September 10th Marks Suicide Prevention Day Each Year Suicide rates are growing but suicide still remains a preventable act. As reported by the CDC, approximately every 11 minutes someone takes their own life in the USA . This has led suicide to becoming one of the leading causes of death in our nation, and a… Continue Reading Suicide Prevention Day
Overdose Awareness Day More than 932,000 people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. Overdose deaths involving opioids, including prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids (like fentanyl), have increased by more than eight times since 1999. An estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 12-month period ending in April 2021, an… Continue Reading Overdose Awareness Day
Given that our country has faced crises like the Corona virus pandemic and spikes in mental health emergencies over the past two years, many of us at Recovery Ways feel like we are the luckiest company in America to have a CEO who also happens to be a mental health therapist that deeply cares about… Continue Reading 2 Years
Secondary Trauma: Recognizing and Managing Symptoms Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) is the emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another. It’s trauma that is indirectly experienced by hearing details or witnessing the aftermath of a traumatic event experienced by another person. The act of listening to someone’s story… Continue Reading How helping others through a crisis can lead to experiencing secondary trauma
Emotional Micro Traumas How Understanding Micro-Traumas Can Improve Your Mental Health In our day-to-day lives as humans, we know we’re going to have good days and bad days. We might even have ups and downs on the same day. This is totally normal and part of everyone’s experience of life. Sometimes we feel happy, other… Continue Reading Emotional Micro Traumas
Jaime Vinck awarded Cover Story and named to “10 Most Successful Businesswomen to Watch in 2022”, by Success Pitchers Magazine! We are so grateful for the well deserved recognition our leader and CEO, Jaime Vinck has received in this recognition and article. Below are images from the magazine including the cover and article details. … Continue Reading 10 Most Successful Businesswomen to Watch in 2022 Jaime Vinck CEO Recovery Ways
Handling approximately 240 million calls in the Unites States each year, emergency 911 Dispatchers, serve as the bridge between the public and other first responders. These vital 95,000+ Dispatchers are often the initial contact of someone in need of help, thus truly engaging them as literal first responders to many intense emergency situations. Amongst other… Continue Reading Emergency Dispatchers Mental Health
The average age of a person facing a gaming addiction is 35 years old, this may come as a surprise to some but is a reality to many. At this age, many of those who spend an excessive amount of time on gaming still have jobs, spouses, even kids, and these too often take a… Continue Reading Gaming Addiction in Adults
