Author: Kathi J. Kemper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781581103106
Category : Alternative medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With up-to-date research, illustrative examples, and a practical approach forindividuals and families, this handbook features an overview of mental healthdisorders, basic strategies for improving as well as preventing mental healthissues, and more.
Mental Health, Naturally
Author: Kathi J. Kemper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781581103106
Category : Alternative medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With up-to-date research, illustrative examples, and a practical approach forindividuals and families, this handbook features an overview of mental healthdisorders, basic strategies for improving as well as preventing mental healthissues, and more.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781581103106
Category : Alternative medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With up-to-date research, illustrative examples, and a practical approach forindividuals and families, this handbook features an overview of mental healthdisorders, basic strategies for improving as well as preventing mental healthissues, and more.
Mental Wellness
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744049741
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 887
Book Description
An authoritative guide on natural approaches to boost everyday mental wellness and provide extra support when you need it the most. This mental wellness book helps you manage stressful periods as well as other biological factors that impact your mental wellbeing. You’ll learn how to boost and holistically balance your mental state using natural remedies. Neal’s Yard Remedies: Mental Wellness is filled with holistic techniques, herbal remedies, essential oils, foods, exercise, lifestyle strategies, and therapies to empower you. This book offers: • The most comprehensive compendium of natural remedies for mental wellness on the market • Chapters on herbal remedies, aromatherapy, foods (including supplements), movement, and alternative therapies • A Symptom Checker which you can explore symptoms and access solutions in the book, based on your current need – jitteriness; anxiety attacks; acute stress; grief; low mood, etc • Approaches and information endorsed by Neal’s Yard Remedies, world leaders in natural, organic, holistic health. Learn techniques and mantras for uplifting your mood This beautiful, enlightening book explores how things like the environment, the seasons, hormonal shifts, sleep quality, and gut health can influence your mental health. Delve into how lifestyle choices can inhibit your mental health such as caffeine, alcohol, smoking, pollution, screen time, and isolation from the community. This wellness guide offers uplifting and informed information on why you may experience stress and anxiety, providing you with reassurance and strategies to combat these feelings. Explore the science behind natural remedies and use this book as a reliable resource for advice on mindfulness, yoga, breathing exercises, acupuncture, herbal remedies, and reiki. Expand your wellness collection This series of wellness books explore natural, holistic remedies to boost physical and psychological health and help you find the best solutions for yourself! Other titles in this series include Neals Yard Remedies Essential Oils and Neal’s Yard Remedies Complete Wellness.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744049741
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 887
Book Description
An authoritative guide on natural approaches to boost everyday mental wellness and provide extra support when you need it the most. This mental wellness book helps you manage stressful periods as well as other biological factors that impact your mental wellbeing. You’ll learn how to boost and holistically balance your mental state using natural remedies. Neal’s Yard Remedies: Mental Wellness is filled with holistic techniques, herbal remedies, essential oils, foods, exercise, lifestyle strategies, and therapies to empower you. This book offers: • The most comprehensive compendium of natural remedies for mental wellness on the market • Chapters on herbal remedies, aromatherapy, foods (including supplements), movement, and alternative therapies • A Symptom Checker which you can explore symptoms and access solutions in the book, based on your current need – jitteriness; anxiety attacks; acute stress; grief; low mood, etc • Approaches and information endorsed by Neal’s Yard Remedies, world leaders in natural, organic, holistic health. Learn techniques and mantras for uplifting your mood This beautiful, enlightening book explores how things like the environment, the seasons, hormonal shifts, sleep quality, and gut health can influence your mental health. Delve into how lifestyle choices can inhibit your mental health such as caffeine, alcohol, smoking, pollution, screen time, and isolation from the community. This wellness guide offers uplifting and informed information on why you may experience stress and anxiety, providing you with reassurance and strategies to combat these feelings. Explore the science behind natural remedies and use this book as a reliable resource for advice on mindfulness, yoga, breathing exercises, acupuncture, herbal remedies, and reiki. Expand your wellness collection This series of wellness books explore natural, holistic remedies to boost physical and psychological health and help you find the best solutions for yourself! Other titles in this series include Neals Yard Remedies Essential Oils and Neal’s Yard Remedies Complete Wellness.
