Mental Health Blog

Welcome to the first Food for Thought Mental Health Webcast with Virgil Stucker! Episode #1 is with guest Chloe Pedalino, LICSW, discussing PACT: Interdisciplinary Support for People with Mental Illness. Register via this link.

Without further ado, here are our top 10 blog posts from 2018! Thanks to everyone who has been reading and sharing. Keep in mind that we always welcome topic suggestions and submissions from guest writers. Keep your eyes open for more posts in 2019! #1 Ten Interviews...

Epigenetics, nutritional psychiatry, trauma, treating psychosis, patient empowerment, and addiction: these topics were heavily trending in the mental health field this year. We put together a list of our most popular links and posts that we shared on social media this...

In 2018, Virgil and I read a lot of great books and articles about mental health. This list contains just a handful of our recommendations from 2018, including our #1 book recommendations. Leave your own recommendations in the comments! Steph's #1 pick for 2018...

At 66, the message I want to share with you is this: I am still an optimist. I know many of you reading this are optimists as well. In my work, I strive to find hope where there may only be a flicker and believe in others even when their self-belief has faltered. I...

Parents want their adult children to embrace the freedom of adulthood and spread their wings to pursue independence and their life's purpose. Enter reality: there can be many bumps along the road to adulthood and living an independent life. When you add serious mental...

I am the mother of a 35-year old son who has suffered for over 20 years with severe and debilitating depression and self-hatred. He sought help through medication, counseling, psychiatrist visits, as well as various out-patient and residential treatment facilities. He...

This guest post was submitted by a parent whose son has struggled for decades with severe depression. This post reminds us that while cutting-edge treatment approaches, medications, and therapy all have a role in the recovery process from depression, unconditional...

This guest post was submitted anonymously by a parent of an adult child with schizophrenia. This post is a part of our Recovery Month 2018 advocacy efforts. My son, age 31, fell ill at age 20 with schizophrenia, as we later learned. At first neither his mom or dad...