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Tag Archives: mental health
Tools for Your Resolutions Toolbox
We are deep into the second full week of the new year and the NARIC team is talking about their New Year’s Resolutions. Resolutions for 2023 included focusing on health and wellness; aiming to work smarter, not harder; and make … Continue reading
If You Liked… Disability in the Latino Community
For Hispanic Heritage Month, NARIC’s information specialists wanted to look at how the view of disability within the Latino, now called Latinx, community has begun to change. In some circles, our information specialists have observed that the view of disability … Continue reading
Posted in history, Spanish
Tagged #IfYouLiked, ADA, attitudes toward disability, Disabilities, disability community, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanics with disabilities, Latinx community, Latinx with Disabilities, mental health, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, Spanish, view of disability
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On a Scale of 1 to 10, #PainCounts
In 2001, the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) and other pain related organizations declared September National Pain Awareness Month. Pain is a part of life and something most people experience, and can range from mild, like a headache or overtaxed … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged #ChronicPain, #LifeWithPain, #PainCounts, activities of daily living, acute pain, American Chronic Pain Association, articles, Burn Injury Model Systems, chronic conditions, chronic illnesses, chronic pain, chronic pain and mental health, emotional well-being, employment, exercise, Job Accommodation Network (JAN), medical professionals, mental health, National observances, National Pain Awareness Month, NIDILRR-funded articles, NIDILRR-funded projects, organizations, pain, psychological well-being, REHABDATA, social networking, socializing, Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems, support groups, Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems, treatment plan, United States Pain Foundation, working
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Answered Questions for August 2022: Information on Recreation, Music, Art, and Related Therapies and Mental Health
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is I have a mental health condition and my psychotherapist has advised me that recreational therapy, art therapy, or music … Continue reading
Ask a Librarian: Is Bingo Therapeutic?
“My son attends a day program and loves the weekly Bingo game that the recreation therapist puts on the calendar. Is that really a kind of therapy or is it just fun?” Bingo is a popular and fun activity played … Continue reading
Social Wellness Month: Connect for Health
A look at research on benefits, barriers, and supports to maintaining social wellness from the NIDILRR community and elsewhere Continue reading
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Connecting to Research and Resources
For PTSD Awareness Month, we explore some of the publications, apps, and other resources from the NIDILRR community and elsewhere to help people connect to support. Continue reading
Posted in Right Resources Right Now
Tagged Apps, mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD
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Research In Focus for Mental Health Month
For Mental Health Month, we explore research from NIDILRR grantees highlighted in our Research in Focus series Continue reading
What is Parkinson’s disease?
According to the Mayo Clinic, Parkinson’s disease is “a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement” and is caused by certain nerve cells in the brain gradually breaking down or dying. The signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may be … Continue reading
Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 