Kristen Woods

Supporting Mental Health Challenges and Disabilities

Pages


Addiction and Mental Illness: Dual Diagnosis

How addiction and mental Illness come together


A Growth Mindset is Necessary for Change

What is a growth mindset?


Brain Abnormalities in Mental Illness

How Mental Illnesses Impact the Brain


Feasibility and Implementation

Healing broken systems is not easy. I will work on updating this page with ideas for moving forward.


Goal Setting

What are goals, and what are SMART goals?


Go-to Coping Strategies

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)


Homelessness and mental illness: A strong but overlooked connection

Do those with mental illness experience homelessness?


Improving Mental Health Hospitals

Understanding Mental Health Hospitals in New Jersey: What's right, what's wrong, and proposed solutions.


Medications

Psychiatric Medication: Understanding of classes and associated side effects.


Missions

This website has 6 primary missions that are ongoing.


Neuroimaging

Structural and Functional Imaging Techniques: Looking at the brain.


Nutrition and the Brain

The Brain-Gut Connection: Healthy eating helps the brain.


Psychosis Experience

Psychosis: How it feels and why it's misunderstood


Resources

Resources for help and reading.


Should inpatients replace prisons? I hope so.

Is there such thing as a "bad" person? Or do damaged people do bad things? This section will discuss rehabilitation vs. punishment in our correctional facilities and mental health system.