http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mentalhealth/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:54:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050236/posts A number of polls in diverse locations indicate that mental illness may be far more pervasive than most experts have thought. A poll conducted by Time magazine and the Rockefeller Foundation claims to have found that 88 percent of people support bigger government. “People are scared,” said Time magazine Managing Editor Richard Stengel. “Personal responsibility is too big of a burden for the average guy. He needs the comfort of a ‘big brother’ who’ll be there to tuck him in at night, so to speak.” “It’s the government’s job to take care of the people,” declared poll respondent, Melissa Pewler.... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050236/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:54:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048309/posts Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey visited Fort Bliss July 13 and said that an innovative program there to treat post-traumatic stress disorders ought to be replicated at other locations across the Army. Army News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048309/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:06:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047316/posts Climate change deniers have been having a field day with a recent report of the first known case of a patient diagnosed with "climate change delusion". The 17-year-old man believed that, due to climate change, his own consumption of water could run supplies dry, leading to the deaths of millions of people. He became suicidal, tried to stop drinking, and had been obsessively checking for leaking taps at home to prevent this happening. The case was reported in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047316/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:11:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046999/posts What can tattoos tell psychiatrists about the mental state of prisoners locked up after being judged unfit to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of insanity? Plenty, according to a Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry study published in the journal Personality and Mental Health. Body art may be a tip-off that inmates are suffering from antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), a mental condition characterized by, among other traits, a lack of empathy for others, remorselessness about crimes committed, pathological lying, cheating and stealing as well as physical and emotional aggressiveness. Researchers studied a sample of 36 inmates at a... Scientific American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046999/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:25:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046308/posts Australian doctors have published in a medical journal the case of a 17-year old held for observation, suffering the first observed case of “climate change delusion phenomenon” (CCD). It seems that he suffered from fears that “due to climate change, his own water consumption could lead to days to the deaths of millions of people through exhaustion of water supplies.” This particular product of modern education techniques “was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood…He also…had visions of apocalyptic events.” Where ever would he get such an idea? OK,... HUMAN EVENTS Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046308/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982345/posts The still waters of the Great Salt Lake run deep -- and dark. Take Wendy, a 40-year-old teacher and mother of three from Utah County. To all appearances, she led the perfect life. Just as she was expected to, she went from high school cheerleader to Mormon missionary to wife and mother. But life has a funny way of not being perfect," she said. "Three years into my marriage my husband was drinking, using drugs and stepping out on me. "I knew I was depressed and needed help, but there is a stigma about depression in this area," said Wendy,... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982345/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 06:41:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046062/posts "New Ways to Diagnose Autism Earlier" read a recent headline in the Wall Street Journal. There is no question that you can diagnose anything as early as you want. The real question is whether the diagnosis will turn out to be correct. My own awareness of how easy it is to make false diagnoses of autism grew out of experiences with a group of parents of late-talking children that I formed back in 1993. A number of those children were diagnosed as autistic. But the passing years have shown most of the diagnoses to have been false, as most of... Creators Syndicate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046062/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:08:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046021/posts Australian doctors have published in a medical journal the case of a 17-year old held for observation, suffering the first observed case of “climate change delusion phenomenon” (CCD). It seems that he suffered from fears that “due to climate change, his own water consumption could lead to days to the deaths of millions of people through exhaustion of water supplies”. This particular product of modern education techniques “was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood…He also…had visions of apocalyptic events”. Where ever would he get such an idea?... Human Events.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046021/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045139/posts Chicago, IL (AHN) - A new University of Chicago study linked happiness with age, with older people apparently happier than the youth. The findings are based on a study by Yang Yang, a researcher of the university's General Social Survey, in which 50,000 Americans have been interviewed since 1972 repeatedly to check trends, make comparisons and trace changes in responses over time. Tom Smith, director of the General Social Survey, reportedly said the findings had results that were contrary to popular expectations.Despite the health problems of older people, the study found that they have lesser financial, interpersonal and crime problems... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045139/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:49:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044376/posts The House and Senate reached agreement on a policy framework for legislation that would require employers and health insurers to put mental-health coverage on par with that for physical maladies. Details of the agreement are expected to be set this week, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking funding for the measure, which would cost the government an estimated $1.3 billion over five years and $3.4 billion over 10 years, mainly because of lost tax revenue. Leading lawmakers such as Sen. Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.) hope to push the bill through Congress and send it to the White House... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044376/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:37:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044324/posts It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness from all sides. Psychiatrists would bring to the union their expertise and clinical experience, drug makers would provide their products and the money to run rigorous studies, and patients would get better medications, faster... --snip-- An analysis of Minnesota data by The New York Times last year found that on average, psychiatrists who received at least $5,000 from makers of newer-generation antipsychotic drugs appear to have written three times as many prescriptions to children for the drugs as psychiatrists who received less money or none. The drugs... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044324/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:01:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043736/posts Chapel Hill, N.C. (AHN) -- A new study found that stopping drinking alcohol can be detrimental to one's mental health.According to the findings of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studies performed on mice who voluntarily drank alcohol for 28 days showed that when their alcohol consumption was stopped, it caused depression and a negative mood that set in 14 or more days after their systems were cleared of alcohol. This led scientist to believe that people who quit drinking, even moderate drinkers, will experience "negative mood states" days or weeks... