Hurricanes, Tornado Storms, Flash Floods, Mudslides, Forest Fires, & Trauma: What To Say and Not Say To Children and Adolescents We get multi-level, print and electronic, and tragically repetitive news stories that adults take for granted. Still, the weather and natural disasters emotionally impact children because the drama leads to the trauma. Re…

Tom McNulty, M.S. has 45+ years in behavioral health. As such, he was very excited about interviewing DENT Neurologic Institute's Director of Addiction Medicine, Dawn Harbatkin, M.D. - board-certified in Addiction Medicine and also in Internal Medicine. If you have a family member, neighbor, co-worker, colleague, or friend struggling with addiction…

A veteran once asked me, "So, you think you know me?" After 10 seconds, I realized I was full of misconceptions, 'bad intel", and unrealistic expectations. I took the time to listen and better understand and it opened up my eyes to the often insurmountable challenges returning veterans face. I learned that when a military person serves, the whole f…

Your Children Need Behavioral Health Children are increasingly at risk when it comes to their behavioral health. They need informed parents and trained teachers and administrators to recognize their emotional ups and downs. Children from birth to 17 (and into early adulthood) are more vulnerable today because of multiple factors that can engulf the…

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression defined by a reoccurring seasonal pattern highlighted by mood changes, irritability, helplessness, pessimism, persistent sadness, decreased energy, hypersomnia, overeating, seasonal hibernation, aggressive behavior, reduced work or school performance, and family history. Millions of American…

Lixin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. is an Attending Neurologist and Director of the Dizziness and Balance Center at DENT Neurologic Institute. His patient focus is on balance disorders, dizziness/vertigo, sleep medicine, and epilepsy as well as general neurology. Dr. Zhang has 12 years of extensive neuroscience research experience with almost 30 peer-reviewed…

Schoolyard bullying is bad enough. We all know what it looks like, or so we think, right? Kids tease each other, but it can get grossly out of hand and end tragically. Imagine bullying behavior in the workplace. Executives, managers, supervisors, and even fellow employees use bullying tactics to intimidate employees to do something they know is wro…

Behavioral health is often an afterthought in today's healthcare environment, but not at DENT Neurologic Institute. The largest neurology practice in the country has an international reputation and a progressive neuropsychiatric approach for patients with challenging behavioral health disorders. Truly a disease of the brain, mental illness can be a…

Welcome to MindSet 2023 with Tom McNulty, M.S. Without a doubt, Fentanyl is today's most frightening, sneaky, hidden killer that has taken the lives of 110,000 people last year. It is hidden in opioids, cocaine, marijuana, and street drugs that get laced with Fentanyl such as Xanax - is anything off limits? No! Unless you get your medicine from pha…

Social media is an enormous and omnipresent reality of our global communications. It's everywhere! As such, it has its advantages if you take the time to investigate each platform's purpose and the benefits it can bring to your daily life. Sadly, it can also be deadly in ways designers never imagined. Almost 95% of pre-teens and adolescents from co…

Meet TJ and Kim Burch - two loving parents who saw their son, Nolan go off to West Virginia University from Western New York beaming with pride, enthusiasm, and hope. Like many incoming freshmen, Nolan wanted to get involved and make new friends, so he thought about joining a fraternity. He checked a few out and gravitated to one where he was assig…

Here we go again in America... Another mass shooting, among far too many, this time in Highland Park, Illinois on July 4th during a small-town parade. A 21-year-old, white, male took to the roof of a building along the parade route and opened fire with a high-powered, assault weapon sending a barrage of 70+ bullets into families, children, parents,…

The violent and deadly world we live in stirs up emotions we may not always recognize. We see death on television news from war, automobile crashes, plane accidents, mass shootings, terrorism, insurrection, random street shootings, and workplace tragedies involving accidents and shootings. The closer you are to a violent event or how we put ourselv…

Violent children? Really? Yes, really! Sadly, most of the school mass shootings of children and adults are carried out by other children (20 years of age and younger). Tragically, too many adults and parents knew the child's behavior was unhealthy, risky, hateful, and even deadly, but they failed to act on what they were observing. Violent children…

I moved to Buffalo, N.Y. in 1988 and I've lived in WNY ever since. A search firm recruited me to be the first Vice President of Marketing for a psychiatric hospital that opened in 1955. I love the people of Buffalo and I have been highly active in my community far beyond my work in behavioral health. The murderous rampage of assault weapon violence…

Welcome to MindSet 2022! This podcast, Gun Violence & Behavioral Health Plans, is a tough subject that requires much more attention than my MindSet 2022 broadcast can deliver. However, it is my hope, as with all my broadcasts, that it makes you step back, think, and move to action. We all know a great deal about gun violence because we live in its …

Welcome! This MindSet 2022 podcast begins with a brief reading from City Journals' Business First of an article I wrote in 1999 titled, We Need To Take Care of Our Troubled Children. I wrote a regular column for the newspaper for about 10 years. The opening sentence to the article states, "In many respects, we are horrible role models for our child…

Welcome to MindSet 2022. I’m your host, Tom McNulty. Thank you for joining us for Part Four – the final episode of our four-part series on Suicide. As you know by now, I have focused on individuals between the age of 10-34 because suicide is their second leading cause of death. To emphasize the importance of this topic, I have repeatedly stated tha…

Thank you for tuning in to Part Three of our Four-Part Series on Suicide. Each day, in the United States, an average of 130 people commit suicide - about 51% use a firearm. Part Three will highlight a true story about a 16-year-old girl and the critical information parents and other adults must know to save a life. Thoughts of suicide are serious a…

This is Part Two in a four-part series about suicide. I use a real-life experience from my early days as an intern finishing my graduate studies toward my Master's Degree from Florida State University. Storytelling is an excellent skill to use to highlight critical areas of importance when you are learning more about suicide. This is a powerful epi…

Welcome to MindSet 2022! Please share our podcast with those you believe should know about behavioral health issues, including parents, teachers, co-workers, your doctor(s), law enforcement, media, and the religious communities. This session is Part One of a four-part series on the most serious issue in behavioral health - suicide. Tragically, suic…

Welcome! I'm Tom McNulty, host of MindSet 2022. This is our brief introduction. I hope you'll put us on your "Favorites", tell a friend, and tune in often! We welcome your ideas, feedback, and suggested guests for future shows. Behavioral health issues need much more attention, accurate information, and resources you can trust. I have 45+ years in …