Publications on Mental Health Topics

Talking with your Children about Traumatic Events, by Riverside Trauma Center, 2015.

“Here are some tips for talking with your children when they have witnessed or heard about traumatic events. ”

Anxiety as an Ally: How I Turned a Worried Mind into My Best Friend, by Dan Ryckert, 2015.

We Get It, by Heather L. Servaty-Seib and David C. Fajgenbaum , 2015.

The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points, by Alice Boyes Ph.D, 2015.

Broken Spirits: The Treatment of Traumatized Asylum Seekers, Refugees and War and Torture Victims, by John P. Wilson, 2015.

Meh: A Story About Depression, by Deborah Malcom, 2015.

Adult ADHD: The Complete Guide to Living with, Understanding, Improving, and Managing ADHD or ADD as an Adult!, by Ben Hardy, 2015.

How to Talk to Your Kids about Your Divorce: Healthy, Effective Communication Techniques for Your Changing Family, by Samantha Rodman, 2015.

The Color Thief: A Family's Story of Depression, by Andrews Fusek Peters and Polly Peters, 2015.

I would, but my DAMN MIND won't let me: a teen girl's guide to understanding and controlling her thoughts and feelings, by Jacqui Letran, 2015.

It Helps to Have Friends, by American Cancer Society, 2015.

Practicing Self-Care After Traumatic Events, by Riverside Community Care Trauma Center, 2015.

“Exposure to traumatic events can have a major impact on our emotions, behaviors, cognitive functioning, and physical well-being. To speed our recovery, we need to remember self-care is important and find ways to take care of ourselves on a daily basis. ”

Tips for Schools: Dealing with Students and Suicide Loss, by Terri A. Erbacher, Jonathan B. Singer & Scott Poland, 2015.

“How adults respond when a loved one dies has a major effect on how students react.   ”

Building Resilience to Trauma: The Trauma and Community Resiliency Models, by Elaine Miller-Karas, 2015.

Myths and Facts About Self-Injury, by Kirstin Fawcett, U.S. News , Dec 26 2014.

“Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is “the direct, deliberate damage of one’s body without the intention of suicide, and for purposes that aren’t socially sanctioned,” such as tattoos or piercings, says Peggy Andover, a professor of psychology at Fordham University and president of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury. There's not one underlying reason why people engage in NSSI. But psychologists generally agree it serves as a method of emotional regulation: People use it to cope with sadness, distress, anxiety, anger and other intense feelings or, on the flipside, emotional numbness. ”