Mental illness in the US

Over the last 20 years, there has been less and less funding for mental illness. Reuters: More than 8 million American adults suffer from serious psychological distress, and they’re less likely to access healthcare services than other people, a U.S. study suggests....

Depression leaves many out in the cold

As a trauma surgeon, I see patients at their worst. Sometimes that isn’t that bad. Sometimes it is awful. Mental illness is something that we, as a nation, don’t really want to confront. There are Americans who have mental issues and they need health care....
Vets and PTSD

Vets and PTSD

One of the areas of healthcare in which we have to do better is mental health. PTSD is a bear. For the most part, we really don’t have the answers. From WSJ: Nightmares of a friend dying beside him in a bunker years ago now waken Donald Vitkus. “There is stuff...