Articles
These articles are written to be a resource for families, as well as other professionals in behavior health.
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How do you Deal with Difficult Relationships (Thanks to Adam Brady)
Life is always a series of connections of relationships. Naturally, we want relationships of meaning, of happiness, and of growth. Not all relationships are like that. Most of the time, my team and I deal with folks who have difficult relationships with loved ones....
Death
Nothing prepared me for April 20, 1996. It was the day after Easter a supposed time of resurrection and goodness. Instead, my husband was DOA after sliding backwards into the center divide in his brand new (with not a scratch on it) Infiniti. Two days before after...
Biden Overdose Strategy
The current U.S. President, Joe Biden, will unveil a new strategy for dealing with drug addiction and overdoses that aims to expand access to medications for opioid overdoses, increase funding for law enforcement, and expand sanctions against traffickers. The Biden...
Different Types of Grief & How To Deal With Them
What is Grief Grief is the natural reaction to losing something  Speaking Grief offers a wonderful website and resource which you can find here. Types of  Grief Anticipatory Grief Expecting loss or change can lead to anticipatory grief. With it, "we end up essentially...
Leadership
This edition of my blog is devoted to leadership. Leadership especially servant leadership is needed in our world in general and in behavioral health care. Each day we face life and death situations. As professionals, we must walk with integrity as we work to help...
Part 2: Mental Health and Women – Do Women Need an Intervention?
As a mature woman, I see each day the trials and tribulations that women face as they live their lives with courage, humility, passion, and determination. No one sets out to have a mental illness, yet women are facing a time in history where the stressors of daily...
Part 1: Alcohol and Women — Do Women Need An Intervention?
Even though March was deemed women's month, with the startling statistics, every month must be a focus on women's health. Over the past two and a half years we have all experienced how the pandemic, natural disasters, and political unrest have created a world fraught...
The Killing Drug – Fentanyl What Is Our Country To Do? Enforcement or Treatment?
America Has A Fentanyl Problem That Cannot Be Ignored It's no secret that we have entered the deadliest wave of the opioid crisis. According to Dr. Raul Gupta, more than 100,000 people died from an overdose last year. That is the most that has ever been recorded, and...
Social Media Apps -Youth Exploitation and Legislative Oversight- A California update
I was excited to learn that my alma mater, the University of San Diego, their School of Law Children’s Advocacy Institute, along with Republican Jordan Cunningham of Paso Robles and Democrat Buffy Wikes Of Oakland, have authored a California bipartisan bill in state...