Depression & Mental Health Blog

In this blog, we discuss some truly deep, life-or-death decisions that friends, family and loved ones have to make when they know that someone in their circle is hurting. Unfortunately, these extremely difficult decisions have incredibly important consequences. Sometimes we struggle thinking that if we give into empty cries for attention, whether it be from a child or adult, we will enable that pe...

By now, the vast majority of Americans are stuck in place, under mandatory stay at home orders from their local and state governments. While we have a pandemic to contend with, as well as an uncertain financial future, a very real concern is starting to worsen - domestic violence and abuse. While we don’t have recent, concrete data on the rise in domestic violence-related cases, anecdotal eviden...

One of the keys to successful post treatment life is support. While we, and many third parties, offer support systems for mental health patients, not everyone can transition from treatment directly into “normal” life. For many, transitional housing is a great way to ease out of the highly regulated treatment environment and back into the less structured outside world. Destination Hope offer...