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MENTAL HEALTH MATTERSMental health is something we should not take for granted. Depression, anxiety, mood disorders and other mental health issues impact the well being of millions of Americans everyday. Yet many of us don't know how to talk to each other...

Raising dementia awareness can assist caregivers and airlines to meet the challenges of traveling with dementia. In light of the recent video showing a passenger on an airplane presenting dementia symptoms, and the disastrous outcome when asked to leave, I...

After a dozen years of practice, you may feel like a pro at the back-to-school routine, checking lists, filling out forms, and otherwise preparing your child to start another academic year. But sending a child to college is different. There are still lists and...

Earlier this year, an issue of the journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (PPP) featured a number of articles and commentaries separately focused on issues concerning autism and depression. Two of the authors from the issue, Aaron J. Hauptman (Chief...

Back-to-school can be a tough time for students of any age – grade school, high school, college – and their parents. It carries with it anxiety about the social and academic events of the coming year. Thoughts such as: Who are my teachers? What if they don’t...

August 7th, 2016 is National Kids Day. In honor of the occasion, Dr. Kathleen Trainor, author of the new book, Calming Your Anxious Child: Words to Say and Things to Do, offers four strategies to help quiet the worries of children moved by tragedy. For more on...

As a therapist and anger management specialist, I have seen anger, in its many forms, destroy marriages, estrange family members, and derail careers. And all too often, I have observed how such anger hampers our efforts to identify and satisfy our core desires...