The clinic specializes in hydration, supplement, ketamine, and other medical infusions to treat anxiety, pain, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorders, and other ailments. The facility has been described as a "spa-like atmosphere," and includes a staff that is "professional, welcoming, and knowledgable."
Many different things can lead to depression, and how each handles it is different. When depression becomes severe, suicidal thoughts begin to creep in.
I do believe that people open themselves up to depression through social media interaction. I think the recurring instances of worldwide suicide caused by these types of interactions is solid evidence for the case, but there are those that don't internalize results from their interactions online to such an extent.
My philosophy, when surrounded by family, has been to avoid conversations that may cast a light on a person's misfortune or failures. Egos should be left with coats at the front door during holiday gatherings
September is National Suicide Awareness Month so we did some digging on how Idaho ranked in suicide mortality rate. The stats were shocking and many may not even realize how much of a problem it is in our state.
Writer of ComicsAlliance favorites The Wake and Batman, Scott Snyder is enjoying a kind of imperial phase of his comic book career, where everything he releases is met with commercial popularity as well as critical success. A long form collaboration with artists Greg Capullo, Danny Miki and FCO Plascencia, Batman has been the unquestionable leader of DC Comics' "New 52" line of superhero titles, routinely appearing in the #1 spot of monthly sales charts and just completing a wild and operatic revision of the Dark Knight's origin story in "Zero Year" -- an arc that CA's resident Batmanologist Chris Sims suspects may go down as one of his favorite Batman stories of all time.
But beneath Batman's twisty plots and memorably big moments lies the true trademark of Snyder's work; a conscious, almost intuitive sense of his characters' psychology and inner lives. It's Snyder's fundamental understanding of his heroes and villains that drives all the occasionally over-the-top action of his series, and of Batman especially.
Dr. Andrea Letamendi is a clinical psychologist and co-host of The Arkham Sessions -- the ComicsAlliance feature focused exclusively on psychology as expressed in Batman: The Animated Series -- and she sat down with Snyder at Comic-Con International in San Diego for a chat about the themes of mental health in not just his work, but in his own life.