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Jul 17 2014
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Fully Recovered from 5 Years of Taliban Captivity, Really? – Vol. 267, July 17, 2014 Men go to fight for their country for many different reasons. Sometimes they go to get away from terrible circumstances at home, others to get a free education and still others because they …
Jul 14 2014
By Donna M. Novi So, I finally got the reason why my life seemed to be falling apart. My health was deteriorating before my eyes. Funny thing is I thought I was eating very healthy when in fact I was literally killing myself a little at a time, over years actually. I guess the old saying is true, …
Jul 10 2014
Spreading Love Instead of Bullets and Untimely Death -Vol. 266, June 21, 2014 In these last few years we have heard many stories in the news about fatal shootings at schools, public events and even in our own military’s compounds by their own soldiers. One needs to ask why this is happening at such an …
Jul 08 2014
According to an article in the New York Times, September 14, 2011, Xanax (generic name alprazolam), an anti-anxiety drug was the eighth most prescribed drug in the nation last year, according to SDI, a data firm that tracks drug sales. Xanax is a benzodiazepine which is a sedative. The problem with this medication is that …
Jul 03 2014
Believe It or Not, Mental Health Harms More Than Smoking – Vol. 265, June 14, According to an article written by Danny Matteson in the International Business Times, mental illness can take more years off your life expectancy than smoking. Patients with bipolar or schizophrenia disorder may lose seven to 24 years of their life …
Jun 30 2014
According to Joseph C. Blader of Stony Brook State University of New York as reported in Archives of General Psychiatry, August 1, 2011, discharges for psychiatric hospitals rose by more than 80% for 5 to 13 year olds and 42% for older teens between 1996 and 2007. These numbers were based on those kids who …
Jun 26 2014
Vol. 263, June 26, 2013 In an article published in HealthDay, (Feb. 26, 2014)reporter, Mary Elizabeth Dallas shares the distressing fact that 75% of all of those affected in Europe and the United States, which amounts to 25% of the population, never receive treatment for these disorders of decompensation. Psychosis, depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety …