Mental Health Recovery Court and WRAP

by Magdaline In 2008, the Kalamazoo 8th District Court of Michigan established a Mental Health Recovery Court [MHRC].  The program started after some local judges noticed they were seeing the same people over and over — mostly on misdemeanor charges rather than...

Using WRAP for Weight Loss

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t concerned about weight gain.  As  kid, I know I was a healthy weight but I always considered myself the “fat one”.  In college I was 5’5” tall, weighed 117 lbs. and thought I was fat.  Over the years my weight has crept up and...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – What We Can Do About It Now

by Kenneth Gilbert, MD, Dr. Gilbert is a Board Certified Psychiatrist whose practice is in Illinois What I know about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at this point in my life is a lot different than what I knew about PTSD when I was a newly minted Board...