by Zach Dawes Jr | May 19, 2022 | News
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the prevalence of anxiety and depression by 25% globally, according to a World Health Organization report. This is one of several reports published this spring detailing an increase in mental health challenges during the past few...
by Michael Chancellor | Nov 1, 2021 | Opinion
I learned a lot about suicide during my six years working in Polunsky prison unit in east Texas. As the mental health manager and, for most of that time, the overseer of psychological observation cells, we had over 1,000 suicidal outcries but no suicides from our...
by Fred Guttman | Sep 21, 2021 | Opinion
I have such a list of worries at this time! Race relations, the climate, abortion rights, Iranian nukes and Israel’s security. I am worried about Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and these worries are very real to me as I have so much family in Israel. I am...
by Monty Self | May 21, 2021 | Opinion
Cases of anxiety and depression increased dramatically during the pandemic. Researchers with the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on April 30 that confirmed what previous studies had revealed: Cases of, and emergency department visits for,...
by Keith Herron | Nov 23, 2020 | Opinion
Prayer is an antidote to despair. Notice I didn’t suggest a promise about depression I can’t guarantee? Truthfully, prayer is not much of an antidote to depression because mostly it’s just not. Working with depression is a reminder of how chronic it can be and how...
