Here’s a listing of some of the scars from serving our country that many Veterans face: Adjustment difficulties Crying, stress, panic, loneliness Problem-solving, decision making, memory ...
Tag Archives: mental health
Risk and protective factors
Suicide is a complex human behavior, with no single determining cause. The factors that affect the likelihood of a person attempting or dying by are known as risk or protective factors, depending ...
Whole child approach
As stewards of public education in Wyoming, your State Board of Education puts its focus on the whole child. To give our youths the knowledge, skills and abilities they need to be successful in ...
WY governor weighs in
Our students face a complicated world in their journey toward maturity. That’s why I called together Wyoming stakeholders in our children’s well-being for the 2008 Governor’s Roundtable on ...
A father’s suicide
Robert Becker was a Wisconsin farm boy who was educated only through middle school before he dropped out to keep the family farm afloat. A lanky kid, Robert was 6’ 9’’ by his 18th birthday. ...
Transforming systems, lives
“Before we can transform lives, we must first transform how community-based systems work together … the mental well-being of children is not the sole responsibility of the family and ...
Mindful strides
Boosting academics through behavioral health WHO: Dr. Norman Ridder, Supt. WHERE: Springfield, Missouri School District WHAT: Collaborating with Burrell Behavioral Health to secure grant funding ...
Depression mental note
More than mood swings, clinical depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain. It creates changes in mood, cognition, physical well-being and behavior. Depression can be triggered by ...
Return on investment
Equalized coverage for behavioral health Correlation between employer costs and equalized coverage Do insurance costs skyrocket with equalized health benefits coverage? No, says a 2006 research ...
Workplace depression
Depressed workers lose about 5.6 hours of productive time on the job each week, compared with 1.5 hours for workers who are not depressed, according to a June 2003 report in the Journal of the ...