In many countries and communities around the world, the proportion of young people is becoming smaller while the proportion of older people is increasing. Unfortunately, because of the increase in older people, there will be a substantial increase in elder abuse worldwide. Inaugurated in 2006 by the United Nations National ...
Read More >>What can you do for mental health month? May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and that means its time to focus on the other half of our personal selves that we neglect too often. As a society within America, we are undoubtedly focused on living a healthy lifestyle, but more ...
Read More >>What we put into our bodies can always affect us in different ways. Some individuals may be highly sensitive to sugar or gluten, while others may have issues being allergic to eggs or shellfish. The nutrients we also receive from food can impact us negatively or positively, which makes what ...
Read More >>When interacting with individuals who discuss psychiatric issues, we may often hear the phrases “Mental Health Issues” and “behavioral health” used interchangeably. While it may have been less clear in the past as to what each phrase or concept represented, in more recent times, medical professionals, doctors and mental health ...
Read More >>Thank You Cameron County Children’s Advocacy Center for supporting Palms Behavioral Health. We appreciate your help and are proud to be a supporter of the community.
Read More >>How does a person get mental health help? Can one phone call really make a difference? When it comes to struggling with mental health issues, there is no doubt that picking up your cell phone or home phone and dialing a number for help or to get answers is a ...
Read More >>When it comes to mental health issues in children, it is important to realize that these problems can often be mistaken for behavioral challenges that may be unrelated. As a parent it truly can be difficult trying to figure out what these issues may or may not be, especially without ...
Read More >>One of the more serious issues that the world has been facing, and one that one is not often in the public eye, has been the subject of human trafficking. In short, human trafficking is essentially a form of modern-day slavery, where women and sometimes men are coerced or forced ...
Read More >>The state of our nation when it comes to mental health issues is a bit precarious. While the country has made greater strides within the past 50 years in terms of how we perceive individuals with mental health challenges, as well as investing in better treatments and methods of discovery, ...
Read More >>Depression is often a natural part of our emotional canvas, one of many emotions that we can experience within normal parameters. You may have a bad day at work and feel a bit depressed. You may have had plans that got cancelled and you ended up feeling disappointed and a ...
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