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043736/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:30:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043376/posts Andrew Bolt July 09, 2008 12:00am PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of "climate change delusion" - and they haven't even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru. Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children's Hospital say this delusion was a "previously unreported phenomenon". "A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events." (So have Alarmist of the Year... The Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043376/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:43:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043355/posts For a preview of America’s future if global warming advocates get elected (oh wait, BOTH candidates believe in this delusion) you have only to see what’s going on in Australia. Andrew Bolt describes what’s happening. First from a deluded teen ager: "A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events." ..."The patient had also developed the belief that, due to climate change, his own water consumption could lead within days to the deaths of... The Virginian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043355/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:58:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043292/posts PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of "climate change delusion" - and they haven't even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru. Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children's Hospital say this delusion was a "previously unreported phenomenon". "A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events." The Herald Sun (Australia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043292/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:28:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043175/posts We've been saying for some time that climate change alarmists are deluded, but now science backs us up -- well, sort of. Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo identify a new psychiatric disorder they call Climate Change Delusion. The Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia) quotes from their report: "A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events." ... "The patient had also developed the belief that,... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043175/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:34:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2042985/posts "Psychiatrists have detected the first case of “climate change delusion. Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children’s Hospital say this delusion was a “previously unreported phenomenon. A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events.” More . . . The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2042985/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:24:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042908/posts PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of "climate change delusion" - and they haven't even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru. Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children's Hospital say this delusion was a "previously unreported phenomenon". "A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events." (So have Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery, Profit of Doom Al... Herald Sun Online Australia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042908/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:35:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2042052/posts R.I.P. FORMER ARMY PFC. JOSEPH DWYER The unfortunate death of 31 year old Joseph Dwyer, married father of a young daughter, was just one of the more recent instances of post-war tragedy: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lisold0706,0,814136,print.story This is not to suggest that the Iraq War is over; that mission is not yet accomplished. But the war ended, finally, for Joseph Dwyer with his death on June 28th, 2008. It could not be said that his war ended with his separation from the Army in 2006 because his personal demons would not allow it. I write this belated and abbreviated obituary for Joseph Dwyer,... http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lisold0706,0,814136,print.story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2042052/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041905/posts Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90+ Study, one of the nation's largest studies of dementia and other health factors in the fastest-growing age demographic. The researchers reviewed an analysis of 911 people enrolled in the 90+ Study. Of those, 45 percent of the women had dementia, as opposed to 28 percent of the men. The analysis did not determine when the subjects first experienced dementia. The 90-plus age group, or the "oldest old," is the fastest growing segment of the population, according... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041905/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:57:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041521/posts Sen. Barack Obama clarified his position today on mental-health exceptions to late-term abortions, saying he supports such exceptions and that comments he made during a recent magazine interview shouldn't be interpreted as opposing them. The Swamp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041521/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:48:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040978/posts Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests. The study focused on 719 elderly Indonesians living in urban and rural regions of Java. The researchers found high tofu consumption - at least once a day - was associated with worse memory, particularly among the over-68s. The Loughborough University-led study features in the journal Dementias and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. Soy products are a major alternative protein source to meat for many people in the developing world. But soy consumption is also on the increase in the west, where it... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040978/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040633/posts Suicides kill more people than homicide and war, namely 1.8% of worldwide deaths! Global suicide rates have increased 60% over the past 45 years and suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth and young adults, aged 10-24. It's also is one of the leading causes of death for adults between the ages of 25-44, with men ranking 75 to 80 %. Socio-psychological studies rate single men as the least emotionally stable, followed by married men, and single women; married women are the most emotionally stable. The current world suicide rate is approximately 1 million per year, or... Pattaya [Thailand] Daily News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040633/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:24:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039899/posts Academic Morning After Profits by: Bethany Stotts, July 02, 2008 This June the New York Times broke the story that two Harvard Professors, Dr. Joseph Biederman and Dr. Timothy Wilens, had only belatedly reported their considerable external financing from drug makers to their University. The evidence, revealed during a congressional investigation, may also cast suspicion on the dramatic increase in prescribed antipsychotics. As AIA has documented, some groups remain skeptical of the expansive definitions surrounding Attention Deficit Disorder diagnoses. Others are concerned by the rapid expansion of the use of psychotropic drugs among children. The investigation of the Harvard doctors,... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039899/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:51:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039469/posts They callously ignored her. Esmin Green is seen in these infuriating images collapsing on the psychiatric emergency-room floor at Kings County Hospital - stared at by one worker, ignored by a security guard, and finally nudged by a health-care staffer on June 19. She lay there for an hour before doctors and nurses snapped to attention and tried to revive the 49-year-old Jamaica native. It was too late. The shocking video was released by lawyers suing KCH in federal court on an unrelated matter. "I heard about it and it's horrible how she died like that," said Green's landlady, Beatrice... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039469/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:23:13 GMT