Moving the Needle on Mental Health

Moving the Needle on Mental Health

4 organizations offer unexpected, active approaches to mental health therapy in Chicago Sometimes a single experience can change everything, shifting…

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Storm Anxiety is Common in Young Children

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Storm Anxiety is Common in Young Children

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have a 7-year-old son who becomes anxious and agitated whenever it storms. What can I do…

Immersive Therapy

Immersive Therapy

The process of creating — whether through art or cooking — helps people process grief and other pain Everyone copes…

Mental Health Concerns? There’s an App for That

Mental Health Concerns? There’s an App for That

Here’s what you need to know about therapy apps If you’ve tried to book a therapy session lately, you may…

Op-Ed: The Surprising Benefits of Remote Therapy

Op-Ed: The Surprising Benefits of Remote Therapy

Chicago Health is committed to publishing a diversity of opinions. The opinions expressed in this op-ed article are the author’s…

How Those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Angst of COVID

How Those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Angst of COVID

Before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, Chris Trondsen felt his life was finally under control. As…

Music can be good medicine

Music can be good medicine

Jan Stouffer, who works as a board certified music therapist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, uses…

What men can gain from therapy

What men can gain from therapy

By Matthew Solan Harvard Health Blog Speaking for my gender, there are two qualities that define most men: We seldom…

Fish oil may reduce seizures in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

Fish oil may reduce seizures in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

Source: UCLA School of Medicine whatdoctorsknow.com LOS ANGELES — An estimated 3 million Americans suffer from epileptic seizures. Although drug…

The Second City Training Center Gives Doses of Laughter to Autism

The Second City Training Center Gives Doses of Laughter to Autism

Photo above: The Second City Training Center Artistic Director Matt Hovde When Nick Johne, who teaches improv at the Second…

Deciphering Speech/Language Therapy

Deciphering Speech/Language Therapy

By Emily O’Brien Many people seek the services of speech/language therapists—some during early childhood and others well into their senior…

An Education: Psychologist Uses Group Therapy to Help Teen Patients Understand Their Anxieties

An Education: Psychologist Uses Group Therapy to Help Teen Patients Understand Their Anxieties

Cathy*, a junior at a suburban public high school, has dealt with generalized anxiety disorder for years. A bright girl…