Erika Nichols-Frazer, left, and her new book "Feed Me." Images courtesy of Erika Nichols-Frazer The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are making a difference. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google ...
We all have mental health, just like we all have physical health. But how interconnected are the two? In this podcast, the connection between this topic and our two guests is clear. For Dr Rona Strawbridge, an MQ researcher, her studies of diabetes, obesity and heart disease led to an ...
Comment on this storyCommentYou are reading our weekly Well+Being newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Thursday.One of the biggest challenges of living with chronic illness can be the lack of support and understanding from others.Symptoms of chronic illness, including extreme fatigue, brain fog and ...
CONTENT WARNING: this episode of Open Mind includes stories about trauma and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Some say life throws challenges for which you are ready. If this is the case, Flo Sharman was born ready. Flo’s journey began with life-saving surgery aged just 4 months, after which ...
Mental illness self-stigma is essential to recognize. Stigma is a very popular word in mental health advocacy circles. People talk nonstop about the effects of stigma, stigma, stigma. However, self-stigma gets somewhat less press. I don’t know if that’s because it’s people with mental illness talking to other people with ...
The introduction to Admissions states: There is no way to neatly summarise what Admissions is or what it contains. If we were to write shorthand case notes to hand it over to you as a reader, they would say… This is followed by a large paragraph of disjointed words, beginning ...
We often talk about chronic illness in the adult and senior populations. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 40 percent of school-aged children in the U.S. suffer from chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes, obesity, and other physical and learning problems.1 Early in life, we develop a ...
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Representational Image (IANS)Lately, the girls in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district have been acting very strange, and experts have dubbed it a ‘mystery illness’. As per accounts, the female students of class IX and X at a government school in Biltikuri panchayat under Jaitwara tehsil of Shahdol district started to fall ...
Denial Parents, ignoring mental illness in your child can have serious consequences. Yes, I’m starting strong with this one, but stay with me. It is tempting to believe or assume that your child is okay. Mental illness can slip under the radar, especially if you don’t know what to look ...
