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Issues, resources and information relating to mental and emotional health and the pituitary.

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Fires: Inside and Outside and What You Can Do About It

January 28, 2025
Mental and Emotional Health|
From Linda M. Rio, PWN contributor, author, and marriage and family therapist - At this moment I’m typing between power outages at my Southern California home. My family and I have all been safe and

Coronavirus and global fears: A Commentary on Family, Relationships, and Pituitary Patients

March 5, 2020
Mental and Emotional Health|

From PWN contributor Linda M. Rio, Marriage and Family Therapist – Coronavirus is in almost every TV and social news soundbite these days. Because of this Dr. Lewis Blevins and Jorge Faccinetti recently posted their informative

Touching patient journeys from CSRF (Cushing’s Support & Research Foundation)

January 23, 2020
Cushing's|Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|Videos|

From the Desk of Leslie Edwin, President of CSRF and PWN Contributor – We have just completed an intimate, four-video series of first-hand accounts of the Cushing’s journey.  They can be found, along with recorded sessions

The Importance of Peer and Family Support in Dealing with Chronic Illness

December 13, 2019
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From the desk of Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist  –The Holidays are upon us at last, which means an inundation of television and media ads to encourage us all to spend money!

Social Media: Pituitary Patients, Family, Friends…and “Friends”

August 13, 2019
Mental and Emotional Health|

From Linda M. Rio, MA, Marriage and Family Therapist – I was recently asked by a pituitary patient to make some comments and continue the discussion that was started here in  a podcast featuring privacy

How Can I Find a Mental Health Professional Who Knows About Pituitary Disorders?

June 6, 2019
Advocacy Zone|Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, M.A. – I woke this morning to find an email to me from a parent pleading for my help. This parent has an adult child who had a pituitary tumor removed

Misinformation and Bias: Additional Perspectives

April 3, 2019
Advocacy Zone|Mental and Emotional Health|

From the desk of contributor Linda M. Rio, M.A. Marriage and Family Therapist – Pituitary World News editor, J D Faccinetti, recently published an article that hit a nerve with me. I called him to let

The Importance of Being Believed

February 14, 2019
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From the desk of PWN contributor Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist  – I received a call last week from a man who read one of my articles about how pituitary disorders are linked

Valuable Information and Thoughts for Patients and their Family Members

December 14, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist and PWN contributor: Various terms seem to be used today but most frequently, “telehealth” or “telemedicine”, are used to describe live, real-time visits with a medical, mental health,

Disasters and the Body’s Response

November 14, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist and PWN contributor –  As I am writing, I hear the helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft overhead fighting one of the many monstrous fires in California. Just a

Current Affairs: A Precautionary Note for Those with Pituitary Disorders

October 4, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist and PWN contributor –This is not about politics but the potential psychological, emotional, relational, and physical toll that political and social events can have, especially on those

Is Your Built-In Alarm System Sabotaging Your Body? Meet Cortisol

September 16, 2018
Health and Fitness|Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Carmina McGee, MS, RDN, LE  In continuing my series on hormones, we are going to tackle the hormone Cortisol in this article. Cortisol is a stress hormone that is released by the adrenal glands. The

The far-reaching effects of pituitary disorders

July 23, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|

A wonderful article from PWN contributor Linda M. Rio on the far-reaching effects of pituitary disorders was recently published by the Pacific Neuroscience Institute. Read the article here. Read more articles on the connection between pituitary disease

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