you need to know about concussion and the risk of developing dementia What do football players, soccer players, ice hockey players and soldiers have in common? They are all at increased risk of experiencing repeated concussions, also called traumatic brain injury, and consequently, have an increased
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyJye3RhDM4[/embedyt] Many of us have seen the television shows depicting homes filled from floor to ceiling with newspapers, garbage, and ‘things’. The images of rotten food, dead vermin, and insect infestations fill many of us with shock, horror, confusion, and sadness. How did this happen? Why won’t the person
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Season 1: Episode 53 – Tracey Maxfield Discusses her battle with depression, how she fell into “The Rabbit Hole,” and her platform and advocacy. September 22, 2019 Tracey Maxfield is doing all the things I dream about, she wrote a book about coming out of the Rabbit Hole of
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6NfpQ451s[/embedyt] November is National Native American Heritage Month in the USA and I thought this is a good opportunity to not only talk about mental illness and suicide in Native American and Alaskan Natives children and teenagers, but also to highlight mental illness and suicide in other indigenous populations
