Archive for tag: Raising awareness

Children of Alcoholics

8 February, 2012 (09:39) | Uncategorized | By: Michele Lee

Written by  Nishendu Vasavada, MD to raise awareness for National Children of Alcoholics Week, February 12-18 Recently a lot of attention has been paid to the “addicted brain”. One recent study done at Cambridge reports that persons with cocaine addiction show poor impulse control and low impulse control.  What is even more interesting to note [...]

Dawn Report: Trends in Emergency Department Visits

30 May, 2011 (15:47) | Uncategorized | By: Michele Lee

 

Mental Health Awareness

5 May, 2011 (11:13) | Uncategorized | By: Michele Lee

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This national event was established to recognize those who have suffered and to educate persons on mental health. Many are unaware of the developments in science in regards to mental illness. Utilizing positron emission tomography (pet scans), scientist and physicians alike are able to see depression in the brain. [...]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

26 April, 2011 (19:23) | Uncategorized | By: admin

EmailPrint..– Mon Apr 25, 1:00 pm ET ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25, 2011 – Mental Health Conditions Common, But Treatable; Individuals Go on to Live Productive Lives ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — May is Mental Health Month, and Mental Health America is raising awareness about the 1 in 4 American adults who live with [...]