Mental Health

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Patrick Kennedy Admitted To Medical Facility For Treatment

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Kennedy Mental Health, Patrick Kennedy Depression, Mental Health, Patrick Kennedy Drugs, Patrick Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy Treatment, Mental Health Treatment, Politics News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who has struggled with depression, alcoholism and addiction for much of his life, said Friday that he h...

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Adolescent Depression: Do We Have the Will to Make a Difference?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescents, Adolescent-Depression, Depression, Preventative Healthcare, Mental Health, Teenagers, Living News

We need to have the will to make depression screening for adolescents a standard of care for primary care: to make it a required field in the electronic medical record and a quality standard for health plans and hospitals.

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How To Live On $0 A Day: Taking Pleasure In The Little Things -- A Pep Talk

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.06.2009 | Comedy

My mind raced darkly as I approached the car. I thought to myself, 'Dear God, if I just got a $40 parking ticket in order to get free samples of Fiber One cereal, shoot me now. I'm going to be so poor, I'll have to eat the Fiber One. Why me? Life is so freaking unfair I don't think I can bear another minute. I hate Fiber One.'

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What Makes You Grow? ...Emotional Nutrients!

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Mental Health, Relationship Advice, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Work, The Inner Life, Living News

Figuring out your emotional nutrients doesn't have to cost you a lot of money in therapy, but it is one of those tasks that require time and honest self evaluation.

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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Live in the Moment or Envision the Future? - How to Get Excited For Both

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Happiness, Carl R. Sullivan MD, Living in the Moment, Self Awareness, healthin30, Mental Health, Empowerment, Health, Healthy Living, Living, Living News

Both living in the moment and picturing your future can rejuvenate you.

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Susan Boyle Needs Your Friendship and Support

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Support, Friend, Stigma, Emotional Disorder, Mental Health, Entertainment, Mental Illness, Friendship, Susan Boyle, Brain Research, Health, Discrimination, Nervous Breakdown, Britain’s Got Talent, Breaking Living News, Priory, Living News

The emotional fallout of Susan Boyle's unexpected and disappointing defeat on Saturday night was clearly devastating. The front-runner failed to take ...

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Paying the Piper: Brain "Neuroenhancers"

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Provigil, Adhd, Mental Health, Brain, Adult ADHD, Focus, Health, Side Effects, Neuroenhancers, US Airforce, Medicine, Wellness, Ritalin, Adderall, Living News

If you don't have a medical condition like ADHD or narcolepsy and you take stimulants, you are entering the world of performance enhancement, where many have tread and paid a great price.

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6 Quick Sanity Tricks

Therese Borchard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Sanity, Cognitive/Behavioral Tools, Happiness, Stress, Mental Health, Health, Peace, Living News

Awhile back I asked you for your sanity tricks, techniques that help you fight the forces of the dark side. Here are some of the gems. 1. Learn the a...

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Why Suppressing Thoughts And Emotions Does Not Work

spring.org.uk | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Positive Thinking, Focus, Health, Wellness, Happiness, Living News

It sometimes feels like our minds are not on the same team as us. I want to go to sleep, but it wants to keep me awake rerunning events from my childh...

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What Is Happiness?

nytimes.com | Simon Critchley | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Mental Health, Health, Wellness, Contentment, Happiness, Living News

What is happiness? How does one get a grip on this most elusive, intractable and perhaps unanswerable of questions? I teach philosophy for a living...

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Unplug and Recharge: If You're Feeling Tired, Try This

Sara Avant Stover | Posted 06.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Yoga, Mental Health, Focus, Personal Health, Unplug and Recharge, Thailand, Wellness, Living News

I'm tired today. Really tired. The kind of tired that green tea (I'm not a coffee drinker) or eight hours of sleep can remedy.

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10 Ways To Overcome Your Fears

Tara Stiles | Posted 06.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Recession Fears, Yoga, The Inner Life, Fear, Mental Health, Recession Anxiety, Focus, Balance, Anxiety, Compassion, Living News

I'm sitting in my hotel room in LA after a long few days of exciting meetings, deal making, and other fun adventures, scanning my psychology for fears...

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Pop Your Blue Collar: The Case For Working With Your Hands

New York Times Magazine | Matthew B. Crawford | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Blue Collar, Work Life Balance, Mental Health, White Collar, Work, Health, Careers, Jobs, Living News

The television show "Deadliest Catch" depicts commercial crab fishermen in the Bering Sea. Another, "Dirty Jobs," shows all kinds of grueling work; on...

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Red the Book: He Called His Penis John Wayne. He Lied.

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: College Students, Lies, Britain, Ostriches, Mental Health, Dating Advice, College, Romance, Zoo, Dating, Dishonesty, Men, Storytelling, John Wayne, Entertainment News

So I loved a storyteller. Don't we all? Is there anything more seductive, really?

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Therapeutic Gardening: Digging Your Way Out Of Depression

BBC News | Jane Elliott | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, Mental Health, Personal Health, Nature, Self-Confidence, Gardening, Wellness, Living News

Julian Holland struggled to feel comfortable in social settings and had a debilitating lack of self-confidence. For a long time he was reluctant to st...

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She's Anorexic, and You're a Bad Mother

Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Mental Health, Activism, Bulimia, Anorexia, Parenting and Food, Living News

I was told in 2002 to stop feeding my child. She was anorexic and her young body was failing. They were wrong, they're still wrong, and they're still saying it.

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True Pandemic Preparedness: Health Care Reform Now

Rep. Patrick Kennedy | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Congress, Mental Health, Insurance, Health, Swine Flu, Flu Pandemic, Pandemics, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

The un- and under-insured in our country are highly susceptible to any pandemic outbreak. The realities of biology will not let us separate into "us" versus "them" categories.

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Elizabeth Edwards: From Public Humiliation to New Reality

Janice Taylor | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Happiness, Oprah Winfrey, Resilience, Janice Taylor, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Mental Health, Healthy Living, Depression, Living News

People say that we only get 'what we can handle,' that there are 'lessons to be learned,' and some simply say that God works in mysterious ways. I'm ...

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Why Antidepressants Don't Live Up To The Hype

news.yahoo.com | JOHN CLOUD | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Antidepressants, Health, Living News

In the '90s, Americans grew fond of the idea that you can fix depression simply by taking a pill - most famously fluoxetine (better known as Prozac), ...

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Coming Out of the Closet: My Climate Trauma (and Yours?)

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Witness, Mental Health, TED Conference, Climate Change, Psychology, Al Gore, Global Warming, 1sky, Psychiatry, Green News

As I started to immerse myself in the science and early impacts of global warming, I became increasingly distraught.

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A Letter To New Moms

Therese Borchard | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Postpartum-Depression, Postpartum Depression, Mother's Day, Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health, Mental Health, Women's Health, Parenting, Living News

This Mother's Day, Postpartum Progress will post a different "Letter to New Moms" every hour. The writers? Survivors of and experts on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Here's my letter.

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Your Life: 10 Ways to Fill Up on Happiness

Janice Taylor | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Bold and Beautiful, Happiness, Janice Taylor, Luck, Faith, Mental Health, Life & Wellness Coach, Health, Healthy Living, Brave, Lucky, Weight Loss Motivation, Love, Living News

People who "fill up on happiness" are more likely to naturally take actions that move them in the direction of their goals.

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Marriage & Family Stimulus Package Part II: Lean On...Someone!

Darryl A. Cobbin | Posted 06.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Mental Health, Support System, Recession, Self-Medicate, Living News

You would think in this economy everyone would be in bunker mode, hunkered down and looking out for number one. But, if anything, I have found that the opposite is true.

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