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POPSThe PTSD Nation - America the Traumatized This breaking of the national psyche was bound to happen; it's been decades in the making. American exceptionalism -- the idea that we are somehow better and more blessed than any other people on the face of the earth -- was bound to fail as our nation, like every other before it, found itself caught in the grinding wheels of history. The 2000 election, 9/11, Enron and WorldCom, Afghanistan, Iraq on a lie, Abu Ghraib, the USA Patriot Act, Guantánamo, Katrina and near economic collapse: each of these -- and many, many others -- challenged our sense of national identity, giving the lie to who we thought we were, and compromising a sense of safety, however delusional, that we once enjoyed. No longer were Americans exempt from the perils that face other nations. sneaked up behind us and whacked us in the head.
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POPSPassionate Love compared the lover's serotonin levels with those from the OCD group and another group who were free from both passion and mental illness. Levels of serotonin in both the obsessives' blood and the lovers' blood were 40 percent lower than those in normal subjects. ... Translation: Love and mental illness may be difficult to tell apart. ... "Why doesn't passionate love last? ... Biologically speaking, the reasons romantic love fades may be found in the way our brains respond to the surge and pulse of dopamine ... cocaine users describe the phenomenon of tolerance: the brain adapts to the excessive input of the drug ...
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POPS Crazy Hate Souvenir Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy is recovering in hospital after an assault left his face covered in blood following a rally in Milan. He suffered two broken teeth, a minor nose fracture and cuts to his lip after being struck by a man wielding a souvenir model of the city's cathedral. Mr Berlusconi, 73, tried to assure supporters afterwards he was OK. The alleged attacker, who has a history of mental illness, has been charged with throwing the souvenir. Massimo Tartaglia, 42, had no previous criminal record, police were quoted as saying.
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POPS Different Causes Of Bipolar Disorder Hormones and neurotransmitters — or brain chemicals like serotonin — are also believed to play a role in developing bipolar disorder. People with bipolar disorder have disturbances in the areas of the brain that control mood, but researchers are unsure if that is a cause or a result of the disease.
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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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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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POPSBring Change 2 Mind: Glenn Close Mental Illness Bring Change 2 Mind: So the only change in her look was her costume? Hall: Primarily, it was a costume change. The change in her face was from taking a 2-D design into a ... read more. Race to Richmond: Deeds vs. McDonnell. Would you mind sending me an ... bring change 2 mind, glenn close mental illness, bring change to mind, idaho repository, jillian michaels new show
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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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POPSnewly accepted and published article by ezine Here are a couple of paragraphs from the article I submitted to ezine which they have just informed me has been accepted for publication. You may have alraedy had a preview in the past, but check out the whole article and others on my site. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Regards Ralph
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POPSBeautiful Minds
I've been interested in this topic for a very long time, and I wonder not only why the two seem to go hand-in-hand, but is there some causality? Is it that being different and therefore often ostracized for these differences makes one fall into depression? That doesn't seem to explain it - what about visionaries like Yayoi Kusama who were "insane" before their creative inclinations forced them to express what they imagined? Then, does that mean that most of these individuals are in some way "mad" to begin with, and therefore are able to come up with other ways of looking at things than those of us who think "normally"? Not only is it tragic that our most brilliant thinkers fall into these states, but it makes the very thought of pursuing intelligence and going into any... well, I don't want to say career, in this case it's more like a life-long obsession, a love... but in any case, it's almost scary to even wander into "that field" knowing how one feels while there; knowing the ef
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POPSAre you happy with your IQ?
Prepare for the speculation, which is something that I sometimes do, sorry, you have the sources linked so you can draw your own conclusions. High levels of dopamine seem to be associated with contentment, so anxiety is probably related with low levels of dopamine, with is related with high IQ and memory. Once again intelligence and happiness seem to be contrary. The second part is more tricky. It is stated that self-confidence in intelligence may be unrelated with real IQ but is related with grades. What is the cause and the consequence between the high grades and self-confidence? May that mean that IQ tests are in fact not measuring intelligence? It is in fact tricky, but now take the first part again. Self-confidence seems related with high levels of dopamine, which is related with not-so-good IQ, but good grades. So if you are happy with your IQ chances are that it is not so high. Well, that made sense. However the brain is a complex system, a small change may have
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POPSHyperreligiosity I'm thinking I might want to read this book! It would sure explain a couple of my family members!
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POPSWhy inclusionary language matters More: You can believe with all your heart that sexism is terrible and evil, but when you call a woman a bitch, it kind of undermines your point. You can think that people with disabilities are oppressed and marginalized by society, and that this is wrong, but when you call something “lame,” you’re saying that you think it’s ok to continue oppressing people with disabilities. When you say that someone should “step up,” you are unconsciously erasing everyone in the population who cannot step, like wheelchair users and people who are bedbound. When you refer to someone or something as “insane” or “crazy,” you are using mental illness as a slur. So stop it. Stop using exclusionary language. Start including people. And stop trying to defend it. If you’re too lazy to find a better word or phrase to use, that’s your problem, not society’s.
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POPSFalse Flag Flu (H1n1) prompts changes to Mental Health Act
I started to comment but couldn't really add to these. Is it right that swine flu should affect health regulations? Your comments (terms and conditions apply): "Absolutely not, especially if these authorities redefine 'mental illness' to include being opposed to the government's official stories about the swine flu. When governments remove civil rights, and arbitrarily change laws so as to deny due process of law, we are automatically living under a dictatorship. Citizens of any nation which allow such nefarious backdoor assaults on their freedoms will have their indifference rewarded with tyranny" – Dee Nicholson, Canada "No. absolutely not. In the event of staff shortages, what we don't need is less thorough assessment! Swine flu seems to be the 'new terrorism' allowing the state to impose 'fear based' measures that would otherwise seem unthinkable" – Christian Thompson, Yorkshire "Tyranny, fascism and eugenicism in action" – Scott, Teesside
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POPSTexting Addiction Signs Are you showing signs of addiction to texting: “How addiction” to texting can become a major problem; Phone addiction can in-fact evolve into “addiction abuse”, texting mobile could result in suffering from a mental illness; Read on to find out if you are showing signs of addiction to texting:
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