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Coping With PTSD

By National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

Discusses ways to cope with PTSD

Creating Rituals During The Holidays

By Gail Mitchell
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs

There are many types of rituals other than purely religious. The author suggests some very special ways for creating new, meaningful and loving rituals in honor of loved ones.

Common Reactions to Trauma

By National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

Discusses the common reactions to PTSD

What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PT: A National Center for PTSD Fact SheetSD)?

By National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

Discusses a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, serious accidents, or violent personal assaults like rape

Terrorist Attacks and Children

By Jessica Hamblen, Ph.D
  • Aging

How should we speak to our children about this event? Should we shield them from such horrors or talk openly about them? How can we help children make sense of a tragedy that we ourselves cannot understand?

My Most Memorable Birthday

By Rev. Edie Weinstein-Moser MSW
  • Aging
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs

Humor and love are extremely helpful in giving us strength to cope with sickness and dying.

Look For The Window

By Shaywardncr
  • Aging
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Community Services
  • Death and Dying
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
  • Wellness
  • Workplace - Employment Issues

A story of a woman who was lost in her grief and found her window after regenerating her “inner battery”. Do not give up and always know that everyone has a window into happiness, one just have to look for it.

For New Caregivers

By Gail Mitchell
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Support Groups

If you are new to the caregiving situation, the internet can become an incredible resource for research, support, and meeting other caregivers in simular situations. Here are some important things new caregivers should know.

Treating Symptoms, Not The Causes

By Gail Mitchell
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Eldercare

There may come a time when you are caring for your loved one, when the doctor treats only their symptoms versus the causes of the symptoms.

Airport Security For People With Disabilities

By Aviation Consumer Protection Division, US Department of Transportation
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Disability - Accessability - Mobility
  • Transportation Services

Steps are being taken to ensure new security requirements preserve and respect the civil rights of people with disabilities. A checklist of considerations is provided for those trying to clear airport security.

Yoga, Body, Mind And Spirit

By Gail Mitchell
  • Aging
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
  • Wellness

Yoga is a way to bring harmony to your mind, body, and soul through meditation, exercise, and proper breathing. This article lists Yoga schools and resources where you may acquire more information.

Seeking Help For PTSD

By National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Aging

Ways to find help. When you call, tell whomever you speak to that you are trying to find a mental-health provider who specializes in helping people who have been through traumatic events and/or who have lost loved ones.

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