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Mental Health Awareness Rises on College Campuses
College campuses around the country are beginning to realize the importance of educating their students on mental health and suicide prevention. In 2012, suicide became the second leading cause of death among college students, and nearly 1 in 4 individuals 18-years-old and older will be affected by a mental illness each year (DontBeSidelined.com).
Stigma Strikes Gilbert
A new state of the art, 72-bed mental hospital was scheduled to be opening late this fall in the city of Gilbert, Arizona. This would have been Gilbert’s only mental and behavioral health facility. Instead, the plans for the behavioral health institute have been canceled for the second time..
Scary Truth About Synthetic Drugs
Before I started working at The Kim Foundation, I understood very little about the relationship between drug and alcohol abuse and mental illness. Of course not all drug users are mentally ill, as not all individuals with a mental illness abuse drugs and alcohol. However, it’s estimated that nearly 50% of people with an addictive disorder will have a psychiatric disorder, and roughly 20% of those with a psychiatric disorder will develop an addiction problem
Thankful Hearts
Here at The Kim Foundation we are blessed with very thankful hearts this Thanksgiving. We are thankful for the incredibly strong individuals and families who reach out to us and share their stories of triumph and struggles; the numerous community partners that have made Don’t Be Sidelined and our other awareness efforts so successful…
Could Your Birth Month Affect Your Mood?
According to Medical News Today, in a recent study by Zoltan Rhimer of…
The Stigma of Raising a Child with Mental Illness
I came across a feature story on 60 Minutes that I found incredibly pertinent to our mission of eliminating the stigma around mental health. CBS Reporter Scott Pelley researched the topic for nine months and spoke with dozens of families across the country.
Magnetic Stimulation Improves Memory
Scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago recruited 16 healthy adults between the ages of 21 to 40 to be part of a memory experiment. Using magnetic pulses called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), researchers sought out to improve memory functions of the brain without using drugs or invasive surgery. If successful, this new approach has potential for treating mental disorders such as schizophrenia in which these brain regions and the hippocampus are out of sync with each other, affecting memory and cognition.
Then and Now
The Kim Foundation was first founded in 2001, nearly 13 years ago. Thirteen years seems like a long time, but there are still so many who are unsure of what we do or have never heard of the foundation. I’ve only been here for three of those 13 years, but I can no longer keep track of the number of times I’ve heard, “Kim, like the girl’s name?” Or, “Why was the foundation started? Why is mental health important to the family?”
Actress Dies While Trying to Hide From Police
While Hollywood is mourning the loss of another star, we are given a sad reminder of why it’s so essential for police to continue their CIT training, and we must continue educating people on why requesting a CIT trained officer to respond in a mental health crisis is so important.
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