Dr. Ari D. Kalechstein, president and CEO of Executive Mental Health During the course of the pandemic, a certain tradition fell by the wayside at Executive Mental Health – the monthly celebration of the birthdays of staff. In retrospect, I’m thinking that most everyone understands why that happened. We were all so busy in 2020…it…
We’ve felt a myriad of feelings throughout this pandemic as we’ve seen the numbers change over time. From March’s “stay in your home all the time and stock up on toilet paper,” to “how can we live life now and minimize our risk.” Now in December, the coronavirus is still here and surging, and we…
It’s been a rough year, and yet there are things to be thankful for, despite the obvious and very challenging circumstances. As the pandemic drags deeper into the fall, and even with the promise of vaccines in the next year, the fact remains that the virus has upended our way of life. Thousands of lives…
Random or intentional, every act of kindness counts. Today, on World Kindness Day, the clinical psychology team at Executive Mental Health reflects on three stories of kindness they’ve encountered at home, in their communities, and at work, each one of them an expression of simple ways to make others’ and our own lives better. From…
Michelle C. Feng, Ph.D., Chief Clinical Office November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month – and for many just getting the diagnosis triggers emotions which can cloud the path towards managing the disease. So, what can be done – and especially in the first week after a diagnosis? As a team focused on the mental healthcare needs of the…
Dr. Ari D. Kalechstein, Ph.D., President and CEO In September 2020, the mental healthcare community will focus on the troubling issue of suicide. The importance of this issue is underscored by a recent study published by the CDC. Specifically, in a sample of over 5,400 adults in the United States, approximately 25.5% of study participants aged 18-24 had…
August 21 is National Senior Citizen Day, the day designated to let seniors know how much we care and to recognize their accomplishments. Started in 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed this holiday to raise awareness about issues that affect senior citizens and their quality of life. EMH prides itself in the quality of our relationships with…
Dr. Ari D. Kalechstein, PhD , President and CEO, Executive Mental Health At this juncture in the history of our nation, we are witness to a crisis, COVID-19, that is unparalleled in most of our lifetimes with regard to the devastation that it has wrought. In the United States, over 4,500,000 individuals have been diagnosed…
Penelope Gallegos, Regional Nurse Consultant and Community Liaison Back in March, Executive Mental Health’s partner facilities started closing off access to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Our psychologists and neuropsychologists couldn’t visit their patients, and neither could the patient’s families. Unable to offer mental health care when most needed, EMH worked fast to devise a…
Dr. Ari Kalechstein When the stay-at-home order was implemented in California in mid-March, Executive Mental Health (EMH) was faced with the challenge of how best to manage the unexpected changes associated with the pandemic so that we could continue to provide mental health care for our inpatients and outpatients. EMH chose to adapt to and…