Building Healthy Relationship Skills Supports Men’s Mental Health

Building Healthy Relationship Skills Supports Men’s Mental Health

By John L. Oliffe, Gabriela Gonzalez Montaner, Mary Theresa Kelly, The Conversation Healthy relationships positively influence men’s well-being. Men who are partnered or married live longer lives than single men, and they have better mental health than women and unpartnered men. Marriage appears to offer a protective influence on men’s health, reducing loneliness, depression and […]

Warning Signs for Young Children

Warning Signs for Young Children

By Rainn Every 9 minutes, government authorities respond to another report of child sexual abuse.1 Child sexual abuse can include sexual contact with a child, but it may also include other actions, like exposing oneself, sharing obscene images, or taking inappropriate photos or videos of a child. These crimes can have a serious impact on the life […]

The Long Tail of COVID: Mental Health and Culture

The Long Tail of COVID: Mental Health and Culture

Photo credit: PP/IQ INC. By Manuel Holguin During a recent briefing, the new NYC Health Commissioner, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, addressed questions from ethnic media from all five boroughs. They asked questions regarding concerns affecting ethnic and immigrant communities; vaccines, boosters, mask mandates, new variants, rise in cases, and mental health. “Our mental health system, I […]

Caring for Yourself: Self-Care and Stress Inoculation

Caring for Yourself: Self-Care and Stress Inoculation

By Victoria Falk The Chamber Coalition, which comprises the New American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), the African American International Chamber of Commerce (AAICC), and the Hispanic American International Chamber of Commerce (HAICC), celebrated Women’s Month by holding a Bootcamp focusing on Women’s Leadership & Wellness. One of the topics was Caring for Yourself: Self-Care and […]

Pay Yourself First

Pay Yourself First

Here are some thoughts on success in a Forbes article from James Cash Penny, the founder of JC Penny, “Though plenty of people want to be successful, only a self-selected few will even come close.” I could not agree with this statement more. In other words, if you are willing to buckle down and commit […]

College Students With Young Kids – Especially Mothers – Find Themselves in a Time Crunch

College Students With Young Kids – Especially Mothers – Find Themselves in a Time Crunch

By Claire Wladis, The Conversation The big idea We found that college students who have children had significantly less time for college than their childless peers – about 4.3 hours less per week, to be specific – and that this “time poverty” is greatest for mothers of preschool-age children. That’s according to a 2021 study […]

How to Help Those who Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide Cope With Grief During the Holidays

How to Help Those who Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide Cope With Grief During the Holidays

By Michael R. Nadorff and Julie Cerel, The Conversation No matter the merriment of the season, the holidays remain a struggle for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. In 2020, COVID-19 isolated many people from their families. Ironically, that isolation may have spared suicide-loss survivors some suffering; with no family gathering, one […]

Stress is Contagious in Relationships – Here’s What you can do to Support Your Partner and Boost Your own Health During the Holidays and Beyond

Stress is Contagious in Relationships – Here’s What you can do to Support Your Partner and Boost Your own Health During the Holidays and Beyond

By Rosie Shrout, The Conversation With the flurry of shopping, spending money and traveling to see family, stress can feel inevitable during the holidays. You might already know stress can affect your own health, but what you may not realize is that your stress – and how you manage it – is catching. Your stress […]

What to do When Someone you Love is Battling Depression

What to do When Someone you Love is Battling Depression

By Chris Tobias, Special to CAW Depression can be a terrible disease that affects every area of life, making it difficult to hold down a job, maintain relationships, stay healthy and perform regular daily tasks. The COVID-19 pandemic has made things worse for persons previously suffering from depression. COVID-19 has also claimed some new victims. […]

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