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Practical Therapy for Soldiers' Depression

Thomas Scheff | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Lists, Therapy, Depression, Soldiers, Ethiopia, Mental Health, Boy Scouts, New York Times, Time Magazine, Living News
Thomas Scheff

Soldiers, especially male soldiers in or anticipating combat, need time and the confidence to cry, resolve their fears, acknowledge their shame, and deal with their other emotions.

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Health Care: I Hate Everyone, Part 1 in a Series

Nato Green | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Mental Health, Nazis, John Kerry, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Right Wing, Adolf Hitler, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Politics News
Nato Green

The anti-health care stormtroopers demonstrate that you can get a long way with no argument if you sell it. It seems like the Town Hallers are all seeking revenge on an uninsured ex.

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Mental Health -- Even With Insurance Patients Are On Their Own

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Parental Rights, Mental Health, Patients, Insurance, Medical Health Negligence, Family Rights, Patients' Rights, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

If you have a child with ADHD or Asperger's Syndrome, for example, don't expect to be able to be of much help after he or she turns 18.

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Rogue Detention in Connecticut

Patricia Droney | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, John Rowland, Mental Health, Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Service, Health Care, Politics News
Patricia Droney

By telling my late brother Bill's story, and using my legal and clinical skills to affect public policy decisions like the ones that tragically and negatively affected his life, I will make sure that my brother did not die in vain.

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Tackling Integrated Care Is Key to Health Reform

James R. Knickman | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Health Care Reform, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Health Reform, New York, Health, New York News
James R. Knickman

In New York, an initiative is underway to align efforts across the public and private sectors to address integrated care.

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Are Fat People Doormats?

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Confidence, Weight Loss Coach, Happiness, Janice Taylor, Mental Health, Health, Weight Loss Motivation, Depression, Wellness, Fat People, Living News
Janice Taylor

Does the word "namby-pamby" fit you? Fat, thin or regular sized, be brave and take this true/false quiz!

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The New Orleans Mental Health Crisis, Exposed

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Mental Health, Katrina, Washington Times, Politics News
Harry Shearer

The Washington Times ran an admirable piece about the post-Katrina mental health mess, yet there is a remarkable lapse: a failure to explain why the disaster happened, why the city was inundated.

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Prescription Drugs: Keep Out of Reach of Teens

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 08.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Addiction, Barbara Ficarra, Mental Health, healthin30, Teens, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Barbara Ficarra

"Pharming" is when teens swap prescription and/or over-the-counter medications and take them all at once, often with alcohol, to get high. This has become a popular and dangerous trend among teens.

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In Reforming Our Health Care System, We'd Be Crazy to Ignore the Mind

Rep. Patrick Kennedy | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Patrick Kennedy, Mental Health, Politics News
Rep. Patrick Kennedy

In a country where less than a third of people with mental illnesses get the care they need, the importance of the mental health parity law cannot be understated.

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4 Ways To Get Past Cold Feet (Or Any Kind Of Anxiety)

Therese Borchard | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Cold Feet, Anxiety, Happiness, Social Anxiety, Decisions, Depression, Mental Health, Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphorbia, Generalized Anxiety, The Giving Life, Living News
Therese Borchard

Fresh Living blogger Holly Lebowitz Rossi recently wrote a helpful post on how to get past cold feet or any second-guessing for that matter. She write...

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Healing Soliders' Hidden Wounds

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Soldiers, Mental Health, Craig Kielburger, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, Living News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

The men standing firm-footed with their arms outstretched are not your typical yoga students. They are warriors - actual ones, not just spiritual.

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Have We Learned Anything? The Effect of the Recession on the Future American Psyche

Stephen Josephson | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: The Future, 2008 Recession, Psychology, Indulgences, Mental Health, Consumer Spending, US Recession, Living News
Stephen Josephson

It seems as if a subset of people are actually achieving a fundamental shift from acquiring stuff to focusing on family, friends and keeping it simple.

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Eating Disorders In Middle Age

Anorexia | Randi Hutter Epstein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Dieting, Anorexia, Women's Health, Eating Disorders, Men's Health, Parenting, Anorexia Adults, Bulimia, Middle Age, Health, Living News

Margie Hodgin, a nurse in Kernersville, N.C., had struggled to lose weight since she was a teenager. But it wasn't until she turned 40 that she finall...

