It’s so hard to encompass such a difficult story in one blog post. Murder-suicide. Young boys. Very troubled father. Missing mother. Dramatic and frightening death. These are just some of the powerful words that come to mind when reading or hearing about the heartbreaking story of the Powell family.

No matter how rosy the memories, nobody has a truly perfect childhood. Grandparents die, tragedies happen, families have problems, and so on. One researcher suggests that the most stressful times can affect us throughout our entire lives.

I’ve been having trouble figuring out what to say about this whole Penn State sexual abuse scandal, so I just haven’t written anything at all until now.

If you’ve been looking for a way to get your depressed spouse some help, here’s another reason why – and possibly another way to get them into a doctor’s office for treatment.

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In keeping with my article earlier this week, today’s focus is bullying and suicide. No doubt, this has been going on behind the scenes for some time. But in recent years, these suicides have gotten much more media attention.

I bring you this collection of resources on child death because of recent news reports in my state. Two wrongful child deaths in particular have had an impact on me and many others.

I know the 9/11 anniversary has already past, but my reflections have been spread out over much more than one day. In fact, much of it came late last night while talking with my kids and this morning when I was alone.

Earlier this week, I saw an article headline about bullying and jiu-jitsu. I finally read it and was pretty impressed.

Wow – lots of things to get to this week in the world of mental health. For today, I want to react to an upcoming episode of iCarly that I saw advertised.