By Mavis A. Creagh For many people, the pandemic caused additional stress, worry and fatigue. The number of individuals in Mississippi and nationwide who experienced mental health crises spiked tremendously. Certain demographics such as children, the elderly and those living with disabilities were at even greater risk of experiencing mental illness symptoms. Disaster, in whatever […]
The founders of the Junction Grief Center don’t just sympathize with people who have experienced a loss — they understand them deeply. The center, located in Ocean Springs, opened after Katie Latch and Randi Page lost their husbands in 2021. Amber Carroll, the third member of the founding trio, learned that her son suffered from […]
By Laykin Register Anxious. Overwhelmed. Scared. Tired. Happy. Those are just some of the words that can describe becoming a mom. Those feelings can be heightened when it’s time to go back to work. I started a new work-from-home job one month after my baby was born, and I thought it would be so easy […]
Each year, one in five women in the United States has a mental health problem such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or an eating disorder. – American Psychiatric Association About 80 percent of people with eating disorders are women, which has the highest overall mortality rate of any mental illness. – Homewood Health Certain […]
If we have a troubling physical symptom, most of us will consult a doctor. But if we have a mental health problem, no matter how severe, relatively few of us will seek help. We’ll convince ourselves it’s “not that bad,” that it’s all in our head or that we’re just “being weak.” People in our […]
