Since the global insurgence of COVID-19, I’ve seen a sharp increase in the number of patients engaging in mental health practice to help with stress and anxiety related to the pandemic.
In addition to my regular patient population, I’m seeing an increasing number of patients from corporate work settings and small business owners reaching out for tools on managing their stress in these trying times.
Forbes reported that a 2019 study found that 76% of respondents said workplace stress had a negative impact on their personal relationships; 66% have lost sleep due to work-related stress; and 16% have quit jobs because stress became too overwhelming.
🙏❤️Good morning family. Happy New Year to you. My mission for #2022 and I need your help.
💊I have been In Mental Health and Social work fields for over 30 years and a little over 3 years ago opened my clinics here in Arizona. God has been great. It is truly rewarding though very challenging to see the rise of mental illness even amongst my fellow nurses.
💊During this pandemic, my patients, as well as clinicians, have been coming to ask me questions about narcissistic personalities. So I finally took them up on their recommendations – to write a book on it. 🙏Please first join me in thanking God as frankly, this was the most difficult book I have written. I have successfully written 24 books with 17 being bestsellers. But boyThis one tested me in ways you cannot even imagine.
💊First I had to really check myself to ensure that I was capable of doing justice to this subject. Then, I had to figure out if this was a topic I wanted to take on especially in this atmosphere going on in America. At the end of the day, I needed to follow my calling as a board-certified psychiatric mental health Dr of nurse practice.
💊My ask? Can you please share with others? Can you pick up one while you gift another? We just never know who needs this. There has been so much focus on politics while several personality disorders are being paraded and attention is not paid to people who are truly suffering mentally. We need more awareness.
💊The preorder for the ebook is out. I want to focus on pushing that before the softcover and the accompanying journal are released.
When it comes to New Year’s Resolutions, it’s easy to make a bunch — you’ll pay off all your credit card debt and finish writing that book. But you then find yourself not achieving any of them. That’s why intentions are better than resolutions for 2022. YouGov found that approximately one in four Americans said they made New Year’s resolutions for 2020 and about half of the respondents said they kept actually kept some of them. So why is it so easy to break our resolutions, which are like promises to ourselves? [Can we get to the topic of our story early on in this first graf? We need to include our SEO key words and topic of intentions being better than resolutions.]
With temperatures dropping and the days getting darker sooner, you may find it’s affecting your mood — and you may not feel like leaving the house as much either. Maybe you think it’s just a case of winter blues. The cause might also be something a bit more serious, like seasonal affective disorder (SAD). According to the Cleveland Clinic, this condition is exactly what it sounds like, a “depression that gets triggered by a change in seasons, usually when fall starts.” And it gets worse in the winter. But, thankfully, when spring arrives, SAD typically ends.
With temperatures dropping and the days getting darker sooner, you may find it’s affecting your mood — and you may not feel like leaving the house as much either. Maybe you think it’s just a case of winter blues. The cause might also be something a bit more serious, like seasonal affective disorder (SAD). According to the Cleveland Clinic, this condition is exactly what it sounds like, a “depression that gets triggered by a change in seasons, usually when fall starts.” And it gets worse in the winter. But, thankfully, when spring arrives, SAD typically ends.
Watching the news, speaking with my patients, and even just listening to random strangers converse, I’m saddened by what I’m hearing. My perspective is different than most.
You see, I grew up in southwestern Nigeria, the Emure-Ekiti kingdom where my family, the Adumori royal dynasty has ruled since about 1200 AD. As an African princess living in diaspora, I have seen firsthand what it’s like when people don’t have access to adequate medical care. People in Africa and other parts of the world are dying from a lack of necessities like food and water, yet here in America, we are blessed to have access to a miracle of modern science that can save your life. It’s mindboggling and irritating that people are so against this vaccine.
As the days get shorter and the sunsets earlier, many people will experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which brings on symptoms of depression. What can you do to feel better?
Dr. Fumi Stephanie Hancock, PsychDNP, is the CEO of POB Psychiatric Health and a bestselling author of 24 self-help books. Below are her tips to help manage SAD.
#CBS-#GoodMorningArizona Interviews #DrFumiPsychDNP on #SimoneBiles & #MentalHealth. #AZfamily
With the advent of the #DELTA #COVID19 raging throughout the world, there is an increase in anxiety, panic, and other mood disorders. Dr. Fumi Stephanie Hancock, Your #Compassionate #Traumacare Expert, Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Dr. of Nurse Practice, is interviewed on CBS – Good Morning Arizona (AZFamily) to discuss #Olympian Simone Biles (#Tokyo2021), her Mental Health, and how we can all learn #lifelessons from her bravery.
Are you suffering from Persistent Depression, and do you live in the Phoenix, SunCity, Goodyear, Surprise Areas? Find out How we can help you with #TMS: http://pobpsychiatry-tms.com/
TUCSON, AZ – Watching the news, speaking with my patients, and even just listening to random strangers converse, I’m saddened by what I’m hearing. My perspective is different than most. You see, I grew up in the South-Western Region of Nigeria, Emure-Ekiti kingdom where my family, the Adumori Royal Dynasty has ruled since about 1200 AD. As an African Princess Living in Diaspora, I have seen firsthand what it’s like when people don’t have access to adequate medical care. People in Africa and other parts of the world are dying from a lack of necessities like food and water, and here in America, we are blessed to have access to a miracle of modern science that can save your life. It’s mindboggling and irritating that people are so against this vaccine.
I left the royal household at the age of 17 and decided to come to America to pursue my dream of psychiatry and mental health. I was determined to bridge the gap between Africa and America, helping people with trauma change their life stories. For years I have successfully done just that, but I’m not sure how much longer I can go on. I’m not sure how much longer any of my fellow healthcare workers can go on, either. In fact, many of them have called it quits already.
Conversion disorder in children is more common than most people think! However, not many parents know about conversion disorder unless their children are experiencing it. We are going to learn about conversion disorder in children and we have some key tips from our expert to help your child through this difficult challenge.
Conversion disorder is a type of disorder that can cause neurological symptoms or challenges that can not be explained by a physical injury, disease or illness. The symptoms can be serious and scary for the patient. They can experience temporary blindness, paralysis, ataxia, the loss of touch, the loss of being able to move extremities, the loss of voice, the loss of smell and so much more. In serious situations, a patient may experience hallucinations or even seizures!
WHAT CAUSES CONVERSION DISORDER?
It is unknown what causes Conversion Disorder but doctors have linked it with stress. Both physical stress and mental stress can be triggers that cause the symptoms of Conversion Disorder. We find patients with conversion disorder have a lot of of stress in their lives, whether it is a trauma that has happened to them or in their environment.
Some patients who have been diagnosed with Conversion Disorder have been found to have other neurological challenges. Symptoms can last a few weeks or much longer.
HOW TO HELP SOMEONE WITH CONVERSION DISORDER
As parents we can feel helpless when our child is suffering from Conversion Disorder. Conversion Disorder in children can be hard to watch and we want to help. Even with Covid 19 and the stressors it may cause in healthy patients, more and more children are dealing with Conversion Disorder.
We asked Dr. Stephanie Fumi Hancock, to give us some top tips on the best thing parents can do to to be proactive with their kid’s emotional health before Conversion Disorder symptoms can appear. Let’s help our children before it becomes a bigger problem!
5 TOP TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILDREN STAY MENTALLY HEALTHY?
Dr. Stephanie Fumi Hancock, PsychDNP, is the CEO of Pool of Bethesda Psychiatric Health and a bestselling author of 24 self-help books. https://www.facebook.com/pobpsychiatry
