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6 days ago
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Relief Mental Health Addresses the Silent Crisis During Men's Mental Health Month
OAK BROOK, lll., June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- June marks Men's Mental Health Month, a time to raise awareness and reduce stigma around the mental health challenges that men face—often in silence. Relief Mental Health, with 12 outpatient clinics across Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin, is committed to helping men access personalized, evidence-based care through psychiatry, therapy, and innovative treatments like transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), SPRAVATO® (esketamine) and ketamine infusions. The Silent Struggle According to a data brief from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), nearly 1 in 10 men reported daily feelings of anxiety or depression. However, only about 41 percent of these men took medication for these feelings or had recently talked to a mental health professional. Men are four times more likely than women to die by suicide. Additionally, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) reports that this accounts for about 70% of all suicide deaths. In Illinois, the suicide rate for men increased by 3.5% from 2020 to 2021, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. A recent Gallup World Poll analysis found that 25 percent of young U.S. men (ages 15 to 34) reported feeling lonely for much of the prior day, compared to 18 percent of women in the same age group. Treatment that Respects Men's Preferences and Needs At Relief Mental Health, male patients often have the option to work with male providers—something many find more comfortable when opening up about personal issues. Dan Lowder, PA-C, ATC, a psychiatric physician assistant who treats patients as young as 10 at Relief's Orland Park, Ill. clinic, also has a background in athletic training and frequently works with men and adolescent males experiencing sports-related and performance anxiety. "In addition to medication management, I often utilize SPRAVATO®—a nasal spray form of ketamine—for adults with treatment-resistant depression," Lowder explains. "And for men who are hesitant about medications due to side effects—especially sexual dysfunction—TMS therapy can be a game-changer. It doesn't affect the whole body like medications do; it specifically targets the brain regions involved in mood." Why TMS is a Powerful Option for Men TMS is a FDA-cleared, non-invasive treatment for depression, OCD and other diagnoses that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate underactive areas of the brain. Unlike medication, TMS has no systemic side effects, meaning it doesn't impact libido or cause weight gain, sedation, or digestive issues—a concern for many male patients. Relief Mental Health offers TMS therapy at all of its locations, along with psychiatric evaluation, medication management, therapy, and SPRAVATO® treatment. With a multidisciplinary team across four states, Relief ensures that men from all walks of life can find effective, personalized mental health care. For more information about Relief Mental Health or to schedule a consultation for any of its services, individuals can call 855.205.4764, email info@ or visit About Relief Mental Health Relief Mental Health is a leading outpatient provider of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), SPRAVATO® (esketamine), IV ketamine, psychiatry, and therapy, for the treatment of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and other diagnoses. Founded in January 2020 and dedicated to delivering expedited care, Relief aims to create a new standard for mental health care, offering a continuum of innovative therapeutic interventions and responding to evolving patient needs. For more information, visit CONTACT: Melanie EilersChief Marketing Officermelanie@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Relief Mental Health Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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6 days ago
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Relief Mental Health Addresses the Silent Crisis During Men's Mental Health Month
OAK BROOK, lll., June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- June marks Men's Mental Health Month, a time to raise awareness and reduce stigma around the mental health challenges that men face—often in silence. Relief Mental Health, with 12 outpatient clinics across Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin, is committed to helping men access personalized, evidence-based care through psychiatry, therapy, and innovative treatments like transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), SPRAVATO® (esketamine) and ketamine infusions. The Silent Struggle According to a data brief from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), nearly 1 in 10 men reported daily feelings of anxiety or depression. However, only about 41 percent of these men took medication for these feelings or had recently talked to a mental health professional. Men are four times more likely than women to die by suicide. Additionally, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) reports that this accounts for about 70% of all suicide deaths. In Illinois, the suicide rate for men increased by 3.5% from 2020 to 2021, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. A recent Gallup World Poll analysis