New Orleans Mental Health System Is Broken, but There Is a Solution
January 6, 2023
However, research shows most people with mental illness are not violent and they are more likely to be victims of crime.
Tag: mental health
Six Ways Walking Can Change Your Life
February 18, 2021
Walking can change your life for the better. According to the Mayo Clinic, even mild physical activity like walking can help you live a healthier and happier life. The benefits of walking include: Maintaining a healthy weight Preventing or reversing lifestyle-related health issues like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease Improving mental […]
Why is Understanding Behavior Essential for Mental Health Professionals?
February 1, 2021
Behavior observation has always helped psychologists understand and explain human actions. Studying human behavior allows mental health professionals to treat patients suffering from brain disorders. Our behavior determines why we make individual decisions and what drives our conscious thought. Abnormal activities and irrational manners can indicate the onset of mental disease. Our thoughts and emotions […]
Mental Health Issues On The Rise In New Orleans
December 24, 2020
Mental health issues in New Orleans have been on the rise ever since the hurricane hit in 2005. The healthcare systems in New Orleans have been struggling to cope up with the after-effects of Katrina and the ongoing effects of COVID-19, and are working hard to replenish their resources to what they were like prior […]
Devin Tucker Has Been Found: Schizophrenic Man Was Beaten and Arrested by Police Called to Help Him in a Medical Crisis
December 21, 2020
This is an update of a story we reported on December 20, 2020. Around 1 AM on December 17th, the Jefferson Parish Police Department was called to the Coroner’s Office to escort Devin Tucker to recieve medical help. They had been called because Devin Tucker was in a state of psychosis as a result of […]
Five Steps for Moving on From a Serious Personal Injury
September 25, 2020
Suffering from a serious injury can completely change your life. It can keep you from going to work, it can keep you from being active, and it can make you feel like you aren’t really participating in life the way you want. You don’t want to deal with your injury any longer than you have […]
Hang In There: Millennials and Mental Health in a Pandemic
April 2, 2020
Social distancing and the halt of normal activities are unquestionable necessities while in the thick of COVID-19. In order to return close to normal anytime soon, we must practice physical separation and sacrifice pieces of our daily routines. There is no sight of when we might be able to go back to work, go out […]
Sex in the Big Easy: Nymphomania – Not as Much Fun as You’d Think
October 1, 2019
Nymphomania is by no means as sexy as porn magazines would have you believe.
Wayne Stewart, Casualty Of The System
September 1, 2019
Wayne Stewart was a lifetime resident of The Greater New Orleans area, born and raised in the 9th Ward. Like many others, he attended and graduated from Holy Cross High School thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of his parents. And also like many others, Stewart indulged in many excesses, including drugs. After hearing the […]
DDD, AOT, and All of Us
December 20, 2018
Even worse than the stigmas around mental health is the willful neglect of state and local governments in doing anything about treating and handling its most vulnerable population.
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