Did you know that autism affects four times as many males as females? According to a new report from the Science Translational Medicine, inherited mutations in the PTCHD1 (patched-related) gene are linked to autism and intellectual disability in boys. In Dani Cooper’s article, a team of researchers from Canada’s Centre for Addition and Mental Health, [...]

To improve safety, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) funded the development of a training video titled, Community Policing: Effective Response to Youth with Mental Illness. The video serves as an effective resource to prepare police officers and first responders for situations dealing with children and teens with mental illnesses. In David Raths’ [...]

In today’s world, the staggering amount of post-deployment suicides outnumbers the deaths from combat. The 80% spike in military suicides has Terry Stawar wondering, is there anything we can do to change that statistic? One notion is to drop the term “disorder” from PTSD to encourage more veterans to seek help. Could removing the term [...]

Work, although sometimes dreadful – especially on Monday mornings – is actually wonderful. A career, a vocation, a calling can fulfill us and help us live a life of purpose. Our vocation gets us out of bed in the morning and it gives us a reason to carry on. Steve Bell, a mental health peer-provider [...]

Is your child suffering from depression? Maybe it’s you that can’t shake the blues or the feeling of helplessness? It’s time to take back your life. The first step is to educate yourself about depression. Here are a few facts about the mental illness that affects 1 in 10 adults in the US reported by [...]