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POPSWe Need To Do Better For Our Military Much of the study focused on 4th Brigade, home unit to most of the violent crime suspects. 4th Brigade was compared head-to-head with 3rd Brigade, which recently returned from Iraq. The 4th Brigade, now in Afghanistan, has suffered a higher casualty rate than other units its size in two deployments, the Army found, losing lives at a rate more than eight times that of 3rd Brigade. Along with the deaths came intense combat that took a mental toll on troops, the Army found. Soldiers in 4th Brigade were more likely than other soldiers to suffer mental illness. The study also found, though, that soldiers feel their careers can be damaged by seeking mental health help and too often feel that enlisted leaders don't support troops with mental illness. Read the entire article here: http://www.gazette.com/articles/soldiers-58520-report-army.html
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POPSFemale Drug Addicts And Orchid Recovery Center Women have unique needs when it comes to addictions to drug and alcohol. I have been told that their egos suffer more because of self-imposed guilt or shame. The Orchid Recovery Center, here in South Florida, specializes in treating women for addictions, and catering to their specific needs.
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POPSShould adult adoptees have rights to their birth certificates? November is National Adoption Month and I am going to try and highlight some of the concerns going on in the field of adoptions and post-adoption mental health (my specialty) to raise some more awareness on the topic. I am going to try and be fair and show both sides of the issues. Basically, I want to hear your thoughts and concerns. Tweet me a reply or post a comment below... The article clip below asks the questions of why states don't let adult adoptees have access to their birth certificates? What are your thoughts on it?
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POPSMurder-Suicide in Families (DoJ Report) Previous history of abuse is by far the most dominant risk factor. In one study, 82 percent of the men who killed their intimate partners were known to the authorities — treatment professionals, the military or the criminal justice system, for example . In most cases, the man exhibits possessive, obsessive and jealous behavior. There is a gradual build-up of tensions and conflicts after which an event leads the man to act. The triggering event is often the woman’s announcement that she is leaving. The time immediately after a woman leaves an abusive partner is the most dangerous . Read an article from the NIJ Journal about a tool to help assess a woman’s risk of being a victim of murder suicide (pdf, 6 pages).
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POPSFlu Alert: 10 Warning Signs to Call the Doctor People at higher risk for severe illness include pregnant women, young children, and adults with chronic illnesses or weak immune systems. Those of us caring for older adults feel particularly worried, because seniors are generally at high risk for getting very sick from seasonal influenza. The H1N1 strain is a little different in this respect; adults over 60 seem to be somewhat protected from it. Still, when older adults get sick, we need to watch them carefully to make sure it’s not developing into something more serious.
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POPSStrong link between obesity and depression Overall well being of a person compose of mental, physical and emotional fitness. Science has yet to discover how each relates. Can a person running 5 miles a day happier than a person who sits in front of the tv all day?
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POPSEmpathy as marketing tool This should be a natural for mental health pros! We do empathy all the time but do we think about how to use it when promoting our practices? How have you used empathy? What is one thing you could do today to upgrade your branding efforts with this powerful force? Share...
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POPSDo you drink coffee? Then try Healthy Coffee Coffee and tea is very acidic and toxic for you. If you don't want to give up your moring brew then try healthy coffee because with each sip you can lose weight, rejuvenate your body, de-stress, have more energy and sleep better. To order coffee: http://aprilficek.organogold.com/na/biz/ To learn more about Healthy Coffee: http://www.livetothemaxblog.com/2009/10/do-you-drink-coffee-then-try-cup-of.html Learn how to build your business online: http://www.livetothemaxblog.com/2009/09/renegade-network-marketer.html
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POPSMental and Behavioral Health Stress and stress related problems are becoming common these days; so also depression and anxiety, which in turn have an impact on our ...
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POPS Scavenger for Mind As how toxins are generated in our body and result in enervating pain..... and harmful to our health in due course....... so is our interaction with external matters in our day-to-day life relulting in accumulation of filth in our mind. Here is a remedial measure for....
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POPSShut Down The Source ! ! ! The second most-important component of brainwashing is children’s tv and video games (Followed closely by the behavioral conditioning dispensed by the educational system.)
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POPSEar probe may solve mental illness mystery "Through that probe, and by the person sitting in a chair which can be tilted to slight degrees on either side, we found that there are signals that come back in the form of evoked potentials and so on which are like squiggly lines which we are able to separate and show different patterns for different psychiatric illness such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder.
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POPS10 Health Benefits Of a Good Sex Life Many people simply enjoy a healthy sex life because sex is pleasurable. Now there’s another reason to stay under the sheets; there are substantial health benefits of sex.
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