Pam Rentz Urban Health Media Project While great strides have been made toward normalizing the concept of “self care” and incorporating mental health care into daily routines, the use of antidepressants and other mental health medications remains clouded by stigma. Melissa Sporn, a clinical psychologist in McLean, Virginia, and Aqsa Siddique, a third-year student at...
Month: August 2021
Healthy Diet and Mind on Therapy Thursday
Davon Harris “If your plate could talk, what would it say about your life?” said Tambra Raye Stevenson, a nutritionist and councilmember of the DC Food Policy Council Board. Stevenson was a guest panelist on a recent Instagram live discussion focused on how eating a plant based diet can affect your mental and physical health...
Suicide Prevention on Therapy Thursday
By Pam Rentz “Be curious about others’ wellness instead of being judgmental or critical.” That’s what Dr. Charlayne Hayling-Williams had to say about mental illness warning signs during a recent Instagram Live hosted by Urban Health Media Project. On the IG Live, called “Therapy Thursday,” the topic of discussion was suicide and self-harm prevention. Hayling-Williams,...