Mental Health and Later Life
Author: John Keady
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136922326
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable effects of old age. This textbook will make it much easier for health professionals to identify, treat and support the needs of this vulnerable group.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136922326
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable effects of old age. This textbook will make it much easier for health professionals to identify, treat and support the needs of this vulnerable group.
Wellness Counseling
Author: Jonathan H. Ohrt
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119535344
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
This innovative text presents a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical support for a wellness approach to counseling with current techniques for client assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and intervention. The authors provide holistic strategies for wellness promotion with children, adolescents, and young, midlife, and older adults, as well as in counseling with groups, couples, and families. Each chapter includes reflection questions, learning activities, and resources to deepen readers’ understanding of the content and application to practice. Wellness boosters offer quick methods for clients and counselors to increase their domain-specific and overall well-being. In addition, experienced counselors share their personal experiences implementing wellness interventions in "Practitioner Spotlight" vignettes. A chapter on counselor self-care completes the book. Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website Reproduction requests for material from boks published by ACA should be directed to [email protected]
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119535344
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
This innovative text presents a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical support for a wellness approach to counseling with current techniques for client assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and intervention. The authors provide holistic strategies for wellness promotion with children, adolescents, and young, midlife, and older adults, as well as in counseling with groups, couples, and families. Each chapter includes reflection questions, learning activities, and resources to deepen readers’ understanding of the content and application to practice. Wellness boosters offer quick methods for clients and counselors to increase their domain-specific and overall well-being. In addition, experienced counselors share their personal experiences implementing wellness interventions in "Practitioner Spotlight" vignettes. A chapter on counselor self-care completes the book. Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website Reproduction requests for material from boks published by ACA should be directed to [email protected]
The Cornell Effect
Author: John C. Cranham, DDS
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
ISBN: 1647042631
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Marie Killilea's Karen and Linda Atwell's Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs "Readers of this father’s inspiring memoir of a foster son beating the odds will be counting their blessings through their tears." —BookLife Sometimes the most important lessons we learn in life are taught from the children we care for. Born three and half months early, weighing in at one pound and nine ounces, orphaned Cornell Richardson was fighting for his life. Spending the first six months of his life in the NICU at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, the premature infant's survival was stacked against the odds—prognosis was bleak. But Occupational Therapist, Kim Cranham knew better and convinced her husband to bring the boy into their home and hearts to foster and care for the child. But the battle had only just begun... Author John C. Cranham takes readers on a journey through darkness and gloom to a future of brightness and hope for one family. With courage, inspiration, and perseverance, the young couple set out on a quest to save a child, but the reality remains, the boy saved the Cranhams in the process. Chronicling 25 years as parents and caregivers, Cranham guides his readers through the lessons and principles that he and his wife learned from Cornell, resulting in a more peaceful, blissful, and content life. With tears in your eyes and hope in your hearts, you'll learn the true meaning of The Cornell Effect.
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
ISBN: 1647042631
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Marie Killilea's Karen and Linda Atwell's Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs "Readers of this father’s inspiring memoir of a foster son beating the odds will be counting their blessings through their tears." —BookLife Sometimes the most important lessons we learn in life are taught from the children we care for. Born three and half months early, weighing in at one pound and nine ounces, orphaned Cornell Richardson was fighting for his life. Spending the first six months of his life in the NICU at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, the premature infant's survival was stacked against the odds—prognosis was bleak. But Occupational Therapist, Kim Cranham knew better and convinced her husband to bring the boy into their home and hearts to foster and care for the child. But the battle had only just begun... Author John C. Cranham takes readers on a journey through darkness and gloom to a future of brightness and hope for one family. With courage, inspiration, and perseverance, the young couple set out on a quest to save a child, but the reality remains, the boy saved the Cranhams in the process. Chronicling 25 years as parents and caregivers, Cranham guides his readers through the lessons and principles that he and his wife learned from Cornell, resulting in a more peaceful, blissful, and content life. With tears in your eyes and hope in your hearts, you'll learn the true meaning of The Cornell Effect.
