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Find Out How to Help Someone with an Eating Disorder – 11 Tips

Eating disorder is a coping mechanism that a person knowingly or unknowingly conjures at times of crisis to help relieve emotional pain and achieve some degree of control. But what stimulates the development of this faulty relationship with food? The answer isn’t one or two – it’s too many. Many biological, psychological, and social factors …Read More.
Home / Blog: Time to destigmatize / The new ‘No Surprises Act’ protects people from surprise medical bills

The new ‘No Surprises Act’ protects people from surprise medical bills

Sometimes your health insurance may not cover most of the out-of-network costs, and it can leave you with an unexpected balance bill. A balance bill is a difference between your actual bill and the amount paid by your health insurance. These balance bills have been surprising many Americans with unexpected out-of-pocket medical expenses. The surprise …Read More.
Home / Blog: Time to destigmatize / Grief and Loss: Different Stages and How to Deal With It

Grief and Loss: Different Stages and How to Deal With It

When we lose a loved one, it can take lots of time to heal and learn to live life without that person. Grief is a natural response to loss but if the grief is overwhelming or the duration is abnormally long, it can put your physical and mental health at risk. And so, the awareness …Read More.
Home / Blog: Time to destigmatize / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) – A new cure for chronic depression

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) – A new cure for chronic depression

What is TMS therapy? How does it work? Introduced in 1985, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a brain stimulation therapy that helps treat psychiatric disorders like major depression. TMS is a non-invasive treatment where doctors use magnetic fields to stimulate a targeted area of the brain to reduce symptoms of depression. When should you try …Read More.
Home / Blog: Time to destigmatize / Late Night Thoughts

Late Night Thoughts

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” –Buddha Life is hectic. A typical day ranges from full to jam-packed with school, work, and general undertakings. It begins bright and early by rolling out of bed and doesn’t end until all obligations and …Read More.
Home / Blog: Time to destigmatize / The Weekend Scene

The Weekend Scene

The final bell rings on a Friday afternoon at LGHS and a collective sigh of relief and cheers of joy ring out through the halls. You’ve made it! After a long week of classes, homework, studying, and other responsibilities you’ve successfully arrived at the weekend, FREEDOM!!! It’s time to savor the next 58 hours of …Read More.
Home / Blog: Time to destigmatize / Conflicted Friendships

Conflicted Friendships

It is often said that life is a balance of holding on and letting go. This is especially true when it comes to friendships established during the formative years. Lifelong friendships blossom while others run their course and ultimately wilt. It can be difficult to discern between the two, which will endure or be cut …Read More.
Home / Blog: Time to destigmatize / I Wish My Parents Would….

I Wish My Parents Would….

The relationship between a parent and their teen is complicated to say the least. Parents are the roommates we don’t get to choose yet are paired up with for the first 18 years of our lives. Granted, we don’t have much to say for the first few years and they do all the work, cleaning, …Read More.
Home / Blog: Time to destigmatize / The immigrant paradox – The urgent call for the right mental health care

The immigrant paradox – The urgent call for the right mental health care

Recent headlines about detainment and family separations at the border have flung the immigrant plight into the spotlight. The mental health of the people affected by these changes is an important area for further understanding. Mental health conditions are not contagious, but research shows that some mental health conditions may have a genetic link. Bipolar …Read More.