The Consortium Speaks
The Connecticut Women's Consortium Blog
Imagine a world where no one experiences the highly charged — and often destructive — emotions of fear and anger. We don’t live in that worl...
Life can be complicated, and most of us have dealt, on some level, with grief and loss. Certainly, the global pandemic moved grief into a ce...
Anxiety is a troubling and costly mental health issue that affects millions of people. Yet most people with anxiety disorders do not receive...
As behavioral health professionals know, trauma is an unfortunate reality in many urban communities. Trauma is worsened by a lack of social ...
More than two million people are serving either in active duty in the armed forces or in the reserves. And the United States is home to more...
Can we trick our brains into helping us get a handle on our emotions? Many people who are challenged with depression and anxiety have found ...
When someone has a mental illness and a substance use disorder, it’s called a co-occurring disorder. But the term might obscure the fact tha...
Stress is everywhere, it seems. Our society is still dealing with the loss and uncertainty of the pandemic. People are still getting sick an...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex condition that leads people to experience intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and engage in rep...