Month: July 2019

Month: July 2019

Work or Handouts: How to Help Those in Need
July 17, 2019 Blogs Tim Jennings, M.D.

In my 2018 blog, The Benefits of Work, I described how work benefits people in multiple ways. Today, I want to explore a different aspect of work — and the lack thereof.

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Suicide: Risk and Prevention
July 10, 2019 Blogs Tim Jennings, M.D.

For the past decade, the suicide rate among teens has been increasing. Among teen boys, suicide completion has increased 33 percent over the last 10 years, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Where Is Your Citizenship?
July 3, 2019 Blogs Tim Jennings, M.D.

Do you identify yourself as an American, Canadian, Australian, South African, or as some other nationality?

I was raised to be a proud American—to wave the flag, to celebrate Independence Day, and to revel in the storied history of my nation.

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