The Consortium Speaks
The Connecticut Women's Consortium Blog
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 ...
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...
Have you ever had a day where you could not catch up, and you put yourself on the back burner just to complete your tasks of the day?
From the time we are little children, we are bombarded with images of idealized bodies and taught that our bodies take up too much space. Th...
One thing is certain in this life — we all age. And older people face particular mental, physical, and behavioral health challenges that can...
Psychosocial interventions — or psychosocial treatments — are various ways of addressing a person’s mental health challenges by looking at t...