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NAMI Fundraiser
To celebrate Mental Health Awareness month during May 2022, the team at Emerald Psychiatry & TMS Center was busy raising money for the NAMI Fundraiser, WALK YOUR WAY 5k. Their biggest event of the year! NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health...
When Alcohol Leads to Addiction
Do you or someone you know struggle with alcohol addiction? It may be more common than you realize. April is alcohol awareness month, and we are getting into all the facts surrounding this ‘drug’. A new trend that can lead to alcohol addiction is High Intensity...
What is Self-Harm and Why Does it Happen?
March is Self-Harm Awareness Month. What is self-harm? Self-harm is hurting yourself on purpose, by cutting, scratching, burning, pulling out hair, and extreme injuries that can lead to broken bones. Hurting yourself is not necessarily a mental illness but is...
Behavioral Health Initiatives 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the nation’s top health care regulator, is tackling three major initiatives in the behavioral health space in 2022 as we continue to find our “new normal” and learn to live with COVID19. The...
Affects of COVID19 on Suicide Rates
The COVID19 pandemic has had profound impact on many people’s mental health and according to The Lancet, concerns have been expressed that, at their most extreme, these consequences could manifest as increased suicide rates. In this post we will look at some facts and...
Why Seasonal Affective Disorder Changes Your Mood
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder that largely goes unnoticed or diagnosed. SAD starts in the fall and lasts all through winter when the weather gets colder the days get longer and darker. This causes a shift in mood for people who experience mood...