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Parkland Jurors Must Manage Trial Stress on Their Own
The 12 jurors chosen this past week to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will be exposed to horrific images and emotional testimony, but must deal with any mental anguish alone.
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For Parkland Survivor, a Long Road to Recovery From Trauma
Eden Hebron witnessed a gunman kill a close friend and two other students on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. More than a year later, the trauma still weighed heavily on Eden and other students. Eden’s parents eventually sent her to a mental health facility in California. There, she had little contact with the...
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Wisconsin Stray Becomes Therapy Dog
A Wisconsin Police Department adopted a stray dog to the task force after it was found and trained to be a therapy dog.
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What Is Revenge Bedtime Procrastination? Experts Discuss How to Stop
More people are staying up too late as a way to reclaim control of their lives, but sleep suffers.
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South Florida Workout Studio Helps People With Spinal Injuries
iAM ABLE helps close the gap between traditional therapy and specialized therapy for those with spinal injuries and paralysis. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports
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South Florida Man Changing Landscape of Spinal Cord Injury Therapy
Alfredo Iglesias had just graduated from Florida International University in computer engineering and was recently married when his life changed forever after an accident on his honeymoon in 2008. “It was the second day into my honeymoon and I went to go swim. Just walking into the water, I kind of dove forward to get wet a little quicker and…
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A Therapist Explains Why You Might Want to Unfollow ‘Fitspo' Accounts
Many people try to use social media as a source of “fitspiration,” but obsessing over how others look can make us feel bad about ourselves, and hurt our mental health. Clinical social worker and therapist Dr. Courtney Tracy talks about how we can use social media carefully, and explains researchers’ growing concerns about social media causing suicidal thoughts in teens.
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Treating the Trauma of Adoption — For Children and Parents
We often see adoption on our social media feeds in the most glowing light — with loving adoptive parents and happy children celebrating their new family. Less often do we focus on the trauma that adoptees experience, nor do we see the difficult journey of adoptive parents. NBCLX contributor Nathan Willis explores how the trauma of adoption is treated.
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Want to Try Therapy Without a Therapist? Draw a Card.
Dr. Ebony Butler created My Therapy Cards, which encourage assessing one’s emotions, writing in a journal and many other ways of examining the self and bettering mental health. The cards can be used on your own, in a group of friends, or along with a therapist. Butler says the cards can help people who don’t have access to mental health...
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Our Mental Health Crisis: The Stigma and the Struggle to Get Help
Our country faces not one mental health crisis, but several. The first is the stigma around mental illnesses. The second is the difficulty of finding help. NBCLX contributor Alex Wohleber talks to people on the front lines of the crisis. Visit lx.com/mentalhealth for more stories and resources.
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‘It's About Humanity': California Therapy Program Helps Both Kids and Horses
Arnold Guevara started with his Huntington Beach, California-based horse therapy program two weeks after losing his dad in a work accident. “Where I grew up there was sometimes shooting and fires and things like that,” he told NBCLX. “And it gets me worried because I feel like… that’s going to happen to my family.” On one of his first...
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Black Women Lack Access to Mental Health Care. ‘My Therapy Cards' Were Created to Help
Only about 30% of Black adults with mental health issues actually receive treatment each year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Dr. Ebony Butler created “My Therapy Cards” to help Black women specifically focus on their own mental wellness.
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‘Therapy is Dope!' Removing the Stigma of Mental Health Services for Minority Communities
Therapists Eboni Harris and Eliza Boquin discuss the mission behind their initiative, Melanin & Mental Health, which is trying to expand access to therapy in communities of color by providing a directory of Black therapists and using social media, podcasts and merchandise to normalize mental health conversations.
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Coping With Coronavirus Grief: A Therapist Explains Why It's OK to Laugh in the Face of Tragedy
A growing number of people around the world are coping with some form of grief in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. For some, it is the grief of losing a loved one or a familiar way of life. It can even be grief over the loss of touch. Celebrity therapist Esther Perel explains for The New York Times how...