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  • Suicide on the Rise, Why?

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report today  showing a 30% increase in U.S. suicide rates since 1999. The deaths this week of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain put an exclamation point on the issue. What exactly is going on?

    jillprouty7

    June 9, 2018
    blog, books, drug therapies, Uncategorized
    Anthony Bourdain, antidepressants, CDC, depression, Kate Spade, mental health, mental illness, psilocybin, psychedelics, SSRI, suicide
  • How to Change Your Mind

    Imagine being able break from from the destructive thinking that characterizes major depression and other mental illnesses.

    jillprouty7

    June 6, 2018
    blog, books, drug therapies
    book reviews, depression, major depression, mental health, mental illness, psilocybin, psychedelic drug therapy, psychedelics
  • Remember All of the Fallen

    As we remember our fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, I also want to take time to remember the service men and women, both active duty and veterans, who die by suicide every year – estimated at 22 a day.

    jillprouty7

    May 27, 2018
    blog, Uncategorized
    memorial day, military fallen, suicide, veteran suicide, veterans
  • Flowers Appear

    I love the idea of love transcending death – the love of those who’ve passed written on our hearts for eternity.

    jillprouty7

    May 21, 2018
    blog, Uncategorized
    death of a parent, diana, love, prince harry, princess of wales, royal wedding, song of solomon
  • Say Yes

    Mother’s Day is always a little bit sad for me because my mom isn’t here. I especially hurt for my kids who don’t have the privilege of having a living grandmother. However, her absence is what drives me to try to be the very best mom for her grandsons that I can be. One way…

    jillprouty7

    May 14, 2018
    blog, Uncategorized
    family, mother’s day, motherhood, mothers
  • Psychedelic Drug Therapy – A New Hope

    Psychedelic drug therapy is going to be the biggest story in psychiatry in over 30 years.

    jillprouty7

    May 7, 2018
    blog, books, drug therapies
    abortion pill, antidepressants, depression, Drug Therapy, drug trials, ketamine, mental illness, mifepristone, psychedelic drug therapy, psychedelics, psychiatry, psychotic depression
  • Barefoot Therapy

    Going barefoot outdoors has health benefits.

    jillprouty7

    April 30, 2018
    blog, books, Uncategorized
    anxiety, barefoot, earthing, mental health, nature, stress management
  • Book Review: Imagine Me Gone

    Adam Haslett’s “Imagine Me Gone” explores the devastating toll of mental illness on both the sufferers and the loved ones who care for them. 

    jillprouty7

    April 23, 2018
    blog, books
    book reviews, depression, family, mental illness, suicide
  • Memories Old and New

    Are you hanging on to meaningful objects such as old letters or photos, costume jewelry, fabric pieces, and the like? Things that have no real purpose anymore, but you can’t bear to throw them away because of the memories attached to them? It’s time to pull those treasured objects out and think about ways of…

    jillprouty7

    April 15, 2018
    blog
    crafting, crafts, family, memory, memory crafts, repurposing
  • My thoughts on Chris Cornell

    The death of Soundgarden’s singer-songwriter, Chris Cornell, left his family and friends shocked. He was performing brilliantly on tour. He was in good spirits. Although in hindsight, those close to him said something was “off” on the night of his death. CNN reports that Cornell’s widow disputed the official finding that her husband died by suicide because she does not believe that her…

    jillprouty7

    May 28, 2017
    Uncategorized
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