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Famous You Tuber Loses His Life to Mental Illness
29-year-old Desmond Amofah, a popular YouTuber known as “Etika”, was found dead in the East River in New York after posting...
How Can I Treat My History of Trauma?
Updated 4/18/25 Trauma can be divided into two major categories: catastrophic events such as physical abuse or injury, sexual assault or...
Guide to Understanding RAD as a Parent
Parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder can be extremely challenging and at times, hurtful. It is common for these children...
Reactive Attachment Disorder: Signs and Symptoms
Attachment issues fall on a spectrum, from mild problems that are easily addressed to the most severe form, known as reactive...
Minority Mental Health Month
Content updated on 04/09/24 The Need for Inclusivity: Minority Mental Health Whether persons of color or persons in the LGBTQ community, many...
How Mental Health Issues are Rampant on High School Campuses
Updated 5/5/25 High school can be a great environment for individuality and socializing, but it can also contribute to mental health...
Dual Diagnosis Treatment
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A mental health disorder or a substance abuse disorder usually does not exist in an isolated vacuum. This means that it...
What are Co-Occurring Disorders?
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Updated 4/16/25 Substance abuse and addiction can mask a mental illness and vice versa. Many patients admit to an addiction treatment...
Developing Reactive Attachment Disorder: Is it Avoidable?
Reactive attachment disorder is a childhood mental health disorder where the child does not develop healthy, stable attachments to their parent/caregiver...