Reducing the Brain Injury Risk for Schoolchildren
According to the CDC, there are somewhere between 2 and 4 million brain injuries every year, 10% of which are due to sports. However,...
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Derryen Plante
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Productivity/Trauma Connection
Each person who experiences trauma develops a different way to cope with what happened to them. Some of those coping mechanisms are...
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Derryen Plante
- Sep 22, 2021
- 2 min
Have You Planned for Your Mental Health?
We plan for a lot of different things in our lives, creating budgets, itineraries, schedules, savings accounts, right down to having...
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Derryen Plante
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Be the One to Give Others a Voice
Only a few decades ago, mental health was a misunderstood and stigmatized topic. Cruel and unusual “treatments” were used on patients...
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Derryen Plante
- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
Building a Support Framework
Simone Biles’ decision to put her mental health ahead of competing in the Olympics has amplified the conversation around the issues so...
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Derryen Plante
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Supporting Those Who Fall Through the Cracks
Mental health treatment, as many of us know, can be incredibly expensive, even if you have insurance. More and more people are seeking...
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Derryen Plante
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
Fame Can Start the Conversation
For those of us who follow pop culture news, the #FreeBritney movement has been all over social media. If you’re not familiar, in a...
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Derryen Plante
- Aug 12, 2021
- 3 min
Battling Renewed Social Anxiety
After a year of lockdowns, restrictions, and limited gatherings, social settings are opening back up and public events are growing...
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Derryen Plante
- Jul 31, 2021
- 2 min
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve
If someone is in crutches or in a cast, people can visually see that they are physically injured. They automatically know they will...
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Derryen Plante
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
World-Stage Pressure
When the 2020 Olympics begin on July 27th in Tokyo, hundreds of the best athletes in the world will be competing against each other in a...
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Derryen Plante
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Olympic Conversation
The Summer Olympics are taking place in Tokyo this month, an event that is stirring up plenty of excitement and patriotism across the...
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Derryen Plante
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Silent Majority in Mental Health
The month of June usually centers around school letting out, summer vacations, and Father’s Day. Did you know it’s also Men’s Health...
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Derryen Plante
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
Mental Health Awareness Isn’t Enough
In 1949, the Mental Health America organization established May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Back then, no one talked about mental...
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Derryen Plante
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve
Mental illnesses? That isn’t me, I thought; I was only at this session because it was one of the dozens of rehabilitation appointments on...
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Derryen Plante
- Apr 3, 2021
- 2 min
Five Mental Health Options for Treating PTSD
When you undergo a trauma of any kind, there are often residual effects that can impact your life for weeks, months, or even years. When...
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Derryen Plante
- Apr 3, 2021
- 2 min
Understanding the PTSD Journey
"What would you do if the worst thing that ever happened to you felt like it kept happening?" That quote is from former U.S. Army Captain...
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Derryen Plante
- Apr 3, 2021
- 2 min
The PTSD Self-Test
This week, I came across a great resource called The PTSD Self-Test. Not only does this site have a wealth of statistics, resources, and...
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Derryen Plante
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve: The Battle Back from an Invisible Injury
New Beginnings Despite physically improving and doing well in therapy, my relationship with my boyfriend started to fall apart. I tried...
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Derryen Plante
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
Rethinking Self-Advocacy
Often, when we are making changes in our lives, other people butt in and offer their input. You move the sofa to the opposite wall, and a...
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Derryen Plante
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
Letting the Weight of the Past Go
Most months, I do a column on helping or supporting someone else when they are dealing with an invisible illness or other struggle. As...
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