by Dr Aletta | Oct 26, 2009 | Family Matters, Mental Health
National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast two stories on what colleges and universities across the country are trying to do to take care of the mental health needs of their students. More young people who live with the challenges of mental illness attend college.... 
by Dr Aletta | Oct 24, 2009 | Mental Health, Video
The fear of being stigmatized at work, at school, within our own families, keeps so many from accepting the very help and treatment they need. Here’s another video from Bring Change 2 Mind, on the real voices and faces of mental illness. Update: Eight years... by Dr Aletta | Jan 9, 2009 | Mental Health
An article in yesterday's New York Times inspired me to write this article for PsychCentral. Here's an excerpt:Yesterday the New York Times wrote that the Pentagon “decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those... by Dr Aletta | Jan 8, 2009 | Mental Health
You’ve seen posts from me before about music and the important role I believe it plays in our mental health. Music has the power to inspire, motivate, support, nurture, to allow emotion like nothing else can and yes, to make life bearable and hopeful. 
by Dr Aletta | Apr 24, 2008 | Body/Mind, Health Psychology
Do you want to live forever? Me neither. Would you like to Live Longer? I’d like to, however, live to maybe 125. Yeah, 125 has a nice ring to it. What are my chances? I would think pretty good based on both my grandmothers living to almost 100. But my...