Holistic Mental Health Support
Author: Ali Moloney
Publisher: Cengage AU
ISBN: 0170457796
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Holistic Mental Health Support is the first comprehensive Australian text directly addressing the Certificate IV in Mental Health CHC43315. With a practice perspective in a competency framework, the text takes a strengths-based and person-centred approach, directly addressing the self-directed, recovery-oriented aims of training. This text addresses the mandatory core competencies as well as electives to comply with packaging rules, following the proven preferred structure for Community Services – chapter by competency – and then alignment of headings to elements and performance criteria of competency descriptors.
Publisher: Cengage AU
ISBN: 0170457796
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Holistic Mental Health Support is the first comprehensive Australian text directly addressing the Certificate IV in Mental Health CHC43315. With a practice perspective in a competency framework, the text takes a strengths-based and person-centred approach, directly addressing the self-directed, recovery-oriented aims of training. This text addresses the mandatory core competencies as well as electives to comply with packaging rules, following the proven preferred structure for Community Services – chapter by competency – and then alignment of headings to elements and performance criteria of competency descriptors.
The Integrated Self
Author: Lou Kavar
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1846949041
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Contemporary research supports the importance of spirituality for mental health. Counselors, social workers, psychologists and other therapists wonder how to include spirituality in treatment. Mental health training and current treatment models do not equip clinicians to adequately address the topic of spirituality. The Integrated Self presents a model for identifying and assessing spirituality within the client’s own life and experience. By operationally defining spirituality as a dimension of the client’s experience, The Integrated Self explores the role of culture, values, beliefs, and lifestyle for understanding the spiritual dimension of the person. Using case studies, clinicians learn how to implement the model of the integrated self within their existing theoretical orientation. The Integrated Self also includes discussions on the approaches for spiritual assessment and ethical issues related incorporating spirituality in mental health treatment. While other books focus on religious beliefs, spiritual practices, or formulations of a general kind of spirituality, The Integrated Self provides a model for a holistic approach that can be adapted in both mental health and health care settings.
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1846949041
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Contemporary research supports the importance of spirituality for mental health. Counselors, social workers, psychologists and other therapists wonder how to include spirituality in treatment. Mental health training and current treatment models do not equip clinicians to adequately address the topic of spirituality. The Integrated Self presents a model for identifying and assessing spirituality within the client’s own life and experience. By operationally defining spirituality as a dimension of the client’s experience, The Integrated Self explores the role of culture, values, beliefs, and lifestyle for understanding the spiritual dimension of the person. Using case studies, clinicians learn how to implement the model of the integrated self within their existing theoretical orientation. The Integrated Self also includes discussions on the approaches for spiritual assessment and ethical issues related incorporating spirituality in mental health treatment. While other books focus on religious beliefs, spiritual practices, or formulations of a general kind of spirituality, The Integrated Self provides a model for a holistic approach that can be adapted in both mental health and health care settings.
Heal Your Body, Cure Your Mind
Author: Ameet Aggarwal
Publisher: Dr. Ameet Aggarwal ND
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Voted as one of the Top 43 therapists in the world, 5-times bestselling author, naturopath and psychotherapist Dr. Ameet easily helps you with gut health, mental health, liver cleanse & detox, adrenal fatigue, depression, anxiety, skin, hormones, inflammation, health and sexual issues using holistic healing, supplements, nutrition, healthy foods, natural remedies, holistic therapies & mental health trauma healing. Your gut, liver, adrenal and mental health are the most valuable gifts you have. Reading this holistic healing and mental health book will quickly improve your gut health, liver health, adrenal fatigue, trauma and mental health by helping you treat the root causes of dis-eases in your mind and body, which are: Leaky gut health, Inflammation & LIVER HEALTH