If you or someone you love is living with a chronic disease, you know how debilitating it can be.
Chronic diseases include conditions that continue over a long period of time and are never cured. Some chronic diseases and conditions are cancer, diabetes, obesity, arthritis, and heart disease.
According to the Center for Managing Chronic Disease, chronic disease accounts for 70 percent of all deaths in the U.S.
If you're living with a chronic disease, you may experience a roller coaster of emotions that you may try to hide. However, by suppressing your emotions, it can cause your negative emotions to pop up in other forms.
Joanna Charnas, LICSW, joins Melanie Cole, MS to share how you can live a happy and healthy life while battling chronic disease.
How to Live a Healthy & Happy Life with Chronic Diseases
Is there a way you can manage your chronic disease?
Additional Info
- Segment Number: 1
- Audio File: health_radio/1535ml5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker: Joanna Charnas, LICSW, LCSW, blogger Huffington Post
- Book Title: Living Well With Chronic Illness
- Guest Website: Joanna Charnas
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Guest Bio:
Joanna Charnas, an MSW for 25+ years, has been employed at the Naval Medical Center San Diego in the Mental Health Department since 2008.
The last five years she's worked in emergency mental health as part of the Consult Liaison Service processing mental health intakes from all over the world. She also runs group therapy for patients who had recent emergency mental health evaluations. - Length (mins): 10
- Waiver Received: No
- Host: Melanie Cole, MS
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