Welcome to our May Mental Health Awareness newsletter! From insightful articles to practical tools, we've curated a selection that aims to provide you with some well deserved relief and inspiration. Together, let's break the stigma surrounding mental health and embrace a path of healing and growth.
IN THIS ISSUE
Timely Topic VIDEO - How Can CBT Improve Your Mental Health? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an empirically supported and effective treatment for anxiety, OCD, and related conditions.
Building a Support Network: 8 Ways to Support a Loved One with Their Mental Health.
Understanding How Medication Works: Mary Grace Fair, PMHNP-BC, talks about science behind medication and how it interacts with your brain.
15 Best Anxiety Books: List of helpful reads with insights from Dr. Debra Kissen.
Do You Need to Get Tested? Light On Anxiety has a host of Neuropsychological Testing Solutions customized and targeted to provide you valuable insights into your unique circumstances.
Assessment Library: Over 15 assessments are available on our website to help you better understand your mental health concerns.
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We hope you find these resources as helpful as we do.
WATCH Timely Topic: How Can CBT Improve Your Mental Health?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) empowers people by giving them effective coping strategies, enabling them to manage feelings, and helping them understand their behavior better. It is an empirically-supported, action-oriented approach that is used for a range of mental health conditions and offers tangible progress. Dr. Kissen digs deeper on the topic CBT in this video.
Building a Support Network: Ways to Support a Loved One with Their Mental Health
Mental health concerns affect each person uniquely, so it's important to be empathetic, understanding, and open minded. This article explores eight actionable strategies to effectively support family and friends navigating the complexities of their mental health journeys to foster a caring and understanding environment for those who matter most to you.
Mary Grace Fair, PMHNP-BC, from Light On Anxiety breaks down the complex world of mental health medication, offering valuable insights into how these powerful tools can help manage anxiety, mood disorders, and more.
15 Best Books About Anxiety, According to Psychologists
This article from Good Housekeeping not only lists 15 reads about anxiety, but also features Dr. Kissen. She describes how quality self-help books can be a helpful tool for managing your mental health, in addition to therapy and treatment.
Do You Need Testing?Customized and Targeted Testing Evaluations from LOA
Light On Anxiety’s neuropsychological testing solutions offer customized evaluations, delivered in a user-friendly format to assess and provide recommendations for everything from ADHD and Learning Style to Autism Spectrum Disorders and Mood Disorders.
Whether you’re experiencing occasional stress or suspect you may be grappling with an anxiety disorder, our assessment library features over 15 self-assessments to guide you in your journey towards greater clarity and support—for yourself or for children and adolescents.
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