By Kathryn Tiffany, MS LAC The best thing that you can do for a friend with anxiety attacks is to encourage them to seek help with a trusted adult, school counselor or teacher. Another way to help is to provide a safe place for them to be still and/or walk ...
By Laura Badalamenti, NMD --- Over the next several weeks we will be taking a look at different STDs, but let’s start at the beginning…What are STDs? A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is an infection a person gets after sexual contact. Sexual contact includes vaginal, penile, oral, anal, and other ...
By Jennifer Nevels, NMD STDs are different organisms, like bacteria and viruses, that are transmitted sexually and can cause symptoms depending upon which one is being passed on. HIV is a different type of virus, called a retro virus, but it is sexually transmitted as well. Infections can be spread ...
By Hannah Maine --- Self-harm is defined as any act of deliberately causing injury to one’s body, without intent to die. Often, self-harm occurs in the form of cutting. Self-harm is not a suicide attempt or an indicator that the person feels suicidal. It’s important to recognize the difference in ...
By Ivy Loney, DBH, LMSW --- Bipolar Disorder often starts in late adolescence or early adulthood and effects a little over 4% of the population. Let’s break down the word bipolar, bi means two. Polar means opposite. Think of the North and South Pole. They are on opposite sides of ...