Adrenal Fatigue, Thyroid & hormonal imbalance Mental Health Trauma, Negative Beliefs & Family Trauma With the top herbs, homeopathic remedies, foods, acupuncture points, Bach flower remedies and mental health trauma healing exercises that most successful holistic therapists use. Get this book to quickly feel amazingly well with clear instructions on powerful holistic therapies from world renowned naturopathic doctor, psychotherapist & teacher. Know: What the best low inflammatory foods, probiotics and supplements for digestive problems, leaky gut health, IBS and inflammation are Why your thyroid, hormones, mental health and brain heal when you improve your liver health with the best gallbladder and liver cleanses Which herbs, amino acids, homeopathic remedies and supplements to use for stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, gut health, mental health, gallbladder and liver cleanses The most helpful nutrients for holistic and mental health and what foods they’re found in. Powerful exercise to heal mental health trauma, change negative beliefs and feel confident. Highly effective meditation, breathing, journaling, gratitude and positive psychology techniques for mental health. Energy medicine therapy to increase happiness, clarity, emotional resilience and mental health. Acupuncture points for mental health issues like anxiety and depression and liver health And so much more - Read all the topics for free by clicking "Look Inside" at the top of this page Doctors, therapists and nurses around the world are using this book to help people quickly recover from difficult chronic health and mental health trauma issues. Here’s what they say: “Dr. Ameet gives simple steps to help you recover from mental health issues, anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and burnout, and with long-lasting results” - Dr. Hyla Cass MD, Bestselling Author and Holistic Psychiatrist. “There's amazing details on holistic therapies, foods and specific exercises to release emotional stress and trauma to optimize your emotions and health.” - Geeta K, Master Reiki Healer “I learnt how to fix inflammation, my mood and detox my liver with the most effective herbs, foods and supplements.” R.K. “I love the list of homeopathic and Bach flower remedies that go into very specific emotions. Not everyone has the same type of anxiety or depression, and that's clear with Dr. Ameet's book.” - Sandra, Anxiety Survivor “What I love about this book is that I feel more in control of my life and my health, especially after releasing emotions and fixing inflammation...” Jacqueline R, Therapist Volume 1 in my series Heal Your Body Cure Your Mind
Publisher: Dr. Ameet Aggarwal ND
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Voted as one of the Top 43 therapists in the world, 5-times bestselling author, naturopath and psychotherapist Dr. Ameet easily helps you with gut health, mental health, liver cleanse & detox, adrenal fatigue, depression, anxiety, skin, hormones, inflammation, health and sexual issues using holistic healing, supplements, nutrition, healthy foods, natural remedies, holistic therapies & mental health trauma healing. Your gut, liver, adrenal and mental health are the most valuable gifts you have. Reading this holistic healing and mental health book will quickly improve your gut health, liver health, adrenal fatigue, trauma and mental health by helping you treat the root causes of dis-eases in your mind and body, which are: Leaky gut health, Inflammation & LIVER HEALTH Adrenal Fatigue, Thyroid & hormonal imbalance Mental Health Trauma, Negative Beliefs & Family Trauma With the top herbs, homeopathic remedies, foods, acupuncture points, Bach flower remedies and mental health trauma healing exercises that most successful holistic therapists use. Get this book to quickly feel amazingly well with clear instructions on powerful holistic therapies from world renowned naturopathic doctor, psychotherapist & teacher. Know: What the best low inflammatory foods, probiotics and supplements for digestive problems, leaky gut health, IBS and inflammation are Why your thyroid, hormones, mental health and brain heal when you improve your liver health with the best gallbladder and liver cleanses Which herbs, amino acids, homeopathic remedies and supplements to use for stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, gut health, mental health, gallbladder and liver cleanses The most helpful nutrients for holistic and mental health and what foods they’re found in. Powerful exercise to heal mental health trauma, change negative beliefs and feel confident. Highly effective meditation, breathing, journaling, gratitude and positive psychology techniques for mental health. Energy medicine therapy to increase happiness, clarity, emotional resilience and mental health. Acupuncture points for mental health issues like anxiety and depression and liver health And so much more - Read all the topics for free by clicking "Look Inside" at the top of this page Doctors, therapists and nurses around the world are using this book