March is Women's History Month, celebrating this year's theme of “Weaving the Stories of Women's Lives.” Nineteenth and twentieth century women are conspicuous in weaving a fabric of human freedom—a freedom that continues to lead human progress today. Lucretia Mott helped end the slavery of African Americans. Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony laid groundwork for women's right to vote. We could not imagine continuing social progress today without their Continue Reading
Spiritual Care: Cracking Mental Health’s “Incurable” Barrier
The state of Virginia is mobilizing to improve the delivery of mental health services. At the same time, and much more quietly, a new model of treatment is emerging among the field's professional ranks—the model of spiritual care. Consider: Before the year 2000, spiritual care was not generally considered proven or scientific, though a few studies suggested some potential. Since 2000, a surge of major studies have concluded that some form of spiritual care is definitely an effective Continue Reading