Headline: USDA Announces Support for Mental Health Facilities in Rural Areas If you saw this headline would you click on the link to read the story? We were curious because we did not immediately see the connection between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and mental health.  The USDA’s press release was issued December...Read More

A county locator map of California, with San Francisco County highlighted and enlarged in red. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) San Francisco Behavioral Health Court celebrates 10th Anniversary Have you ever heard of a Behavioral Health Court?  There is a good chance your answer to that question is “No!” However, it turns out that a number of...Read More

Do you know who Kevin Breel is? Before Tuesday, October 8, 2013, there were at least 1.5 million people who had heard of Kevin Breel. They saw his video “Confessions of a depressed comic” on TED: Ideas worth spreading. Then on Tuesday Kevin was interviewed on NBC’s TODAY Show…many more millions of Americans will have...Read More

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Do you suffer from migraine headaches? Maybe you answered this question affirmatively. Or maybe you have a close relative or friend who suffers from migraine headaches. Experts suggest that the number of Americans that suffer from migraine headaches is somewhere between 12 and 16 percent of the total population. The U.S. National...Read More

Safety proofing our homes… When was the last time you walked around your home and thought about safety? Just the other day a friend mentioned that she was going to be taking care of her 10 month old granddaughter for a few days. It occurred to her that she had not thought about baby-proofing her...Read More