Want to better understand how we can evolve this community to support your needs. Looking forward to your replies. 

Want to better understand how we can evolve this community to support your needs. Looking forward to your replies. 

The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

👉 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html

Fantastic article!

In the early, uncertain days of the pandemic, it’s likely that your brain’s threat detection system — called the amygdala — was on high alert for fight-or-flight. As you learned that masks helped protect us — but package-scrubbing didn’t — you probably developed routines that eased your sense of dread. But the pandemic has dragged on, and the acute state of anguish has given way to a chronic condition of languish.

In psychology, we think about mental health on a spectrum from depression to flourishing. Flourishing is the peak of well-being: You have a strong sense of meaning, mastery and mattering to others. Depression is the valley of ill-being: You feel despondent, drained and worthless.

Languishing is the neglected middle child of mental health. It’s the void between depression and flourishing — the absence of well-being. You don’t have symptoms of mental illness, but you’re not the picture of mental health either. You’re not functioning at full capacity. Languishing dulls your motivation, disrupts your ability to focus, and triples the odds that you’ll cut back on work. It appears to be more common than major depression — and in some ways it may be a bigger risk factor for mental illness.

https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/new-skills-brain-study

Covid Was a Tipping Point for Telehealth. If Some Have Their Way, Virtual Visits Are Here to Stay.

As the covid crisis wanes and life approaches normal across the U.S., health industry leaders and many patient advocates are pushing Congress and the Biden administration to preserve the pandemic-fueled expansion of telehealth that has transformed how millions of Americans see the doctor…

https://khn.org/news/article/covid-was-a-tipping-point-for-telehealth-if-some-have-their-way-virtual-visits-are-here-to-stay/

If so, please comment here or email me directly at oliver@hellotriad.com. Looking forward to speaking with more of you and thanks to those who've spent time already. It's been great!

I didn’t know this was a ”named thing” per se but it makes sense. Our local weather guys here in Williamson Co. have a great writeup on the topic. Any other resources folks know about?

https://nashvillesevereweather.com/storm-anxiety/

We recently launched our Jobs Marketplace, a specialized platform for connecting behavioral and mental health professionals with employers - and it’s free for the whole Triad community.

Whether you’re ready for a career change, looking for temp work, or just curious to see what’s out there, Jobs Marketplace features hundreds of jobs available to behavioral and mental health professionals. New opportunities are posted regularly, so make sure to check back regularly over the coming weeks. 

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“Throw a ball near a dog and it will chase after it. All sorts of animals enjoy playing around, but no one quite understands why...”

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/04/why-animals-play/618484/ 

We are excited to announce the launch of two new service levels: Triad Pro and Triad Premium. 

Building on the Triad community, and to support behavioral and mental health professionals, we are continually developing new tools and services that will help you help others. Triad Pro and Triad Premium offer additional services and expanded access - and for Premium members, CE All Access Pass is included (a $199 value).

👉 Click here to learn more about what Triad can do for you. This is just the start of many new features and functionality we're working on, and we can't wait to share more details with you in the coming months.