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Is It Normal?
When your child is born the first sentence out of your mouth is: “Is it normal?” There is relief and gratitude when they tell you yes. Then twenty years later a bomb drops at the time your child is ab… more →
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Mental Health Researchers Reject Psychiatry's New Diagnostic 'Bible'
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Just weeks before psychiatry’s new diagnostic “bible”—the DSM 5— is set to be released, the world’s … more →
No Comment: On Actively Opting Out of Atrocity Play-By-Play
wrote 1 month ago: Increasingly, I don’t post about major, tragic news events. In the media firestorm that follows, whe … more →
Google Searches Reveal Seasonal Trends in Mental Illnesses
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wrote 1 month ago: It’s easy to appreciate the seasonality of winter blues, but web searches show that other diso … more →
Time To Change
wrote 1 month ago: So it’s April now and it is time for a spring cleaning of sorts. My birthday is coming up nex … more →
Is It Normal?
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wrote 1 month ago: When your child is born the first sentence out of your mouth is: “Is it normal?” There is relief and … more →
Study: Women Abused As Kids More Likely To Have Children With Autism
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wrote 2 months ago: The results are the first to suggest a trans-generational contributor to the developmental disorder. … more →
What Really Causes Violence in Psychosis?
wrote 2 months ago: A new study investigates how anger associated with delusions — not simply being out of touch with re … more →
They Just Don't Like Us
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wrote 2 months ago: Three years ago a clubhouse, Granite Pathways, opened in Manchester, N.H. to help people struggling … more →
Morning Rises in the Neighboring Town
wrote 2 months ago: I am a liar! I’m a liar and a cheat! I heard that line from a mentor when I was ten up in Rhod … more →
Mental Illness Increases Risk of Being Homicide Victim
wrote 2 months ago: Studies and media coverage of violence and mental illness tends to focus on the mentally ill as pote … more →
Weirdo! Weirdo! Weirdo!
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wrote 2 months ago: We shunned the local retard at our parents’ insistence. “But, Mom, I like him.” “Sorry, sweetie, sta … more →
Lasting Legacy of Childhood Bullying: Psychiatric Problems In Adulthood
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wrote 3 months ago: It’s not just the victims of bullying that experience long-term consequences; bullies themselv … more →
Autism and Schizophrenia May Develop During Short Period of Time in Infancy
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wrote 3 months ago: Genes connected to the two disorders may only be active for a brief window of time. The study, while … more →
Should Mentally Ill Patients Be Allowed to Smoke?
wrote 3 months ago: Quitting smoking is hard enough on its own, but studies show the challenge is even greater if you su … more →
Yoga and the Mind: Can Yoga Reduce Symptoms of Major Psychiatric Disorders?
wrote 3 months ago: Yoga does the body good, and according to a new study, it may ease the mind as well. “Yoga has … more →
"Researcher Discovers The Genomic Mechanism Behind Schizophrenia"
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wrote 3 months ago: Link to an article on the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation website: another piece of the puzzl … more →
How Keeping Psych Records Too Private Can Hurt Patient Care
wrote 4 months ago: The latest research suggests that preventing psychiatrists from sharing their patients’ records with … more →
Oxytocin May Forge Bonds Between Dads and Children
wrote 5 months ago: The latest research suggests the ‘love hormone’ could also help in treating conditions s … more →
