Pastoral counselor Walter Leverette of the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, uses his Military Pathways® materials to reach thousands of service members and their families with education about mental health. Since 1998, he has been reaching out to the approximately 25,000 service members, families, v...

Mental health disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety affect men and women differently. Your gender can impact how you experience these disorders: how you react, which symptoms you feel most prominently, and whether or not you seek help.

We all know the old saying, “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” But for the nearly 57 million affected by a mental health disorder, getting a good night’s rest is no easy task. According to theAmericanAcademyof Sleep Medicine, sleep disturbances figure prominent...

FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress™) provides resiliency training to military children and families. It teaches practical skills to meet the challenges of deployment and reintegration, to communicate and solve problems effectively, and to successfully set goals together and create a shared fami...

Sun Tzu, the famed general of ancient China and author of the classic “The Art of War,”preached the virtues of preparation for battle. One of his central theses was that battles could virtually be won before they were fought. And so it is in the realm of mental health: taking the initiative early ca...

View this infographic to learn about depression facts, symptoms, management and myths. Learn more about this disease and even take an anonymous mental health screening.

October is National Depression Awareness Month, and nextThursday, October 11, is National Depression Screening Day. Most of us know someone who has suffered from depression, and have seen how it can rob the joy from someone’s life, and have a ripple effect throughout their family, community and wor...