by jaclynyaredgrandrapids | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Jaclyn Yared Grand Rapids
“Just be a man and suck it up.” “Women are too emotional and overact.” “Well, if you have a bad attitude…” “Well, have you even tried not feeling depressed?” For far too long, we have hand waved away the seriousness of mental health. Can you imagine if we did the same...
by jaclynyaredgrandrapids | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, Jaclyn Yared Grand Rapids
We all know someone facing mental health challenges. That isn’t an idle platitude, but a near-certain statistical probability. For example, as many as one in four Brits suffer from mental health-related issues in some form. Mental illness is a huge aspect of modern...
by jaclynyaredgrandrapids | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog, Jaclyn Yared Grand Rapids
Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint is framed as a joke, and one centered around the idea of a traditional Yiddish schlemiel-style character recounting their sexual exploits to a psychiatrist in a way that sears and satirizes American society. Dated sexual politics...
by jaclynyaredgrandrapids | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog, Jaclyn Yared Grand Rapids
Few things have the potential to fill employees with fear quite as much as the prospect of telling their employer about a mental health condition. This is extraordinarily tragic and unfair, not least because it exposes a double standard born of ignorance regarding...
by jaclynyaredgrandrapids | Aug 15, 2020 | Blog, Jaclyn Yared Grand Rapids
One of the most important things to recognize about mental illness is the fact that we all know someone who struggles with mental health problems. Far too often, we consider mental health only in the context of its most extreme examples, namely, in its many...
by jaclynyaredgrandrapids | Aug 7, 2020 | Blog, Jaclyn Yared Grand Rapids
In recent years, the NFL has been forced to finally get serious about concussion avoidance, and for good reason. A lack of action on this subject left countless football players subject to the ravages of CTE, a devastating condition that leaves the brain with severe...
