Category: Health
What Is the Essence of True Self-Care?
Source: Julian Cabreras / Pexels The term “self-care” can mean so many things, from simple pleasures—like savoring your favorite TV show—to healthy activities that keep […]
New Mental Health Guidelines from the World Health Organization
Rawpixel / Shutterstock The World Health Organization recently released its 2023 diagnostic and treatment guide to mental, neurological, and substance use disorders. Last updated in […]
Resisting the Passions of the Moment
During the recent Thanksgiving season, my historical reflections drifted towards a consideration of the French Revolution. This drift was inspired, perhaps, by the recent cinematic […]
The Problem With “Dr. Google”
Source: 422737 / Pixabay In this age of instantaneous information, our search for answers has never before been so easily and quickly gratified. The internet […]
Can We Put a Price on Health?
What is the value of health? It may seem odd to even raise this question. Yet the truth is that we put a price on […]
The Importance of Integrity in Public Health
The Internet defines integrity as: Being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values—it is honesty and […]
Radical Self-Care: When Self-Care Is Healthcare
Source: LeoPatrizi/iStock By now, we’re all familiar with the concept of self-care. Winston, a conservation officer, recently closed a major wildlife case that required even […]
The Hidden Harms of Health-Related Metaphors
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase refers to something for which it is not literally applicable—like describing someone […]
An Imperfect World Shouldn’t Mean Imperfect Health
Source: PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay In my thinking and writing about health, I have often found myself leaning on the preamble to the World Health Organization […]
How to Assess Claims About Psychosocial Causes of Disease
Source: Monstera Production In Psychology 101 we learn that “Correlation does not imply causation.” Yet, we readily infer causation from correlations. All the time. People […]