As a caregiver, it’s essential to give you and your loved one the gift of self-care this holiday season. When you prioritize your mental and physical health, you strengthen your ability to support your loved ones through their recovery.
Learn how validation is a pivotal part of providing support to individuals with mental illness.
Learn from Skyland Trail Family Therapist Jessica McMorris, MSW, on the different types of trauma, including PTSD, and learn how trauma affects individuals and families.
School will always have stressful moments, regardless of your generation. But today’s students face psychological stressors that some research indicates can contribute to increased rates of mental illnesses like depression and anxiety. As students begin a new school year, it’s important to consider the ABCs of mental health along with reading, science, and math. Students…
These book and podcast recommendations come from our wonderful clinical staff from both adult and adolescent campuses. Please enjoy reading and listening to these resources!
Job interviews can be both exciting and nerve-wracking experiences for job seekers. Read on to delve into specific examples and strategies for how to navigate anxiety throughout the job interview process.
Going back to school can pose mental health challenges. By equipping children with the tools to plan effectively, manage stress, and communicate their needs, parents can empower their children to thrive both academically and emotionally. Read on to discover some strategies I recommend to support children as they prepare to return to school.
Get to know Molly Mercer-Deadman, M.Ed, education outreach director at the Skyland Trail mental health treatment program in Atlanta.
Relapse is part of recovery. Be prepared. Have a plan. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan, developed by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D., is a structured system for monitoring uncomfortable and distressing signs and symptoms, and through planned responses, reducing, modifying, or eliminating those signs and symptoms. It also includes plans for responses from others when your…
An interview with Skyland Trail Charles B. West Chief Medical Officer Raymond J. Kotwicki, MD, MPH What is evidence-based psychiatric treatment? Evidence-based medical treatment means that, as a physician, you look at the research literature to determine, according to reputable studies, which treatments successfully help patients improve and recover and which treatments do not. Just because someone…