I recently met a very insightful woman (with whom I’ve had some just as insightful conversations!) and through her I’ve learned about the Amen Clinics, one of which provided her family with help during a troubled time for her son’s mental health.
You see, the Amen Clinics are brain imaging centers that offer “brain SPECT imaging, comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and treatment,” but rather than bog you down with my own highlights about the Amen Clinics (information you could gather on your own from the website), I thought it’d be great for Jane to share her experiences with and thoughts about them.
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For some reason, there wasn’t really any mental health advocacy news to report this week. Ah, it’s just as well. The sun is shining and my dog wants to play.
Enjoy your Saturday!
This week at Mental Health Notes, I kept things mostly light. Tickets for Broadway’s revival of Equus went on sale, and UK mental health blogger Simon Brody told us the play was a well received in London. In light of a Yahoo! article about hair loss, I talked about hair loss and stress, and in light of the Olympics, I pointed to a few mental health resources for Chinese. …read more