The benefits of physical therapy are undeniable. Mobility is paramount in how we negotiate the physical world. You never realize how much you depend on your body until some part of it is injured, malfunctions, or just plain hurts.

Necessary, but torturous, is how most people would characterize the scheduled face to face meeting, whether management or employee. After all, when you work with people on a daily basis, what could you possibly have to discuss that would require a one-on-one? Actually, quite a bit.

One of the most discouraging things for emergency room psychiatrist Tamir Aldad, is the thousands of mental health patients who don't qualify for in-patient care and are sent home without adequate treatment. Dr. Aldad will often see the same patients again, with worsening symptoms. 

For children who have seriously chronic or critical conditions, lengthy stays in the hospital are a matter of life. It is difficult for the children and hard on the families, emotionally and financially. Some kids need a level of health care that their families just don't have the resources to provide.

There is a concept in business and organizational thinking about being "above or below the line". Promoted by the Conscious Leadership Group, this theory says that everyone involved in a business or group exhibits behavior that is in one of those two categories.

As a high school senior John Cronin started a business that became so successful that it should be an inspiration to every entrepreneur in America. The remarkable thing is not that John was a senior in high school when he launched "John's Crazy Socks", but that John has Down Syndrome.

When a friend shares with you that he or she is feeling depressed, your first inclination may be to suggest meeting with a mental health counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist. But new inroads in the treatment of depression are possible with Occupational Therapy.

We all know people who know how to get things accomplished through great leadership. These are people who connect positively with others, are confident in their decisions, and ooze courageousness and commitment. How did they get to this high level of inspiration and action?

Exercise is well known to benefit mental health in many ways. Not only does it help minimize symptoms of depression and anxiety, but it may even prevent certain mental illnesses. A recent large-scale study provided further support for the importance of exercise to mental health, but it also had one surprising finding: too much exercise might actually have the opposite effect.

Feeling dizzy, as if you are moving when you're not, is vertigo. It can be accompanied by nausea, headaches and sweating, and may involve jerking eye movements. It's more than annoying and can seriously affect the quality of life. It can trigger, or be triggered by, migraines.