Why Nature-Based Therapy Is Gaining Traction Among Veterans | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Such programs are desperately needed, as the number of veterans suffering from serious mental health concerns is only growing. Seventeen veterans died by suicide every day in 2019, according to the 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report. The National Center for PTSD estimates that, on average, 7 percent of…

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Ayahuasca and Madness | The Ayavolve Institute

If you come back with a messiah complex you did it wrong and your guides were probably not Indigenous trained. One of the big tasks I believe people have post-ceremony, is to rigorously challenge our assumptions about self, ego mind, what may be an insight during ceremony, and what may…

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Why Do Black People Avoid Therapy?

An important question and discussion. Urusula and her guests talk about the stigma of mental issues and illness, combined with mistrust for often hostile systems, that keeps Africans from seeking help even in the Motherland. They also go into mental health support options that are more attractive than talk therapy,…

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