If your cat is the love of your life, you probably want to protect them and keep them healthy. All that purring and snuggling leads a lot of people to feel about cats the way they do potato chips - they can’t have just one! But, like any pet, they’re susceptible to some diseases that can affect not only their precious lives, but the lives of the humans that love them as well. Many cats, especially...
Most people have at least one friend or family member who suffers from a mental health disorder. Or maybe they are that person who has a mental illness. And if we love them, or are them, it's hard to think about the stigma that follows them around. Those who live with the stigma often have lives hard hit by misinformation, apathy and sometimes even downright cruelty. People with mental illnesses may...
Schizoaffective disorder is a complex combination of schizophrenia and mood disorders, and difficult to diagnose because of overlapping symptoms. Each child’s symptoms are unique and morph over time. A parent must recognize the symptoms and discover how to reduce their impact… and distinguish them from typical troubled teen behavior. I raised a teen with schizoaffective disorder who began hallucinating...