BLOG ARTICLES
Below you can find blog articles on various mental and behavioral health topics written by professionals in Polk County. Blog articles are not intended to be a substitute for personalized help from a licensed professional. They are not medical advice. Polk County Government does not endorse any of the views expressed in these articles.
Understanding Grief
The death of a friend or loved one is hard. The reaction people have to loss and death is called grief. Grief is natural and is experienced in some manner by all who have lost someone they loved. Grief can also be experienced after any time of loss, including the loss of a pet, a …
Sorting Through Messages
Everyone has storage in their brain. Depending on your generation (Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Milennials, Generation Z, Alpha or Beta), you can compare this “storage” to an 8-track tape, cassette tape, CD or Spotify streaming. Your “storage” has recorded all kinds of messages since you were born. When you were 3 and you …
Understanding OCD: What It Is and When to Seek Help
I’m Dr. Benjamin Lippmann, a psychiatrist, and today I want to talk to you about something called Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). What is OCD? OCD is a condition that affects the brain. People with OCD have thoughts or fears that bother them a lot. These are called obsessions. To try to get rid of these thoughts, …