Psychiatry: Biological psychiatry, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Emergency psychiatry, Forensic psychiatry, Liaison psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Social psychiatry
Beyond Meds (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Printed with permission from John Breeding. See his website here. My purpose in this short essay is twofold. The first is to describe my understanding of the nature of psychological distress and emotional healing. The second is to expose the truth about our modern mental health system, call it Psychiatry, which diagnoses citizens as “mentally ill” [...]
Pharmaceuticals Anonymous (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
From the article: American mental-health practitioners need psychological help, a new report says, and they are not getting nearly enough of it. An amazingly prescient article published a few years ago in the U.S. journal Psychology Today and recently reprinted on the Huffington Post lends clinical credence to the commonly held assumption that mental-health workers (and by that the essay's author,...
The Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Gracias Cougar ~ I agree that the treatment of so-called mental illness has decayed into another money-making profit-motivated industry that helps the sick get sicker. I subscribe to spiritual solutions that involve taking care of your health, consciousness a raising and working a progressive 12-Steps Program for character development, personal empowerment and...
DISSENTING JUSTICE (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
President Obama correctly stated that people should not "rush to judgment" regarding the motivation of Nidal Hasan -- the individual who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base. Unfortunately, the public often races to assign a collective narrative to extremely violent events. Typically, the earliest narratives rest on gross stereotypes and, consequently, miss the mark. For example,...
Values Voter News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
New Study Shows 85 Percent of Women Say Abortions Cause Mental Health Issues Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new report from researchers at a university in New Zealand indicates 85 percent of women who had abortions report negative mental health issues as a result. The report is the latest from professor David Fergusson and his team showing abortions cause problems for women. The University of Otago...
TruthSeeker24's anti-N.W.O. corner (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
From http://lifenews.com/int1371.html New Study Shows 85 Percent of Women Say Abortions Cause Mental Health Issues by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor November 3, 2009 addthis_pub = 'sertelt'; Email RSS Print Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new report from researchers at a university in New Zealand indicates 85 percent of women who had abortions report negative mental health issues as a result....
Wendy Williams. The Queen of All Media (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Researchers in New Zealand who examined the medical history of more than 500 women concluded abortion “leads to significant distress in some” and that those reporting adverse reactions were up to 80% more likely to have mental health problems, reports the Daily Telegraph.The University of Otago study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found the risk of mental illness was “...
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Mesenchymal stem cells increase hippocampal neurogenesis and counteract depressive-like behavior Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication, October 27, 2009. doi:10.1038/mp.2009.110 Authors: M Tfilin, E Sudai, A Merenlender, I Gispan, G Yadid & G Turgeman
Beyond Meds (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
I’m going to take some excerpts as found on John Breeding’s website from his book, “The Necessity Madness and Unproductivity.” Just some ideas to get the juices flowing. I’ve mostly made an argument that mental illness can be treated by natural means and one can heal through healthy lifestyle, diet, nutrition and confronting one’s deepest self. [...]
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Replication of association between schizophrenia and ZNF804A in the Irish Case–Control Study of Schizophrenia sample Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication, October 20, 2009. doi:10.1038/mp.2009.109 Authors: B Riley, D Thiselton, B S Maher, T Bigdeli, B Wormley, G O McMichael, A H Fanous, V Vladimirov, F A O'Neill, D Walsh & K S Kendler
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Sequence variations of ABCB1, SLC6A2, SLC6A3, SLC6A4, CREB1, CRHR1 and NTRK2: association with major depression and antidepressant response in Mexican-Americans Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication, October 20, 2009. doi:10.1038/mp.2009.92 Authors: C Dong, M-L Wong & J Licinio
The Health & Fitness Blog (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
By Colin Jones Depression is a mental disorder that is often characterized by lengthy periods of sadness and melancholy, say the experts from the field of psychiatry. But just because a person is moping around and generally hating the world around him or her, doesn't mean that he/she is suffering from depression, but if this kind of behavior, the feeling of emptiness, loss of self-worth and absolutely...
Family Anatomy (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
A Mediterranean diet may be protective against some kinds of mental illness, according to a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Somatosphere (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Presentations at the Society for Medical Anthropology Conference at Yale (September 24-27, 2009) offered a cross section of work being done in many separate fields of interest. In keeping with my interests in pharmaceuticals, Japan, and mental health, I attended three excellent sessions that I would like to briefly summarize for people who could not attend. Here’s an outline of some of the papers...
Sean Green's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
On Saturday 7th November , RFC are hosting a day entitled 'Cloudy days in Summer'. The day is open to anyone who either suffers from a Mental Illness or supports those suffering. It will be held at our London Street offices from 10:00 - 16:15 and lunch will be provided. There is a £5 charge for the day and to book your place email the church office here . The day will have three main sessions:...
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