Tag Archives: Mental Illness
Celebrity Suicides Bring Issue of Mental Health to the Forefront
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. These celebrities seemed to have it all – fame, wealth and a lifestyle glamorized in pop culture. Unfortunately, not everything is at it seems – which makes their apparent suicides even more shocking. Suicide rates in the United…
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Affects Many in Communities Across the Nation
OCD Awareness Week (October 13-19, 2014) FORT LAUDERDALE/ DAVIE, FL. – John is your next door neighbor. Every day, John experiences frightening intrusive thoughts of losing control and violently stabbing himself with knives. He does not want to hurt himself, and desperately tries to banish these thoughts from his…
Preventing School Shootings: Mental Health Treatment Needed at School
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, FL – “If we do not make changes, then our past will determine our future and we will continue to have school shootings.” This statement was a part of my first testimony before Congress in March 1999 shortly before the massacre at Columbine High School. My testimony focused…