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POPSWho Dat? Superbowl Americana It's In the News: The President is having a Superbowl Party. An opponent tweets he's surprised the President is not watching ice skating instead. This makes the news. Country western star Carrie Underwood will sing the national anthem. Hip-hop Queen Latifah will sing 'America the Beautiful." Geriatric British rockers, The Who, will do the half-time show. Someone tried to copywrite The New Orlean's Saint's cheer, known as: Who Dat? "Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints?" Who dat?" (This speech style is becoming knows as Afro-American Vernacular English...or, say wat?) The Madden video game has become noted for predicting the winner. Enter the teams. Let it play out. It says Colts win 35-27. Las Vegas gamblers say Colts win 32-28. The 'Predicting Nun," says Colts win 27-24. A USA TV audience of over 100 million is expected. People rate the commercials. and half-time shows: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawn-amos/super-bowl-halftime-show_
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POPSA Dark Side To Internet Surfing British scientists found that the longer people spent online, the less likely they were to be happy. A small group of the worst affected individuals were both depressed and addicted.
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POPSDark Chocolate Gourmet dark chocolate with a positive intention, a thought, a prayer and a blessing. A selection of fine, gourmet chocolate gifts have been created by Intentional Chocolate as an alternative to Godiva and Voges gourmet, dark chocolate gift baskets.
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POPSFish Oils 'Beat Psychotic Mental Illness' in Trials '..as effective as drugs, cutting the rate of psychotic illness.. .. by a quarter.' One can only assume from this statement that drugs are only effective 25% of the time anyway.. I just hope this doesnt lead to a ban on omega 3 or fish oils here in Ireland similar to the current ban of St Johnswort..
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POPSNavy supervisor doctored whistle-blower's (PTSD) records Continued But Salon has obtained internal Navy documents and correspondence that suggest officials at Camp Lejeune altered Manion’s favorable personnel records after he went public with his concerns, adding new, derogatory remarks similar to some of the information in Mabus’ letter to Jones. O'Byrne, head of mental health at the Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital, of "immediate concerns of physical safety" due to mistreated Marines teetering on the edge of violence. “There was -- and continues to be -- no means of discussion of high-intensity/dangerous cases,” he wrote. Later that month, Manion quoted to O’Byrne some Marine superiors who were calling troubled Marines “worthless pieces of shit” if they sought help.
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POPSFirst Years: Secondhand smoke can effect sleep quality Children who live with smokers have higher rates of asthma than those who live with non-smokers. Children born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy are 10 times more likely to be born with or develop asthma. The result, for those who unfortunately develop asthma, is a severe restriction on quality of life due to reduced lung function. That means limits on recreation, play and exercise.
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POPSDrug Rehab for Doctors For the last 30 years I've seen reports of drug abuse among doctors, finally, something is being done about it. This clinic may be the first of its kind, there should be a lot more of them.
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POPSThe Myth of Mental Illness= a controversial book
I suppose the world seems crazy at times and people are on guard and afraid of freaking out, loosing control, or going 'mental' or of it happening to people around them the power of empathy, compassion and conversation , talking over things and reasoning through psychological problems in a human natural way is sometimes neglected in favour of quick fixes such as prescribing drugs for every health problem I personally think that people in this field should be more rigorously tested and educated before having to deal with sensitive cases that need much care,attention, empathy,trust and compassion funny thing too that most psychiatrists seem to be men and therefore more rigid and authoritarian than a womans soft nurturing approach focus on the negative and past complaints doesn't necessarily enlighten the present state and circumstances I suppose there is a need for more compassion ,communication and engagement in society to restore faith in our common humanity
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POPSHealthy Benefits of Laughing Laughing provides a lot of health benefits for the mind and body; particularly the immune and cardiovascular systems. Laughing is also one of the fastest methods of relaxation, known to quickly decrease stress and the physical and mental illnesses associated with stress. As well, laughing is a great form of exercise that burns calories just like a workout.
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POPSGive This A Caption: Why Are These People Laughing?
America's Crash Course in Narcissism Joy Tiz 2010 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV-TR) is the diagnostic manual used by mental health professionals. A diagnosis of narcissism requires five out of nine characteristics. Note these traits must endure overtime and must not be reactions to a particular situation or environmental stressor: 1. Grandiose sense of self-importance. 2. Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, beauty, or ideal love. 3. Sense of specialness, belief he can only be understood by or should associate only with other special or high-status individuals or institutions. 4. Need for excessive admiration. 5. Heightened sense of entitlement, leading to unreasonable expectations that others should treat him especially favorably or comply automatically with his expectations. 6. Tendency to be inter-personally exploitative. A person with NPD does not hesitate in taking advantage of others to
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POPSSports Stars Shining Light on Mental Illness Mental illness is serious for the individual suffering the effects and for the surrounding family. Mental illness also can and usually does lead to the manifestation of physical problems as well. Many times this is how this debilitating affliction makes itself known and it is so very sad, especially when the health insurance industry refuses to acknowledge the painful procession.
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POPSTrait Examination OR Character Assassination? Compare this to any other field of mental health and it’s absurd that we would say ‘We already understand depression, no more theories, no more studying! Don’t call it depression or you are blaming the patient for their own depression.’
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POPSExperienced California Elder Abuse Attorney Elder abuse is a crime and it should be reported immediately, Felicia Curran has represented elderly and disabled adults and their families in connection with neglect of nursing homes, employers and sued large corporations that failed to honor senior citizen's rights.
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POPSHow the US exports its mental illnesses While on the the subject of the global balance of trade, big pharma is an industry where the US big is doing very well. They also benefit from the huge increase in drugging for the diseases of middle class overconsumption in massive new markets, such as India and China. Since they saturated their home market, the only hope for growth is expanding abroad. Too bad, it is necessary to create sick people, but it is all in the cause of free market growth.
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POPSParenting Your Adopted Teenager Parenting a teenager takes finesse and patience under the smoothest of situations but add the various issues of loss and identity that adoption can bring and you have an situation that most parents cannot handle. To help, the child welfare association has put together a handy 6 part fact book with parenting tips and tools:
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POPSOrganic Dark Chocolate Dark chocolate gift baskets,full of fine chocolate gourmet truffles from a gluten free,organic,ethical,kosher and spiritual chocolate company.Find out about the vitality that can come from dark chocolate and it's benefits during pregnancy.
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POPSNatural Anxiety Panic Disorder Treatment Protazen is the brand of Natural Supplements for Positive Mental Health - Best natural remedy for Anxiety, depression and natural treatment for depression and Anxiety. Visit us at http://www.protazen.com/
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