by Galen Hope | Jun 16, 2022 | mental health
As dads and stepdads, we are often the initial male influence in our children’s lives, setting standards for how they expect to be treated by boys and other men in our society. Yet, many of us are confused about how to parent, and seem content to take a back seat when...
by Galen Hope | Jun 14, 2022 | mental health
June is Pride Month for the LGBTQI community. Pride Month is a great time to celebrate the wins for equality and acceptance. But since Pride Month started as a protest movement, it’s also an appropriate time to talk about the potential risks that LGBTQI folks face...
by Galen Hope | May 18, 2022 | mental health
May is National Mental Health Month, which (of course) is a topic that we feel very strongly about. As we have in some of our recent blog posts, we wanted to share some information that you may not already know about, or some things that we thought were well worth...
by Galen Hope | Feb 8, 2022 | mental health
At Galen Hope, we recognize that the contributions of Black psychologists, psychiatrists, and other scientists in our field are all too often underrecognized and overlooked. Since February is Black History Month, we wanted to talk about some of the pioneers of...
by Galen Hope | Jan 1, 2022 | mental health
Mental health care, as well as eating disorder care, is deeply concerned with helping the patient to feel better. Much of the time, especially in residential or inpatient settings, treatment centers on addressing and working through a crisis and then sending the...