CARE

While last month’s bountiful rains may yet bring flowers (in some places it’s still too cold to tell), May holds many things to be celebrated, not the least of which is its status as Mental Health Awareness Month. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), “Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with…

Flipping the calendar from March to April may engender visions of springtime … on the doorstep of, gasp, summer! Yet it also happens to be Stress Awareness Month(link is external)for many companies and nonprofit organizations, dragging us back, with intentionality, to the reality of our everyday lives. Stress is real and its origins and consequences not insignificant. Sponsored…

For many graduating, college-bound, high-school seniors, the stressful college test prep, search, application and admission process is about to take its final turn: May 1 is National College Decision Day. Hence, the shelf life of countless college applications is about to expire, the way of so many molding loaves of bread. Ah, the journey one endures.…

A haunting new short film(link is external)produced by McCann Health(link is external) in collaboration with the Center for Adolescent Research and Education(link is external) (CARE) describes in detail – and with no shortage of graphic footage – the real-life implications of the misuse of prescription drugs by young people. They are paying the price, as are their families. What does that picture…