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Mental Notes with Hilary Valdez: Happiness

All humans have a desire for happiness and to overcome suffering. Even insects want to avoid unhappy situations, like being eaten for lunch. Your inner attitude affects your happiness.
Mental health issues among military women can affect how they transition in many ways, be it housing changes, deployment or leaving the military and getting acclimated to civilian life. Women veterans are more than two times as likely to commit suicide as the general population. (Photo courtesy of National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services)
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Women’s health emerging priorities series highlights mental health

Transitioning from being an active service member to veteran or beneficiary can affect the mental health of women in ways that differ from men.
Some Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment programs provide preventive avenues to active-duty members and National Guard and Reserve members on active-duty status who may be struggling with alcohol or substance abuse. (Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Curt Beach.)
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MHS looks to decrease substance abuse, as numbers rose in 2020

If there is one overriding element that Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Eric Serpico would like you to know about National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week, it’s that help is accessible, and care available.
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Mental Notes with Hilary Valdez: Coping with depression

Are we frustrated with the COVID-19 consequences? The restrictions of movement, isolation, and separation from our family and friends can be very frustrating.
Dr. Tim Hoyt, chief of Psychological Health Promotion and supervisor of the Combat and Operational Stress Control mission at the Psychological Health Center of Excellence, discusses mental health issues facing service members and veterans during a Facebook Live event with IAVA’s CEO, Jeremey Butler and Executive Vice President, Hannah Sinoway. (Screenshot from IAVA Facebook Live event.)
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Seeking help from friends and family vital for mental health

Reaching out for help with your mental health is not a sign of weakness, according to Tim Hoyt.
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Mental Notes with Hilary Valdez: Spirituality and Recovery

In the recovery process, denial and resistance exist in the stages of change. These are present within pre-contemplation, contemplations, preparation, action, and the maintenance stages and are crucial for treating chemical abuse or dependency.
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Mental Notes with Hilary Valdez: A different holiday season

Well, here we are: Christmas and holiday season again. And, with it, a sense of hope for peace on earth, our future, and the coming year.
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Ways to Manage Grief

Grief impacts us all at some point in our lives and it can hit us like a tidal wave if we let it crash over us. Grief is one of those emotional states where you can be taken into the abyss without even realizing it.
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Mental Notes with Hilary Valdez: Anger

Anger, though a basic emotion, is an important and complex one with multiple stages. Anger can work for you or against you.
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Mental Notes with Hilary Valdez: My stress, your stress, our stress

If you are alive, there is stress in your life, and in your family life. Some people wake up screaming. Some people can’t sleep. Some people stay in bed most of the day.