This week at Mental Health Notes, I recommended checking out John La Puma and the book he wrote with Rebecca Powell Marx, Chef MD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine, as well as I Dose, which claims to be “the perfect Binaural Beats experience.” I also introduced you to Frank Calloway and the Cover America Tour, and then asked you what you thought about Barack Obama’s stance on mental health parity and to share good stories about mental health.
In the world of mental health news, UC Irvine researchers may be quickening the pace to finding more effective medications to treat …read more

Boy, when I fall into a blogging slump, I really fall into a blogging slump, huh? This is the second week in a row I’ve not offered up more than one post a day here at Mental Health Notes and, honestly, that blows.
However, in my defense (what little bit of defense I have), I have been dealing with work-related matters, surprise visitors, and doing some housekeeping here at MHN, which includes putting an excellent editorial calendar together for the coming weeks here at MHN.
And do I have so great things lined up for y’all!
In the meantime, let’s take a look …read more

If you haven’t already heard, Susan Watiker and Kelly Turner have given birth to the newest addition to the b5media Health & Wellness Channel – Grounded Fitness!
Admittedly, the due date for this sucker seemed to take forever to arrive, but I’m so glad it has. I’ve been very excited about Grounded Fitness as it shows promise of being an excellent blog about fitness, yoga, and pilates – and I so want to get back into yoga. I really, really do.
So, why should you be interested in Grounded Fitness?
Well, we all know being physically fit helps us be mentally fit. In …read more