Mental Health

Top 10 Brain Training Predictions

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Cognitive Science, Health, Exercise, Brain Training, Meditation, Innovation, Gym, Nintendo, Brainpower, Health Care, Brain Exercise, Living News

As brain fitness and training becomes mainstream and new "brain trainers" appear, we can observe a number of trends given significant market growth and recent research findings.

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Depressed Lawyers: A Little Help For My Friends

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression, Lawyers, Depression Treatment, Mental Health, Health, Abraham Lincoln, Causes of Depression, Living News

Instead of viewing depression as either a character defect or a biochemical defect, depression is better seen as a strategy for shutting down overwhelming pain.

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Is Suicide Preventable?

Liz Spikol | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Mental Illness, Psychiatry, New York Times Magazine, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Firearms, Health, Suicide, Psychology, Liz Spikol, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts, Guns, Living News

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Death by Neglect

Jay Neugeboren | Posted 07.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychiatry, Overmedication, Mental Health, Kings County Hospital Center, New York Civil Liberties Union, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Flophouses, Health, Esmin Green, Psychiatric Drugs, Hospitals, New York City and State Mental Health Systems, Parkinsonism, Living News

My brother Robert has been a patient in the NYC mental health systems for the past 46 years, and though outraged by Esmin Green's death, I'm not surprised -- people with mental illness remain the stepchildren of the medical system.

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Hey buddy, can you spare some jing?

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 07.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Mental Health, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Wellness, Feng Shui, Religion, The View, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Living News

My jing is out of bling. And no amount of Doritos and NoDoz can revive it . I thought I'd unblocked the energies of the divine when a fen shui consul...

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How Did Anne Hathaway Get Duped by a Cad?

Caroline Presno | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mental Health, Relationships, Entertainment News, Sociopath, Psychology, Relationship Advice, Self-Esteem, Anne Hathaway, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway Raffaello Follieri, Entertainment News

When I advise women and men about how to avoid someone with sociopathic tendencies, I tell them don't expect a monster; instead expect someone oozing with charm.

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Is Human Life a Mental Illness?

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Health, Tibetan Culture, The Futurological Convention, Healing, Living Healthy, Original Sin, Buddhism, Dukkha, Anxiety, Living News

Gregory Bateson once cautioned us young people that if we were ever going to have a psychotic episode, we should try not to do it while in America, lest we get swept into its so-called Mental Health system and never return.

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A Problem With No Solution

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Mental Illness, Autism, Mental Health, Health, Living News

If I were an average American today, I might be worrying about the stock market reaching frightening lows. But the fact of the matter is that I'm not an average American, because I have a brother with autism.

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A Multi-Pronged Approach to Brain Health

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, Baby Boomers, Cognitive Science, Alzheimers, Mental Health, Brain, Exercise, Nutrition, Ted Kennedy Brain Tumor, Brain Fitness, Living News

I interviewed Dr. Larry McCleary, the former acting Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Denver Children's Hospital about how to nourish our brains.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Red Alert to Moms and Dads: Your Insomnia Could Trigger Suicidal Behavior in Your Kids

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Suicide, Insomnia, Depression, Mental Health, Children, Sleep Deprivation, Teens, Living News

If you suffer from chronic insomnia and have adolescent kids, they could be at a higher risk not only for insomnia themselves, but also for suicidal behavior and for using drugs that induce sleep (like hypnotics).

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Leaders Who Care (Too Much)

Ray Kimball | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suicide, Leadership, Army, War on Terror, Non-Commissioned Officers, US Military, Mental Health, Military, Iraq, Politics News

Too often, leaders (both officer and NCO) forget that they need "maintenance" just as much as the complex machines that power their fighting skills. Is this an attempt to deny one's own humanity?

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Father's Day Special: What Legacy Are You Passing On To Your Children?

Terry Real | Posted 06.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Terry Real, Dad, Mental Health, Fathers Day, Children, Women's Health, REAL Advice Blog, Men's Health, Health, Parenting, Legacy, Pledge, Fathers, Living News

In a family, the roles we pass from generation to generation can be like a fire in the woods, taking down everything in its path until one person has the courage to stand and face the fire.

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Mental Illness, The Final Frontier

Tom Davis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Living

Read More: A Time to Kill, Good Will Hunting, Mental Health, Mental Health Discrimination, Matchstick Men, Mental Health Advocacy, Living News

If the path to racial equality can be measured in, say, thousands of miles, then the distance toward achieving some mainstream mutual understanding and feeling of compassion for people with mental illness must be measured in light years.

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Alex Barton And The New Wave Of Autism Activism

Huffington Post | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Liz Spikol Blog, Mad Pride, Mental Health, Alex Barton, Bi-Polar Disorder, Mental Illness Advocacy, Liz Spikol, Nyu Child Study Center Ad Campaign, Autism Ad Campaign, Alex Barton Autism, Autism Ransom Note Ad Campaign, Mental Illness, New York Times Mad Pride, Alex Barton Kindergarten, Austism Activism, Living News

New York Magazine has a detailed and intensive article on a new wave of autism rights activists. These new activists want "to celebrate atypical brain...

