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Man contemplting shooting self with gun with alcohol, depressed

Gun Deaths, Mental Health, & Laws

Written by Ron Parks, MD on July 13, 2021. Posted in Death and Dying, Depression, gun violence, Hate Crimes, Public Health Issue, Trauma, Uncategorized. 1 Comment

The Harsh Reality of Gun Deaths

I remember the day I first experienced tragedy as if it were yesterday. What happened left a deep sense of sadness within me. My best friend, Tony, and I met on the school bus. It was on the first morning of our 6th-grade year in rural Maryland and we were both wary of the bigger kids. We hit it off immediately and as the year progressed, we took to hanging out at each other’s house. I used to enjoy visiting his house, as his mother used to make us peanut butter cookies and lemonade. It was the happiest of times.

Lightning in a thunderstorm and natural disaster

Crises, Career, and Mental Health

Written by Ron Parks, MD on April 27, 2021. Posted in Addiction, Bipolarity, Death and Dying, Depression, Grief and Loss, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Holistic Views on Mental Health Issues, Integrative Therapies, Meditation/Mindfulness, Mood, Neuroplasticity, PTSD, Public Health Issue, Spirituality & Health, Trauma, Viral Pandemics.

My journey from crises to a career in medicine and mental health began early in life.

Growing up in the rural countryside, I loved to run and play, in the open fields and woods, with my friends and dog. I became good at swimming and other sports. Even though polio was in the news with pictures of children paralyzed from the untreatable illness—there was no effective treatment or vaccine. I felt invincible and in robust health. But with a turn of fate, the virus found me one summer day.

COVID-19 and Mental Health Crises Book

Written by Ron Parks, MD on February 8, 2021. Posted in Addiction, Anxiety & Panic, Bipolarity, Commentary on Health and Well-being, Coronavirus, Death and Dying, Depression, Grief and Loss, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Integrative Therapies, Meditation/Mindfulness, Mood, Neuroplasticity, PTSD, Public Health Issue, Spirituality & Health, Trauma, Viral Pandemics. 1 Comment

If a mental health crisis or the pandemic has affected your life, then this book is written for you.

COVID-19/Mental Health Crises: Holistic Understanding & Solutions

In his timely book, now published, Ronald R. Parks, MPH, MD, examines the impact of COVID-19 or other forms of crisis, loss, or tragedy on individual mental health.

Epilogue to COVID-19

Written by Ron Parks, MD on September 14, 2020. Posted in Anxiety & Panic, Coronavirus, Grief and Loss, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Meditation/Mindfulness, PTSD, Public Health Issue, Spirituality & Health, Trauma, Viral Pandemics.

The U.S. and all the other countries of the world lost the cherished and innocent beliefs of individuality, separateness, and independence.

There was no security from a devastating infectious pathogen, quickly crossing permeable national boundaries. The self-conceived bubble of safety and autonomy had burst into the reality of living in a global interconnected population. The impact of one individual potentially effects the health and wellbeing of all on the planet.

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Reducing COVID-19 Risk

Written by Ron Parks, MD on June 29, 2020. Posted in Coronavirus, Depression, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Mood, Public Health Issue, Viral Pandemics.

Information evolves, and in something like a pandemic, the story changes daily.

The threat of severe health impairment, death, or significant mood impairment, brings up many questions and concerns. A desperate and frightened caller might seek answers to their current perplexing, pandemic-related situation: updated information, a different perspective, and a broader view can be helpful.

Covid-19 Depression & Grief

Written by Ron Parks, MD on May 2, 2020. Posted in Coronavirus, Death and Dying, Depression, Grief and Loss, Mood, PTSD, Public Health Issue, Trauma, Viral Pandemics.

With a catastrophic pandemic as COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) with exposure to overwhelming circumstances and a high number of deaths, survivors have to manage the aftermath of potentially occurring anxiety, grief, major depression, and PTSD.

Mental health services have, at times, been overwhelmed because of an inadequate number of available trained professionals and preparedness to handle such a high demand on available resources.

Assessing risk at falling dominos by looking for where to stoop the reaction

COVID-19’s Vulnerable Hosts & Path Forward

Written by Ron Parks, MD on April 23, 2020. Posted in Coronavirus, Public Health Issue, Spirituality & Health, Trauma, Viral Pandemics.

Does COVID-19 have favorite human hosts that are its preferred place to infect, live, and thrive? If so, what will be the key to the prevention of future infection and recurrences of the sometimes deadly respiratory virus?

Control of such a highly contagious viral illness is unlikely, especially in the short term, as universal compliance with social distancing in our society appears to become more attenuated with time, partisan political ideas, and the degree of confusing information.

COVID-19 Wake Up Call

Written by Ron Parks, MD on April 10, 2020. Posted in Commentary on Health and Well-being, Coronavirus, Death and Dying, Grief and Loss, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Integrative Therapies, Meditation/Mindfulness, Public Health Issue, Spirituality & Health, Trauma, Uncategorized, Viral Pandemics.

The current COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call to understand all the contributing factors, and steps needed to protect ourselves and future generations from recurrences and the devastation.

Hopefully, soon, COVID-19 will peak and subsides. Its rapid spread and lethality have had a devastating and tragic effect on the most vulnerable people and the vital infrastructure of our society.

When the final analysis is done, what will be learned and taken away as practical ideas or as more profound wisdom? Some useful areas of interest and inquiry may focus on

COVID-19 graphic concept of viral attack

Coronavirus Anxiety

Written by Ron Parks, MD on March 26, 2020. Posted in Anxiety & Panic, Coronavirus, Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Public Health Issue, Viral Pandemics. 2 Comments

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid spread and potential for severe respiratory illness and death, for the most vulnerable, has dramatically increased anxiety.

The current crisis calls for an understanding of anxiety states, getting help for severe anxiety, preventing the emotional overload, making a poor decision, viral spread, and vulnerability to infection.

Coronavirus Holistic Health Steps

Written by Ron Parks, MD on March 4, 2020. Posted in Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Recovery, Integrative Therapies, Public Health Issue, Viral Pandemics.

Coronavirus, infections, and its rapid spread globally and now in the U.S., is causing fear and some near-panic. I proposed holistic health steps for Coronavirus, as well as for other health issues.

If you are not already compromised by other mental or physical illness as lung and airway disease, a weakened immune system, or other chronic diseases, there are steps you can take.

Category: Public Health Issue

Gun Deaths, Mental Health, & Laws

The Harsh Reality of Gun Deaths

Crises, Career, and Mental Health

My journey from crises to a career in medicine and mental health began early in life.

COVID-19 and Mental Health Crises Book

If a mental health crisis or the pandemic has affected your life, then this book is written for you.

COVID-19/Mental Health Crises: Holistic Understanding & Solutions

Epilogue to COVID-19

The U.S. and all the other countries of the world lost the cherished and innocent beliefs of individuality, separateness, and independence.

Reducing COVID-19 Risk

Covid-19 Depression & Grief

COVID-19 Wake Up Call

Coronavirus Holistic Health Steps

Coronavirus, infections, and its rapid spread globally and now in the U.S., is causing fear and some near-panic. I proposed holistic health steps for Coronavirus, as well as for other health issues.

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