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Mental Health and Destructive Behavior

by JoyceGraff | Oct 15, 2019 | Blog, Empowering Yourself, Managing Stress, Mental crisis | 0 |

Depression can lead to many dangers, including addiction, suicide, and various forms of self-harm.

Adolescent Wellness

by JoyceGraff | Aug 18, 2015 | Bullying, Empowering Yourself, Managing Stress, Mental crisis, Podcast | 0 |

Bob Anthony has created an adolescent wellness program to help teens find emotional balance, and to prevent teen suicides.

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Help and Hope for Mental Illness

by JoyceGraff | Feb 12, 2015 | Managing Fear, Managing Stress, Mental crisis, Podcast, Psychosis, PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | 1 |

Mike and Joyce speak with Cindy Vickers about assisting those who are suffering from a variety of conditions consolidated under the heading of mental illness.

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Mental Health: Evaluation, Detection, and Treatment

by JoyceGraff | Feb 14, 2013 | Depression, Mental crisis, Nutrition, Podcast, Psychosis | 0 |

Dr. Jay Lombard, behavioral neurologist, speaks with Joyce about the need for better ways to evaluate a person’s mental state and stability, and to determine what drugs or nutritional elements might be helpful for this particular individual. Good nutrition is essential to brain health. Individuals may have subtle deficiencies of essential minerals. There are thousands of drugs – which one is most likely to benefit this person?

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Things As They Are: Billy’s Lesson on Acceptance

by Michael Lawing | Feb 12, 2013 | Advocating for Yourself, Africa, Blog, Brain tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, in general, Caregiving, Clinical Trials, Conditions, Depression, Empowering Yourself, Genetic Testing or DNA Testing, Getting a Diagnosis, Healthcare Systems and Insurance, Immune System Issues, Kidney Cancer, Love, Marriage, and Children, Managing Stress, Managing the System, Managing Your Health, Managing Your Life, Mental crisis, Nutrition, Promoting Research, VHL von Hippel-Lindau, Wellness and Living with a Difficult or Rare Condition | 0 |

“Remember that you can’t control everything in life. At some point you have to accept things as they are.” Billy Foster to Paul Larson, October, 2011 Dear Fellow Travelers: I’m a fan...

Under The Radar: Distress Screening

by Michael Lawing | Jan 4, 2013 | Advocating for Yourself, Blog, Brain tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, in general, Caregiving, Conditions, Depression, Empowering Yourself, Getting a Diagnosis, Healthcare Systems and Insurance, Immune System Issues, Kidney Cancer, Love, Marriage, and Children, Lung Cancer, Managing Stress, Managing the System, Managing Your Health, Managing Your Life, Mental crisis, Promoting Research, Prostate Cancer, Protecting Your Job, Psychosis, Travel, VHL von Hippel-Lindau, Wellness and Living with a Difficult or Rare Condition | 0 |

Prologue: I seldom dwell on the fact that I am a cancer survivor. Now in my 16th year of survivorship I feel that I have grown comfortable with the fact that this type of cancer is essentially incurable, that it still has the...

The Complexity of PTSD

by Michael Lawing | Dec 23, 2012 | Advocating for Yourself, Blog, Cancer, in general, Caregiving, Conditions, Depression, Empowering Yourself, Getting a Diagnosis, Healthcare Systems and Insurance, Immune System Issues, Love, Marriage, and Children, Managing Stress, Managing the System, Managing Your Health, Managing Your Life, Mental crisis, Promoting Research, Protecting Your Job, Psychosis, PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Travel, Wellness and Living with a Difficult or Rare Condition | 0 |

One in five troops that return from Iraq and Afghanistan suffers from some form of PTSD. This novel highlights the very real difficulties in finding your way back to home life.

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PTSD: A National Health Crisis

by JoyceGraff | Dec 20, 2012 | Managing Stress, Mental crisis, Podcast, PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | 0 |

Studies show that one in every five troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Joyce and Mike speak with Michelle Bellon about her new novel, “The Complexity of a Soldier,” in which she depicts a soldier going through (PTSD).

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Breaking the Habit

by Michael Lawing | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog, Brain tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, in general, Conditions, Dementia, Depression, Empowering Yourself, Fibromyalgia, HLRCC, Immune System Issues, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Kidney Cancer, Lung Cancer, Managing Stress, Managing the System, Managing Your Health, Managing Your Life, Mental crisis, Promoting Research, Prostate Cancer, Quitting smoking, VHL von Hippel-Lindau, Wellness and Living with a Difficult or Rare Condition | 0 |

Mike talks about his own experience quitting smoking, and encourages you to do the same. At the very least, get the smoke out of your life even if you can’t kick the nicotine. Getting rid of nicotine and tar significantly lowers your health risks.

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Food for Thought: The Work of Community Servings

by Michael Lawing | Dec 7, 2012 | Advocating for Yourself, Alzheimer's, Blog, Breast Cancer, Cancer, in general, Caregiving, Conditions, Empowering Yourself, Healthcare Systems and Insurance, HLRCC, Immune System Issues, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Kidney Cancer, Lung Cancer, Managing the System, Managing Your Health, Managing Your Life, Mental crisis, Nutrition, Promoting Research, Prostate Cancer, VHL von Hippel-Lindau, Wellness and Living with a Difficult or Rare Condition | 0 |

Utilizing the services of dieticians, nutritionists, and specific foods for increased health and wellness

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Healing Psychosis and Depression

by JoyceGraff | Oct 18, 2012 | Depression, Managing Stress, Mental crisis, Podcast, Psychosis, Wellness and Living with a Difficult or Rare Condition | 0 |

Dr. Paris Williams, champion hang glider pilot, talks with Joyce and Mike about his own mental crisis, and what he learned by analyzing his experienced and those of others who have come through this period to a new and healthier way of being organized. He proposes a new way of treating mental illness, and periods of mental distress.

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Healing Depression and Bipolar Disorder Without Drugs

by JoyceGraff | Sep 1, 2011 | Allergies and Sensitivities, Depression, Managing Stress, Mental crisis, Nutrition, Podcast | 0 |

Threatened with cancer, Gracelyn Guyol worked to overhaul her diet, take natural supplements, and eliminate toxins from her environment. In the doing, she also healed her bipolar and depression.

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Category: Mental crisis

Mental Health and Destructive Behavior

Adolescent Wellness

Help and Hope for Mental Illness

Mental Health: Evaluation, Detection, and Treatment

Things As They Are: Billy’s Lesson on Acceptance

Under The Radar: Distress Screening

The Complexity of PTSD

PTSD: A National Health Crisis

Breaking the Habit

Food for Thought: The Work of Community Servings

Healing Psychosis and Depression

Healing Depression and Bipolar Disorder Without Drugs

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