MHMR Awarded Grant to Provide Counseling to Iraq-Afghanistan Veterans
"MHMR Services for the Concho Valley received notice on February 28, 2008 that the Center had been awarded a grant from the TRIAD Fund of Permian Basin Area Foundation to provide counseling services to military personnel" More...
Risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Triples in U.S. Combat Forces
"Among U.S. military personnel, the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder is three times higher in those who have seen combat in Afghanistan and Iraq than in other soldiers, according to research published online Jan. 15 in BMJ Online First." More...
Coping with a Traumatic Event
"Most everyone has been through a stressful event in his or her life. When the event, or series of events, causes a lot of stress, it is called a traumatic event. " More...
Mobile Crisis Intervention Services (24/7)
"Crisis services may be accessed at any time, day or night" More...
Facts about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
"Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that can trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults such as rape or mugging, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat. PTSD can be extremely disabling. " More...
Stress Management Techniques
"Though life is often unavoidably difficult, there are effective ways to manage how much we become affected by stress. We'll explore some stress management methods in this article, but first, we'll start by defining what stress is. " More...
Major Depression Symptoms
"A person who suffers from a major depressive disorder must either have a depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities consistently for at least a two week period." More...
Facts about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
"People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer intensely from recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or rituals (compulsions), which they feel they cannot control. " More...
Social Skills Training
"All people need to master certain social skills before they can function appropriately in society. " More...
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