Understanding mental health is vital for educating, empowering, and reducing stigma as well as improving mental well-being for individuals and society.
HEALTH AFFAIRS: “Our main job is to normalize and validate what they’re feeling: a normal response to an abnormal situation," one volunteer says.
Morning prayer: “Keep us far from an evil person and an evil companion.”
By fostering awareness, setting boundaries, and emphasizing the value of authentic relationships, parents can help their children navigate the digital world responsibly.
Feuerstein Institute spreads its techniques for helping children with disabilities and traumatized youngsters and adults.
Symptoms include flashbacks, hyperarousal, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, and changes in emotional and cognitive responses.
Understanding who can and can’t love helps us protect our sense of self-worth around people who don’t value us.
The key findings reveal that 41% of participants experienced peritraumatic distress – an intense emotional and physical reaction during or immediately after a traumatic event.
The Norway-based study was published a year and a half into the Israel-Hamas War.
A relatively new treatment addresses "the root cause of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and Long COVID symptoms," according to the company Stella Global's website, which promotes its use.
As Israel grapples with the psychological aftermath of war, Hadas’s message is clear: mental health cannot remain an afterthought.