Category Archives: Friday Facts
Friday Facts for October 2024
Friday October 4, 2024 National Depression and Mental Health Everyone has mental health. Mental health does not mean mental illness. Forty-six percent of people will meet criteria for a mental health condition at some point in their lives (Mental Health … Continue reading
September’s Friday Facts
Friday September 13, 2024 Recently there has been a growing interest in patients’ affective and emotional needs, particularly for those patients who are forced to spend the last phase of their life in residential facilities (Sollami, et al., 2017). Many … Continue reading
Friday Facts: Did You Know…? Facts About Schizophrenia (Originally Published 2/9/2019)
No one born blind has ever developed Schizophrenia. Auditory hallucinations seem to be culturally shaped. In the U.S., AH of voices are often described as harsh and threatening, while those heard by individuals with the same diagnosis in Africa … Continue reading
Friday Facts: Double Trouble? A Brief Look at Comorbid Substance Use in Schizophrenia (Originally Published 2/1/2019)
Schizophrenia affects one in every one hundred persons with half of those affected likely to experience co-morbid substance use (as cited in Hunt et al., 2018). This use, in turn, exacerbates the overall symptomologic course of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia … Continue reading
Friday Facts: December Fun Facts (Originally Published 1/6/2019)
This time of year is one of the more enjoyable times for adults, but especially children. The darkest time of the year is also a time whereby a hero emerges. Lights on the Christmas tree are symbolic of the return … Continue reading