Recovery from Schizophrenia: An international perspective - A report from the WHO Collaborative Project, The International Study of Schizophrenia
The Mouse Trap (Free subscription) | yesterday
I recently came across this TED talk by Devdatt Patnaik, A chief Belief Officer in an Indian industry group and was fascinated by his description of the distinction between logos based ‘the’ world which is objective, logical, universal, factual and science based and mythos based ‘my’ world which is subjective,emotional, personal, belief-based and mythological in [...] Rating:...
TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Participant Media presents entertainment that inspires and compels social change. Behind these films and issues, there are thousands of people nationwide who work tirelessly on campaigns that use the films as inspiration to make a difference. As a member of the company’s Social Action team, which develops initiatives that are inspired by the films, I’m excited to announce the first posting...
Cannabis News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sacked government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has called for a Royal Commission to investigate whether cannabis should be decriminalised. Prof Nutt told the BBC the possibility of allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes should be "explored". But his call comes as another academic is due to publish a study highlighting the possible links between the drug and schizophrenia. "The more you...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Despite the promise of a winter shelter plan for the homeless, most of those looking for temporary housing have literally been left out in the cold, advocates said Thursday. Nearly a month after Mayor Kevin Johnson announced a plan for providing winter shelter for 269 homeless people, an autumn storm is looming and only a fraction of the promised beds are available. Maryhouse, a social services program...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The European Medicines Agency has been formally notified by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd of its decision to withdraw its application for an extension of indication for the centrally authorised medicine Abilify (aripiprazole) tablets, orodispersible tablets and oral solution. Abilify was expected to be used in the treatment of major depressive episodes, as adjunctive therapy, in patients who have...
Homeless Tales (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I’m becoming someone new due to a medication change. It hits me between the eyes now and then that I am changing…and thankfully changing for the better. I suffer from a very serious case of Bipolar Disorder. I think there is a sprinkle of Schizophrenia in there but my former doctor did not feel that my [...]
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
More photos » by Fred Chartrand - AP USE YOU BACKHAND YOU FREAKING SMASHED ALBINO HAMSTER! Browse more photos » Senor Blurr is out being a good dad at Disneyland so you get an original FTBer taking hold of the reins. Actually, as I write this, and use the powers of scheduled posting, he's trying not to swear in front of Bubba as the LA traffic lives up to its reputation. Meanwhile, my Google...
GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT LATEST NEWS (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Washington, November 18 : Megan Fox has confessed she has created a string of fake personalities to hoodwink people from guessing who she really is. more image> > > The 23-year-old actress revealed she deliberately makes eccentric claims and comments to conceal her true self from the world. 'I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb,' Contactmusic quoted her as saying...
The Medical Quack (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
This is sad and in August of 2008 it looked like the company was on their way. Decode Nearly Doubles Revenues in Q2 - Personalized Medicine As the article states it was not all the economy that lead to the bankruptcy filing, but it certainly didn’t help. The tests and research did not end up being significant enough to help bolster the development of medical genetic tests and help with production...
Lavish Magazine. For Rich Minds (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Precious: The self is lost Last week I avoided the crowds and went to see a matinee performance of the heavily-hyped movie Precious: Based on the novel PUSH by Sapphire. This is not a movie review but more of a reflection into the films themes and their impressions on the viewer. The movie held true to a lot of the atrocities in the book and added some characters--like the male nurse played by Lenny...
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
"Globalization Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Real Culture" By Ramzy Baroud "A Muslim family sits across of me in café, in a largely Muslim Asia country. An older woman shyly hunches over and desperately trying to avoid eye contact with the giant plasma screen TV, blazing loud music on the popular music video channel, MTV. The scantily dressed presenter introduces...
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Attorneys working for the City of Portland are claiming a surprise new defense in the 2006 death in custody of James Chasse jr, a man with schizophrenia: That Chasse died of “excited delirium.” “Excited delirium” is a controversial medical term often associated with deaths in police custody where a Taser has been deployed. We quoted state medical examiner Karen Gunson on it...
Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
People with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are more likely to die of heart disease than mentally healthy individuals....
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A new study shows people suffering from severe mental disorders, like schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, are 25
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A gene, touted as the "despair" gene, which earlier had no relation with mood disorders, has now been found to have a li
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wellbeingnewseditor | 18/07/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > Norfolk’s first NHS–provided psychiatric intensive care unit [PICU], was officially opened by Pat Holman, chief executive, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust at a ceremony held at Justin Gardner House at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich – and was immediately described by one expert as the best ward of its type in the country. The 10–bed Rollesby Ward...
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Justin Gardner House
Justin Gardner was a brilliant man. He had his patients interest at heart and he knew that depression could affect anyone and I mean anyone. I think that...
Justin Gardner House
whote message are sending to patients by naming a mental heath unit after Justin Gardner who took his own life in 2005,by hanging himself
Eco Fridge
Ever time I visit a freind at Justin Gardner House at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich I find that it is so cold in this building even when the temp outside...
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