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The Case for Mental Health Screening of Candidates

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cnn, John McCain, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, President of the United States, Mental Health, Ronald Reagan, Mental Health Screening, Psychological Screening, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Senator John McCain, Hillary Clinton, President George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Politics News

Though it's ludicrous to elect a presidential candidate who can't physically perform the job, it's worse to elect a candidate who can't mentally perform the job.

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The Myths of Forgiveness

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Anger, Mental Health, Resentment, Forgiveness, Sadness, Living News

For centuries, forgiveness was seen as the province of religion but increasingly it is finding it's way into the research and literature of the mental health arena.

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Growing Up Bipolar

Newsweek | Mary Carmichael | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Bipolar Children, Mental Health, Bipolar Disease, Raising a Bipolar Child, Depression in Children, Bipolar, Living News

ax Blake was 7 the first time he tried to kill himself. He wrote a four-page will bequeathing his toys to his friends and jumped out his ground-floor ...

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Welcome to The New World DisOrders -- They Are Legion

Carol Maric | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Journalists, Literature, Philosophy, Economics, Children, Sociology, Disorders, Psychology, Media, Medications, Asperger's, Meds, Leukemia, Politics, Television, Environmental, Kids, Critical Theory, Geniuses, Cancer, Parents, Albert Einstein, Psychiatry, Isaac Newton, Nightly News, Mental Health, Educators, Science, School, Labels, Genius, Pharmaceutical Companies, Cnn, Education, Human Rights, Workplace, Work, Environment, Autism, Brilliant, Brilliance, News, Asperger, Autistic, Essays, Psychopharmacology, Anti-Depressants, Essay, Politics News

If Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton can be relegated to the ranks of "Autism" these days, then The New World does seem perilously close to being upside down--as I have always suspected.

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Glad To Be Mad: Mentally Ill Start 'Mad Pride' Movement (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Video, Elyn Saks, Elyn Saks Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Treatment, Bipolar Disorder, The Icarus Project, Mad Pride Cabaret, Mad Rights, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, MindFreedom International, Elyn Saks Mental Illness, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Schizophrenia, Extreme Mental States, Liz Spikol Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Freedom Center, Radical Mental Health Collective, Mental Illness, Mad Pride March, Elyn Saks the Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, National Institute of Mental Health, Liz Spikol Blog, Liz Spikol the Trouble With Spikol, Schizophrenia Treatment, Mad Movement, Liz Spikol, Mental Illness Advocacy, Bonkersfest, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Electroshock Therapy, Living News

Yesterday the New York Times explored the burgeoning "mad pride" movement, which aims to fight the stigma of serious mental illness like schizophrenia...

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Recognizing the Hidden Wounds of War

Ray Kimball | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stigma, Leadership, Mental Health, Ptsd, Purple Heart, Dod, War, Politics News

It was a groundbreaking week for the way the Department of Defense handles PTSD among its ranks.

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Another Tragic Anniversary

Paul Helmke | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brady Law, Nics, Mental Health, South Bend, Police, Indiana, Gun Shows, Background Checks, Virginia Tech, Illegal Guns, Guns, Politics News

The one-year anniversary of a killing in South Bend, Indiana, by someone who never should have been allowed to purchase a firearm, illustrates many of the weaknesses in our gun laws.

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Landmark Study: Iraq Vets Face Healthcare Crisis

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mental Health, Afghanistan, Iraq, Rand, Troops, Veterans, GI Bill, 21st Century GI Bill, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Iraq Veterans, RAND Veterans, Veterans Health Care, RAND Veterans Study, Politics News

We now have access to striking new data on the mental health injuries and the barriers that prevent thousands of new veterans from accessing quality care.

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John McCain Goes For A Physical: "I'm as Healthy as the Economy!"

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Breaking Politics News, John Mccain's Health, John McCain, Mental Health, Health, Ralph Nader, Offthebus, John McCain's Age, Age, John Mccain Senile, Mccain Foreign Policy, Mccain Foreign Policy Advisors, Presidents Age, John Mccain Health, Mccain Student, McCain Iraq, Alzheimers Presidents, Mccain Naval Academy, Oldest President, Policy Advisors Mccain, Iraq McCain, Presidential Candidates Health, John Mccain Age, Iraq War Mccain, Naval Academy, Home News

McCain can't blame his campaign-trail Iraq war gaffes on a deteriorating mind. Which means that instead he's simply misinformed and does not understand the war we're waging or whom we're waging it against.

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1 In 4 Soldiers On Multiple Tours Have Mental Health Problems

NY Times | Thom Shanker | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, War in Iraq, Warwire, Mental Health, Soldiers Mental Health, Politics News

Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent back to the front again and again under plans that c...

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