Working in mental health isn’t about saving people. It’s about doing the work despite not always knowing the answers. Father’s Day is this Sunday. Continue Reading
Combat Stress Control Units: Who Takes Care of the Caregiver?
Today is day one for my husband at the Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. After a weekend quarantining in a hotel room in Boston Continue Reading
Nurses on the Frontline of COVID-19: Read This Before You Call Us Heroes
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 20, 2020. ______________ I’m beginning to relate to war veterans who squirm uncomfortably when Continue Reading
Living with a Time Bomb
I live with a time bomb. He looks like a regular guy. Maybe a little tightly wound: high and tight haircut, rigid posture, authoritative tone. He Continue Reading
Are You a Veteran in Crisis or Concerned About One?
Call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1, text to 838255, or chat online at VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat The issue of suicide is a complex public health Continue Reading