to help people quickly recover from difficult chronic health and mental health trauma issues. Here’s what they say: “Dr. Ameet gives simple steps to help you recover from mental health issues, anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and burnout, and with long-lasting results” - Dr. Hyla Cass MD, Bestselling Author and Holistic Psychiatrist. “There's amazing details on holistic therapies, foods and specific exercises to release emotional stress and trauma to optimize your emotions and health.” - Geeta K, Master Reiki Healer “I learnt how to fix inflammation, my mood and detox my liver with the most effective herbs, foods and supplements.” R.K. “I love the list of homeopathic and Bach flower remedies that go into very specific emotions. Not everyone has the same type of anxiety or depression, and that's clear with Dr. Ameet's book.” - Sandra, Anxiety Survivor “What I love about this book is that I feel more in control of my life and my health, especially after releasing emotions and fixing inflammation...” Jacqueline R, Therapist Volume 1 in my series Heal Your Body Cure Your Mind
Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309124123
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Student wellbeing is foundational to academic success. One recent survey of postsecondary educators found that nearly 80 percent believed emotional wellbeing is a "very" or "extremely" important factor in student success. Studies have found the dropout rates for students with a diagnosed mental health problem range from 43 percent to as high as 86 percent. While dealing with stress is a normal part of life, for some students, stress can adversely affect their physical, emotional, and psychological health, particularly given that adolescence and early adulthood are when most mental illnesses are first manifested. In addition to students who may develop mental health challenges during their time in postsecondary education, many students arrive on campus with a mental health problem or having experienced significant trauma in their lives, which can also negatively affect physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. The nation's institutions of higher education are seeing increasing levels of mental illness, substance use and other forms of emotional distress among their students. Some of the problematic trends have been ongoing for decades. Some have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic consequences. Some are the result of long-festering systemic racism in almost every sphere of American life that are becoming more widely acknowledged throughout society and must, at last, be addressed. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education lays out a variety of possible strategies and approaches to meet increasing demand for mental health and substance use services, based on the available evidence on the nature of the issues and what works in various situations. The recommendations of this report will support the delivery of mental health and wellness services by the nation's institutions of higher education.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309124123
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Student wellbeing is foundational to academic success. One recent survey of postsecondary educators found that nearly 80 percent believed emotional wellbeing is a "very" or "extremely" important factor in student success. Studies have found the dropout rates for students with a diagnosed mental health problem range from 43 percent to as high as 86 percent. While dealing with stress is a normal part of life, for some students, stress can adversely affect their physical, emotional, and psychological health, particularly given that adolescence and early adulthood are when most mental illnesses are first manifested. In addition to students who may develop mental health challenges during their time in postsecondary education, many students arrive on campus with a mental health problem or having experienced significant trauma in their lives, which can also negatively affect physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. The nation's institutions of higher education are seeing increasing levels of mental illness, substance use and other forms of emotional distress among their students. Some of the problematic trends have been ongoing for decades. Some have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic consequences. Some are the result of long-festering systemic racism in almost every sphere of American life that are becoming more widely acknowledged throughout society and must, at last, be addressed. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education lays out a variety of possible strategies and approaches to meet increasing demand for mental health and substance use services, based on the available evidence on the nature of the issues and what works in various situations. The recommendations of this report will support the delivery of mental health and wellness services by the nation's institutions of higher education.
