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More Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders seeking mental health services Mental health professionals we spoke with say theyve seen an increase in AAPI community members with anxiety due to the pandemic and anti-Asian racism. Author: Christine Pitawanich Updated: 11:31 PM PDT May 18, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. — Both the pandemic and increase in anti-Asian racism across the U.S. have been stressful for many Asian Americans. Now more are seeking mental health services.  ...

Harker Heights chamber and city to host awards celebration on May 12 The Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce and the City of Harker Heights will be hosting an awards banquet and celebration on May 12 in Belton. The community is invited to visit the La Rio Mansion, 4501 Dice Grove Road, in Belton, from 6 to 8 p.m. Open seating is $25 per person and reserved tables are $200 for eight seats. New virtual real estate business available in Killeen area Homeowners in Killeen can go to Opendoor.com and ...

One of the earliest stains on the legacy of psychiatry, my medical specialty, dates to the American 1840 census, when the US government first began systematically collecting information on “idiocy” and “insanity.” According to the results, the purported rates of mental illness among free blacks in northern cities were deemed to exceed those among enslaved blacks in the south by an 11-to-one ratio. South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, a notoriously strident defender of slavery, seized...

News News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Refugee-Led Coalition Creating Collective Care Before the pandemic, refugee-led community-based groups gathered for Cooking Across Generations, an intergenerational storytelling celebration of refugee families who shared memories and rituals of ancestral foods in City Heights, San Diego. Photo by Rucha Chitnis Already facing health and education gaps, refugee...

Seven Days writes about national tragedies "as they relate to our state and the people who live here," it seems odd that the editors note in response to Lily Hammerlings letter dismisses her appeal for content digesting the social impacts of highly public hate crimes against BIPOC. Lily is a Vermonter. In listing the numerous recent contributions by BIPOC to the paper, the response fails to address Lilys feedback as both legitimate and reasonable. Our communitys healing and unity depend on ou...

Harker Heights chamber and city to host awards celebration on May 12 The Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce and the City of Harker Heights will be hosting an awards banquet and celebration on May 12 in Belton. The community is invited to visit the La Rio Mansion, 4501 Dice Grove Road, in Belton, from 6 to 8 p.m. May 12. Open seating is $25 per person and reserved tables are $200 for eight seats. EXIT Realty affiliated offices welcome new team members Elma Garnett and Judith Brown have joined EX...

New virtual real estate business available in Killeen area Homeowners in Killeen can go to Opendoor.com and determine their eligibility by entering their home address and answering a few questions about their home’s attributes and any upgrades they’ve made. Harker Heights chamber offers welcome bags to new city residents The Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce offers welcome bags for all new residents. The chamber wants your businesses to be the first to catch the customer’s eye. One of...

NOW Magazine The rise of psychotherapy in Ontario The field is an increasingly popular second career option thanks to its diversity and anti-oppressive focus By Julia Mastroianni dickcraft / Getty Images Plus Psychotherapy as a profession has been around for years along with other types of therapy and counselling. But in Ontario, it has taken much longer for the field to become regulated. Since the establishment of the College of Registered Psychotherapists in Ontario (CRPO) in 2015, ...

New virtual real estate business available in Killeen area Homeowners in Killeen can go to Opendoor.com and determine their eligibility by entering their home address and answering a few questions about their home’s attributes and any upgrades they’ve made. Harker Heights Chamber offers welcome bags to new city residents The Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce offers welcome bags for all new residents. The chamber wants your businesses to be the first to catch the customer’s eye. One of...

UAB News As the weather warms and the days get longer, newness springs on the horizon. With COVID-19 vaccination continuing to ramp up at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, there is a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. But how best to handle the loss, grief, emotion and turmoil of the last year that continue to linger? Experts across the School of Medicine and the UAB Medicine Office of Wellness discuss mental health during the pandemic and give their best advice on maintaining ment...