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Nursing Home Compare: Get The Stats

washingtonpost.com | Elizabeth G. Olson | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Caring for Elderly, Elderly, Nursing Home Ratings, Mental Health, Elderly Americans, Nusing Homes, Health, Women's Health, Men's Health, Nursing Home Online Ratings, The Balanced Life, Living News

When 81-year-old Sally Darr needed nursing home care after injuring herself in a fall, her family turned to a new federal rating system for help. Th...

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Late Bloomers?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Disorders, Mental Illness, Cezanne, Mental Health, Daniel Defoe, Robinson-Crusoe, Sigmund Freud, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Twain, Henri Matisse, Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

Recovery, making a life of contribution despite and with a mental illness, is about hope and belief and patience and persistence.

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How To Deal With Anxiety

Christine Hassler | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Twenty-Something Advice, Balanced Life, Being Present, Anxiety, Advice, Mental Health, The Inner Life, Living News
Christine Hassler

Dear Christine, Lately I have been struggling so much with anxiety about everything in my life. I feel like I should have more figured out about my fu...

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Sleep Is Sanity

Therese Borchard | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Sanity, Mental Health, Insanity, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Insomnia, Living News
Therese Borchard

Thanks to James Bishop's Optimism Software, I've become meticulous about my sleep hygiene this summer. I go to bed every night between 9:30 and 10:00 ...

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Punting on Israeli Army Boot Camp

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 08.11.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Mental Health, Boot Camp, Mental Illness, Soldiers, Israeli Military, Army, Miliary, Israei Military Exercises, World News
Robert David Jaffee

Inside a firing simulator, someone says that I am shaking my head. I am, not because I am afraid of shooting but because I am convinced that nearly all of the guys are against me.

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O. Carl Simonton Dies At 66: Pioneer Of Mind-Body Approach To Battling Cancer

Los Angeles Times | Valerie J. Nelson | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Oncologist, Mental Health, Women's Health, Men's Health, Oncology, Health, Carl Simonton Dies, Meditation, Carl Simonton, Guided Imagery, Meditation Cancer, Guided Imagery Cancer, Mind Body Connection Cancer, Living News

Dr. O. Carl Simonton, a radiation oncologist who popularized the mind-body connection in fighting cancer and helped push the once-controversial notion...

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Vitamin D and Mental Health

Therese Borchard | Posted 08.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Mental Health, Vitamin D, Home News
Therese Borchard

It was with interest that I read Dr. Soram Khalsa's post on The Huffington Post about the Vitamin D epidemic in this country today. The medical do...

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Happiness Spreads Like Wildfire

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Mental Health, Healthin30.Com, Happiness, Living News, Living News
Barbara Ficarra

The bottom line is: Surround yourself with people who make you happy. Not only will you be happy, but so will others in your social network.

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New England Journal of Medicine Reports Mental Health Epidemic Among Republican Governors

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Mental Illness, Mark Sanford, Andy Borowitz, Mental Health, Prison, Tourette-Syndrome, Sarah Palin, New England Journal of Medicine, Bernard Madoff, Bernie Madoff, Republican Party, Who-Moved-My-Soap, Republicans, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

According to the study, the symptoms of the epidemic include "bizarre, uncontrollable behaviors" and "grandiose self-ideations," including an impulse to compare oneself to Biblical figures.

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Six Steps To Living In The Present

Psychology Today | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, What Is Mindfulness, Living in the Present, Mindfulness, Women's Health, Meditation, Present Moment Awareness, Men's Health, Breathing, Living News

A friend was walking in the desert when he found the telephone to God. The setting was Burning Man, an electronic arts and music festival for which 50...

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Everyone Has A "Type" What's Yours?

YourTango | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Personality Types, Marriage, Mental Health, Relationships, Women's Health, Sex, Dating, Men's Health, Love, Everyone Has a Type, Whats Yours?, Type a Personality, Living News

What's your type? Talk, dark and handsome? Short, bald and chubby? Muscular, unavailable and angry? How about Explorer, Builder, Negotiator or Directo...

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Dying To Quit: F.D.A. Warns About Stop-Smoking Drugs Chantix and Zyban

nytimes.com | GARDINER HARRIS and DUFF WILSON | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Nicotine, Smoking, Women's Health, Health, Zyban, Suicide Smoking Drugs, Suicide Risk Zyban, Suicide, Chantix, Men's Health, Quitting Smoking, Suicide Risk Chantix, Living News

Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental ...

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