When a person’s emotional well-being is jeopardized, it can lead to physical problems and vice versa. So it is with physical health and depression – there is a very definite…
If you own a small business (fewer than 500 employees) random drug testing and substance policies may seem like things only large companies need to address. Yet a large percent…
Adolescents are often withdrawn and quiet when at home and it seems part of the rite of individuation for them to pull away from family. When they do interact on…
A large number of today’s teens feel that their school days are filled with stress on a day to day basis. An online survey of 1,000 plus adolescents and close…
A rather large segment of the American population – the Baby Boomers – will soon be semi or fully retired. That fact will impact demand on things like health care…
October is the month for raising awareness about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that this is a condition which affects nearly…
Although childhood should be a carefree time of innocence and enjoyment, for many it is a time of fretfulness and worry. The number of children and adolescents dealing with an…
According to the nation’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 42.5 million adults in this country are living with some form of mental illness. Experts say that 61.1…
A recent report found that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is significantly affecting children early in their school life and often before the condition has been formally identified. According to…
Everyone has periods when they feel sad and down. That is different from clinical depression – a physical and psychological condition which affects roughly one out of every 10-20 Americans….