found that 25 percent of young U.S. men (ages 15 to 34) reported feeling lonely for much of the prior day, compared to 18 percent of women in the same age group. Treatment that Respects Men's Preferences and Needs At Relief Mental Health, male patients often have the option to work with male providers—something many find more comfortable when opening up about personal issues. Dan Lowder, PA-C, ATC, a psychiatric physician assistant who treats patients as young as 10 at Relief's Orland Park, Ill. clinic, also has a background in athletic training and frequently works with men and adolescent males experiencing sports-related and performance anxiety. "In addition to medication management, I often utilize SPRAVATO®—a nasal spray form of ketamine—for adults with treatment-resistant depression," Lowder explains. "And for men who are hesitant about medications due to side effects—especially sexual dysfunction—TMS therapy can be a game-changer. It doesn't affect the whole body like medications do; it specifically targets the brain regions involved in mood." Why TMS is a Powerful Option for Men TMS is a FDA-cleared, non-invasive treatment for depression, OCD and other diagnoses that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate underactive areas of the brain. Unlike medication, TMS has no systemic side effects, meaning it doesn't impact libido or cause weight gain, sedation, or digestive issues—a concern for many male patients. Relief Mental Health offers TMS therapy at all of its locations, along with psychiatric evaluation, medication management, therapy, and SPRAVATO® treatment. With a multidisciplinary team across four states, Relief ensures that men from all walks of life can find effective, personalized mental health care. For more information about Relief Mental Health or to schedule a consultation for any of its services, individuals can call 855.205.4764, email info@ or visit About Relief Mental Health Relief Mental Health is a leading outpatient provider of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), SPRAVATO® (esketamine), IV ketamine, psychiatry, and therapy, for the treatment of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and other diagnoses. Founded in January 2020 and dedicated to delivering expedited care, Relief aims to create a new standard for mental health care, offering a continuum of innovative therapeutic interventions and responding to evolving patient needs. For more information, visit CONTACT: Melanie EilersChief Marketing Officermelanie@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Relief Mental Health Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
New York Times
20-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Chase Burns hoping he can follow in Rhett Lowder's footsteps — again
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — For just about every player in professional baseball, their first big-league spring training is different from anything they've experienced in their life. Most everyone who gets to this point has always been the best of the best on just about any field they've been. As they come up even through high school, college or the minor leagues, most of the steps are easy. In the big leagues, though, there are so many unwritten rules, new parks, new routines, new schedules. Advertisement That's why Chase Burns was so grateful for his roommate, Rhett Lowder. Burns was in big-league camp before he'd ever been in a minor-league camp. The No. 2 pick in July's draft, Burns earned an invite to big-league camp in Arizona this spring, just as Lowder had a year before. On the day of the Cincinnati Reds' Cactus League opener last month, Lowder had a simple message for Burns. 'He said, 'Follow me, and I'll show you what to do,'' Burns said. That included everything from which color pants to wear to when to eat before the game, what bus to take to Goodyear Ball Park, and even when it's OK to leave the game if you're not playing. If Burns can follow in Lowder's footsteps the rest of this year, the Reds will be thrilled. Like Burns, Lowder pitched at Wake Forest before the Reds used their first pick in the draft on him, with Burns going second and Lowder seventh in their drafts. It took just 419 days for Lowder to be selected by the Reds to the day he took the mound at Great American Ball Park to face the Milwaukee Brewers in his big-league debut in August. Lowder not only made it up to the big leagues in his first season, but he also was fantastic once he got there, going 2-2 with a 1.17 ERA in six starts, even starting the season's final game. For Lowder, it was about as good of a position as he could've imagined. But it's also a unique situation, he said, and he's tried to stress that to his friend. 'Even last year, a lot of it is out of your hands,' Lowder said. 'More than likely, no matter how I was doing at the back end of last season, if we don't have all those injuries, maybe I don't make it up there. The situation when you get called up is unique for everybody.' What isn't unique to Burns is the fact that after he got drafted, the Reds didn't have him pitch again, despite there being more than two months of baseball on the calendar. Advertisement For Lowder, it was simply a workload thing. In his junior year at Wake Forest, the Demon Deacons went to the College World Series and he threw a total of 120 1/3 innings, ending with a memorable performance against LSU and Paul Skenes. For Burns, his season ended earlier than Lowder's when the Demon Deacons failed to advance past the regional round of the NCAA baseball tournament. Still, in his first year at Wake Forest, Burns threw 100 innings and had been done with his season for more than a month by the time he was drafted. let's gooooo @ChaseBurns20 — Rhett Lowder (@lowderrhett) July 15, 2024 Although the Reds' player development staff toyed with the idea of his getting in some games, he instead stayed in Arizona at the team's complex where he threw a pair of innings in instructional league before being shut down, a decision that frustrated him at the time. 