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Transforming Mental Health Care
Making sure that people have access to care means more than overcoming geographic barriers. It means ensuring that care is affordable, available, accessible, and appropriate.
Aug 28th, 2023

Psychologist vs Psychiatrist
While both psychiatrists and psychologists play important roles in the field of mental health, their approaches to treatment and areas of expertise differ.
Aug 18th, 2023

Identify Symptoms of Dementia
While Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent dementia diagnosis, it shares many cognitive and pathological symptoms with Alzheimer's disease and can be difficult to identify from it.
Aug 10th, 2023

Benefits for TMS
In any given year, around 16.1 million American adults suffer from depression.
Jul 13th, 2023

Dementia and Hearing Loss
Research and testing are being done on the topic of dementia and its connection to hearing loss. University of Michigan conducted a study that examined information from 114,862 persons aged 66 and over.
Jul 3rd, 2023

What is Misophonia?
Over the past five years, misophonia research has grown significantly. Before we dive deeper, you might wonder what exactly is misophonia?
Jul 2nd, 2023

Signs of Migraines
Learn the signs that indicate you should see a neurologist- Schedule your neuro consult today.
Jun 14th, 2023

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis has no known treatment option. Treatments exist, nevertheless, to slow the onset of attacks, alter the course of the illness, and control symptoms.
Jun 6th, 2023

Weight Management
Did you know at A Ray of Hope we offer comprehensive Weight Management Programs combined with instruction in nutrition, behavior, and physical activity. Learn more!
May 17th, 2023

How to manage stress & beat burnout
Take care of your mental health: If you're experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression, seek help from a mental health professional.
May 15th, 2023

Choose Your Thought Challenge
Choose your thought challenge—as we proceed to put a stop to that overwhelming and all-encompassing issue of “overthinking” …
May 10th, 2023

How To Cope With Stress
Stress is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that is typically caused by stress. Mental stress can affect anyone, regardless of their job or industry, and can have a negative impact on an individual's mental and physical health, relation
May 10th, 2023

Mental Health Awareness
Studying mental health with the same devotion we study physical health, may help frame our community to seek appropriate mental health care.
May 5th, 2023

Habit Energy
Habit Energy is precisely that powerful force that drags us through life.
Mar 31st, 2023

Body Movement for Stress Relief
Use movement as a way to heal your mental health, relieve stress, connect body and mind to achieve personal goals and build self assurance.
Mar 29th, 2023

Family Dynamics
The family dynamics group will focus on family dynamics, roles and relationships.
Mar 29th, 2023

Seeking a psychiatrist

It can be difficult to determine if someone has a mental health problem because now all mental health conditions are visible or easy to recognize.
May 19th, 2023

Migraines
This post goes over migraines migraine prevention and treatment.
Jan 31st, 2023

What is Insomnia?
This post talks about Insomnia, its causes and how to prevent it.
Jan 23rd, 2023

What is anxiety?
This post explains what anxiety is and its common symptoms.
Jan 13th, 2023

About Esketamine
This article goes over Esketamine and how it's used for treatment resistant depression.
Dec 23rd, 2022