**Completely Updated in December/2016** Physicians are among the most educated people in our workforce. They have complex and demanding careers. They focus most of their energy on problem-solving, yet it is usually only solving other people's problems. Seldom does a physician have a place to discuss a difficult case or patient. There seems to be no support group for physicians. So physicians, like every other person on this planet experience stress. Some know how to deal with stress and live happy, healthy lifestyles. Unfortunately there are a few who don't manage stress well and slip into...

**Completely Updated in December/2016** Nurses touch all of our lives with their skills, compassion, time, and energy. They are the ones that spend the time with us explaining what the physician didn't take the time to tell us. They are the ones we see and get to know, even better than our personal physicians. They are called "angels" and healers. They are truly the caretakers of our health and the gateway to our healthcare system.. Nurses however, are humans too. They work hard in an occupation that is filled with stress and great responsibility. They have families and responsibilities like...

**Completely Updated in December/2016** Substance abuse in the LGBTQ community is a serious problem. Whether it is caused or related to genetic predisposition, socialization in bars, covering up or medicating guilt or shame induced by exposure to homophobia, or the pressures of hiding one's sexuality, (or combinations of these) the addiction rates are shockingly higher among the LGBTQ community than the heterosexual community. In larger cities there are substance abuse treatment centers that do have a special focus on the LGBTQ community. There are even "clubhouses" that are either entirely,...

**Completely Updated in December/2016** This book explains the kinds of tragedies, traumas, and losses that our children experience. It also spells out the effects these losses have on our children, whether physical, emotional, social, or academic. Tragedy, trauma and loss that are experienced by children, and are not treated when experienced, can cripple a child's ability to develop healthy relationships. This untreated trauma can also lead to anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and abandonment and trust issues. When a child undergoes a traumatic experience, his/her sense of security...

**Completely Updated in December/2016** This book explains the kinds of tragedies, traumas, and losses that we might experience in our lives. It also spells out the effects these losses have on us, whether physical, emotional, social, or academic. Tragedy, trauma, and loss that are experienced by us, and are not treated when experienced, can cripple a person's ability to develop healthy relationships. This untreated trauma can also lead to anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and abandonment and trust issues. The long term negative effects of trauma on the brain, the body and the...

**Completely Updated in December/2016** This book is not about bad pilots. It is not about addicted pilots who have crashed planes or endangered the lives of their passengers. It is about the number of pilots, who have untreated addiction issues. Seldom do these addiction issues impact their skills at flying a plane, as there are few reports of impaired pilots actually flying planes. The pilots that this book addresses tend to be the ones who are out of control in their personal lives, and abuse alcohol or drugs to medicate stress, or to deal with loneliness, and other feelings which may be...

**Completely Updated in December/2016** Healthcare professionals are usually working in very stressful workplaces. Those of us who don't have an inside view of the workplaces of these pharmacists, physicians, nurses, etc. don't really have an understanding of the stressors involved in their careers. Besides working long hours, a high level of responsibility, skipping meals, and having few breaks, public and corporate scrutiny are taking a toll on the emotional and physical health of these healthcare professionals. Now the insurance companies have added much more stress by dictating the need...