'When they told me they were shutting me down, it was really hard,' Burns recalled. 'You get that opportunity to put on a Reds jersey and stuff like that, you just want to get out there. But they put a lot of money into you and time and effort, so they want to take their time. I get it.' There's understanding why a decision is made, but there's also dealing with the consequences of other people's decisions. Though Burns understood the Reds' choice, the competitor in him wanted to pitch and prove himself as a pro. 'I do think at the end of the year when Lowder made his big-league debut, talking to guys around the complex it almost clicked for Burns that, 'Hey, that could be me. Everything they've told me, everything they told Lowder, it might be true,'' said Jeremy Farrell, the Reds' director of player development. It's easy for Lowder to see the road to The Show now, even if he didn't exactly see it that closely on the horizon when he was going through it. Advertisement 'Being out here (in Arizona) in the summer, it's hard even without the baseball aspect,' Lowder said. 'I think it was good in the long run in terms of easing me into the pro ball.' Lowder has the benefit of hindsight and six big-league starts under his belt to comfort him. For Burns, it's still his reality. 'I still have to tell him a lot, 'just chill out man,'' Lowder said. 'If you have any questions, more than likely what they're doing to you, they did to me. So I know what they're thinking or why they're doing what they're doing. I've had those conversations that maybe he doesn't want to have. I've probably already had them.' Lowder also answered questions for the Reds' player development staff as he worked his way to the big leagues. After dominating at High-A Dayton, Lowder moved up to Double-A Chattanooga, where he made 16 starts and was 4-4 with a 4.31 ERA. With the Lookouts, Lowder gave up four times as many runs in his first four starts at that level as he did in all six of his big-league starts. 'I had some rough parts last year, too. I told him, it's a long year,' Lowder said. 'As long as you just commit to learning yourself, you can have a couple of bad weeks and then figure it out and then put a couple of good weeks together. It only takes one or two good months and then you're knocking on the door.' As Lowder did a year ago, Burns got a chance to pitch in a Cactus League game, a scoreless inning against the Texas Rangers earlier this month. In that inning, he walked one and struck out three. Burns' stuff has already started earning rave reviews, not just his triple-digit fastball, but also his slider, which could be an even better pitch. But as much as anything, it's the way Burns has followed Lowder's example of taking his time in camp in stride, listening to everyone around him and going out and competing like a big leaguer, not a college player. Advertisement 'That was one of the things I recognized with Rhett early on, especially with the first couple of times catching him up there, just his plan, what he wanted to do with guys,' Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson said. 'He's a very polished college guy who knew what he was doing. Same thing with Burns. I caught him once in a bullpen. Just talking to him, he knows what he wants to do. I'm excited for him.'
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Wayward Kin' to premiere at Archer City's Royal Theater
ARCHER CITY (KFDX/KJTL) — Archer City is no stranger to cinema. Larry McMurtry's novels 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Texasville' were partially shot in Archer City, and the local theater has become a landmark of American cinema. That history is what brought one project to the town. Wayward Kin is an Anytown Pictures film about a custody case, which can be a tough subject matter, but that didn't make Adam Lowder shy away. Family fun at Jellystone this spring and summer break 'Sometimes you have to show some of the darkness in life to expose some of the light,' Lowder said. Lowder co-wrote the script and directed, produced, and acted in the film. He said the movie was only possible because of the small town. 'We can't tell you how many people donated time, money, resources to make our film possible,' Lowder said. 'We could not have made the movie without them.' As a 'thank you,' Lowder and the rest of Anytown Pictures decided to premiere the movie at The Royal Theater. Two 'Wayward Kin' special screenings are scheduled for April 25 and 26 at The Royal Theater. Both showings will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online, and a limited number are available. 'We don't care about festival awards; we don't care about the money, we don't care about a big sale,' Lowder said. 'We care about bringing it to you guys.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
10-02-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Reds farm system heat check: What's the immediate and future outlook?
