Ask an Expert: Mental Health

It’s one thing to wrestle with our own mental issues, it’s another thing entirely to support friends and loved ones. Today, licensed counselor Mark Pruden talks with us about how to care for and encourage those around us as they work toward mental health.

What a time to be alive. We are more technologically advanced, more connected, and have more entertainment and opportunities than any generation in history; and yet we’re more stressed, medicated, and depressed than any generation in history. Today licensed counselor Mark Pruden talks with us about why we have an epidemic of mental illness in our culture.

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Why Are We So Depressed?

As if mental illness itself wasn’t enough, there’s also the question of medication. Should I take medication? Will it actually help? Licensed counselor Mark Pruden walks us through how medication can be an effective part of a holistic approach to mental health

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What About Medication?

Break your leg? Put a cast on it and you’ll be up to speed in a couple months. But when it comes to depression or anxiety, sometimes it seems like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. Today licensed counselor Mark Pruden teaches about how to find hope for the long haul when it comes to mental illness.

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How Can I Help?

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