COVID-19/Mental Health Crises
Author: Ronald R. Parks, MPH, MD
Publisher: ParksPress
ISBN: 1736552503
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
IN HIS TIMELY BOOK, RONALD R. PARKS, MPH, MD, EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 OR OTHER FORMS OF CRISIS, LOSS, OR TRAGEDY ON INDIVIDUAL MENTAL HEALTH. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many have experienced extreme personal loss and are suffering responses, not unlike those faced by survivors of natural disasters. Dr. Parks’ health interests began as a child growing up in rural Maryland. After developing a high fever and stiff neck, he was diagnosed with polio and rushed to City Hospital for Children. The experience changed his life forever. This book focuses on a holistic approach to mental health during times of significant crises and challenges. Topics covered include grief and loss, anxiety, depression, addictions, pandemic fear; how to recognize early signs of mental health difficulties and their origins; coping and finding the help you need; and ways of regaining health, balance, stability, and longevity. The book has an upbeat style that’ll energize your mind and refresh your ability to carry on through troubling times. In his timely book, Ronald R. Parks, MPH, MD examines the impact of COVID-19 or other forms of crisis, loss, or tragedy on individual mental health. From his perspective as a Board-certified psychiatrist, a holistic healthcare consultant, and a caring, concerned teacher, He offers helpful insights and suggestions designed to empower those with ongoing emotional challenges and those who want to maintain optimum mental and physical health. Blending research, historical events, and his own life experience, Dr. Parks has created an easy-to-understand, practical guide to help readers not only to survive but to thrive during troubling times. The essential step is to identify early signs of emotional and psychological dysfunction or impending break-down. The book’s educative and guidance content stresses the value of holistic awareness and actions for both insight and inspiration. Readers will gain a clearer perspective of mental health issues that happen with the demands and unexpected changes or challenges that can occur to anyone. Many key elements play into our overall mental health and sense of wellbeing. Utilizing a multi-faceted approach, this book imparts valuable wisdom while covering essential topics related to mental health challenges, holistic medicine, psychology, spiritual awakening, meditation, and other tried and true self-help techniques. Important preventative and intervention tips are succinctly presented for your help. Most people are not just facing the Pandemic—many have experienced the personal loss of loved ones, worsening or the start of emotional or mental health challenges, addictions, trauma, and loss of purpose and meaning. Navigating so much hardship weighs heavily on our psyche, but this book reminds us that we can persevere and awaken to a deeper understanding of ourselves, others, and the spirit of life. This book covers a diversity of topics related to mental and emotional health, surviving times of crisis as the current COVID pandemic, finding holistic ways of coping, surviving during times of exceptional challenges or catastrophic situations, and reducing disease risk during tough times. There’s no shame in getting help when you need support.
Publisher: ParksPress
ISBN: 1736552503
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
IN HIS TIMELY BOOK, RONALD R. PARKS, MPH, MD, EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 OR OTHER FORMS OF CRISIS, LOSS, OR TRAGEDY ON INDIVIDUAL MENTAL HEALTH. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many have experienced extreme personal loss and are suffering responses, not unlike those faced by survivors of natural disasters. Dr. Parks’ health interests began as a child growing up in rural Maryland. After developing a high fever and stiff neck, he was diagnosed with polio and rushed to City Hospital for Children. The experience changed his life forever. This book focuses on a holistic approach to mental health during times of significant crises and challenges. Topics covered include grief and loss, anxiety, depression, addictions, pandemic fear; how to recognize early signs of mental health difficulties and their origins; coping and finding the help you need; and ways of regaining health, balance, stability, and longevity. The book has an upbeat style that’ll energize your mind and refresh your ability to carry on through troubling times. In his timely book, Ronald R. Parks, MPH, MD examines the impact of COVID-19 or other forms of crisis, loss, or tragedy on individual mental health. From his perspective as a Board-certified psychiatrist, a holistic healthcare consultant, and a caring, concerned teacher, He offers helpful insights and suggestions designed to empower those with ongoing emotional challenges and those who want to maintain optimum mental and physical health. Blending research, historical events, and his own life experience, Dr. Parks has created an easy-to-understand, practical guide to help readers not only to survive but to thrive during troubling times. The essential step is to identify early signs of emotional and psychological dysfunction or impending break-down. The book’s educative and guidance content stresses the value of holistic awareness and actions for both insight and inspiration. Readers will gain a clearer perspective of mental health issues that happen with the demands and unexpected changes or challenges that can occur to anyone. Many key elements play into our overall mental health and sense of wellbeing. Utilizing a multi-faceted approach, this book imparts valuable wisdom while covering essential topics related to mental health challenges, holistic medicine, psychology, spiritual awakening, meditation, and other tried and true self-help techniques. Important preventative and intervention tips are succinctly presented for your help. Most people are not just facing the Pandemic—many have experienced the personal loss of loved ones, worsening or the start of emotional or mental health challenges, addictions, trauma, and loss of purpose and meaning. Navigating so much hardship weighs heavily on our psyche, but this book reminds us that we can persevere and awaken to a deeper understanding of ourselves, others, and the spirit of life. This book covers a diversity of topics related to mental and emotional health, surviving times of crisis as the current COVID pandemic, finding holistic ways of coping, surviving during times of exceptional challenges or catastrophic situations, and reducing disease risk during tough times. There’s no shame in getting help when you need support.