It wasn't long ago that Elly De La Cruz was the top prospect in all of baseball, but now he has two seasons and an All-Star selection under his belt and the cover of 'MLB The Show' on his resume. Despite the graduation of De La Cruz, Matt McLain, Andrew Abbott and others, the team is still mining the success of 2022's teardown in its farm system. Advertisement There may not be a De La Cruz-level obvious superstar down on the farm, but the Reds have talent in their system. They have at least two exciting arms among the top in baseball in Rhett Lowder and Chase Burns and five total prospects in The Athletic's Top 100 list, while two others — pitcher Chase Petty and catcher Alfredo Duno — have popped up on other Top 100 lists. GO DEEPER Top 100 MLB prospects 2025: Keith Law's rankings, with Roman Anthony at No. 1 No. 40 Chase Burns, RHP No. 48 Rhett Lowder, RHP No. 77 Edwin Arroyo, SS No. 83 Cam Collier, IF No. 100 Sal Stewart, IF After taking Lowder with the seventh pick in the 2023 draft, the Reds looked at Lowder's workload in college and sent him to High-A Dayton, but he didn't pitch in a game. The team then invited Lowder to big-league camp last spring and started him at High-A Dayton. Lauded as an advanced pitcher when the Reds took him out of Wake Forest, Lowder's performance confirmed the scouting report. He made his way through the Reds' minor-league system from Dayton to Double-A Chattanooga, Triple-A Louisville and ultimately his big-league debut on Aug. 30, less than 14 months after being drafted. Lowder making it to the majors was one thing, but his performance in his six starts raised expectations for his future. The right-hander went 2-2 with a 1.17 ERA, taking his turn in the rotation over the season's last month. In other recent Reds camps, Lowder could've come to Goodyear with a spot in the rotation virtually assured. Instead, he will most likely start the year in Louisville. Hunter Greene, Nick Lodolo and Andrew Abbott will return, while Nick Martinez accepted the Reds' qualifying offer of $21.05 million to return to Cincinnati and into the rotation. The team then traded for Brady Singer, who should also start the season in the rotation. Advertisement A year ago, the Reds used 16 different starters (including five different openers), so there will be a need for more than five and Lowder will be atop the list if there's an injury or one of the others underperform. Once he gets to the big leagues, it may be hard to keep him there. Phillips had a challenging 2024 but had a nice showing in the Arizona Fall League. If he can harness his control, he could immediately become a weapon in the bullpen. If the Reds are in contention late in the season, there's a path to Phillips coming out of the bullpen to help bolster the team. That's not to say he's a reliever long-term (and not to say he isn't), but he would be an attractive option if he still has innings left in his arm in September. Since the 2022 trade deadline, many have been asking just what the Reds will do with all of their middle infielders. The answer has been simple, but is even more striking when laid out: you move them to other places on the diamond. The Reds will test the adage that if you can play shortstop, you can play anywhere. Of the nine players in our projected lineup, only three haven't played in the middle infield at some point in their pro careers, catcher Tyler Stephenson and corner infielders Sal Stewart and Cam Collier. On the other hand, this complete lack of outfield experience does highlight one of the weaknesses in the team's farm system: Since the opening of Great American Ball Park in 2003, the Reds have had just four different homegrown outfielders to put up a bWAR of 3.0 or more, with only Jay Bruce doing it twice. TJ Friedl's 3.8 bWAR in 2023 was the highest by a homegrown Reds outfielder since Bruce's 5.2 bWAR season in 2013. Stephenson will be a free agent following the 2026 season but is the type of player the team has picked up in years past. Advertisement Projected starting lineup: Matt McLain, CF Elly De La Cruz, SS Sal Stewart, 3B Christian Encarnacion-Strand, 1B Spencer Steer, LF Tyler Stephenson, C Noelvi Marte, RF Cam Collier, DH Edwin Arroyo, 2B Bench: Blake Dunn OF; Tyler Callihan, IF; Carlos Jorge, IF/OF; Logan Tanner, C One of the team's top prospects is a catcher, but Duno will be just 21 on Opening Day of 2027, so while there is great promise with him, it's still on the horizon, even two years from now. Rotation: RHP Hunter Greene LHP Nick Lodolo RHP Rhett Lowder LHP Andrew Abbott RHP Chase Burns The potential rotation in two years showcases the strength of the Reds' system (as well as their pool of prospects to use in trades), with all but Burns having started at least six games for the Reds in 2024. Abbott is the only one of the five who wasn't a top-10 draft pick. The team also has Phillips, Chase Petty and Lyon Richardson in the pipeline who could be depth in the minor leaguers or in the team's bullpen. Bullpen: RHP Alexis Díaz, closer RHP Graham Ashcraft, setup man LHP Sam Moll, setup man RHP Tony Santillan, mid-relief RHP Connor Phillips, mid-relief RHP Lyon Richardson, mid-relief RHP Carson Spiers, multi-inning/mid-relief RHP Julian Aguiar, multi-inning/mid-relief Díaz will be in his final season of team control, so it wouldn't be much of a surprise if he were to be traded before Opening Day in two years, but he's the incumbent in this exercise, so he stays at the back of the bullpen. That said, Ashcraft, Santillan, Phillips and Richardson all have the stuff to take that spot. (Top photo of Rhett Lowder: Jesse Johnson / Imagn Images)
