September 10-14 is National Suicide Awareness Week. Although this is the awareness week, suicide rates actually increase in the Spring, which is why it is so important to be aware of factors that influence suicide attempts and how to get help. This doesn’t mean that...
Read MoreRead MoreJune is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) awareness month. It’s a time for us to reflect on a medical problem that challenges millions of Americans. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that about 50% of the people in the United States will suffer a trauma...
Read MoreRead MoreAt Highland Springs Specialty Clinic, our mission is to help people find happiness again. That’s more than a nice phrase. It’s a statement about how the human mind functions when working properly. It’s a declaration of how our emotional brain exerts a powerful influence on...
Read MoreRead MoreWorry, worry, worry. Fear, fear, fear. Panic, panic, panic. Dread, dread, dread. Got your attention? Hard to say all those words three times quickly? Try living with those emotions on a daily basis. Along with them go physical symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath,...
Read MoreRead MoreOctober is National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Month. As with any disorder, if we stop and consider SQUIRREL!!!! Now where was I? Most of you probably recognized this reference about distractibility from the movie UP. It may be funny on a movie screen, but...
Read MoreRead More“It is what it is.” How many times have we heard or used that phrase? It is baked into the American language. In a few short words, we accept that we can’t always control what happens to us, and that is a fact of life....
Read MoreRead MoreYou Can Effectively Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder June is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness (PTSD) Month and June 27 is National PTSD Awareness Day. Descriptions of this disorder can be found in ancient writings, but it was not formally recognized as a mental health diagnosis until...
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