Articles Tagged ‘mental health’
Opinion | By April 20, 2007 | By JC, MD | 7 Comments
The Virginia Tech Massacre
I’ve been pondering exactly how to post about what happened this week at the campus of Virginia Tech. I’ve got so many emotions about the killings of so many innocent people. I’m deeply saddened by all of it. At times, I’m a little numb because death is really something that is a daily part of a physician’s life. I’ve also just felt angry at society for allowing this to happen. At other times, I’m just angry with the killer.
The news has been going nonstop about this event. Who is to blame? Mr. Cho? His parents? His friends? The Virginia Tech community? No one? Read more →
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We at Brain Blogger have been officially tagged! Our volunteer technical consultant, Everton Blair of Connected Internet, listed our site on a new tag game. It focuses on technology, science, and consumer electronics sites. Everyone anticipates that the list will grow a “mile long.” Apparently,... Read more →
Are you reading this at work during your lunch break? Has anyone come into the lunchroom to tell you about the cold they had lately, or their children’s chicken pox, or their aging father’s hip replacement? I bet this happens quite a bit. Just about everyone talks about these maladies, small... Read more →
In recent decades, societal conceptions of mental health and mental illness have evolved significantly. Compared to prevailing attitudes of the early 1900’s, the general public and scientific community alike have become much more aware and knowledgeable of mental illness: its causes, severity,... Read more →
Last night I heard my mom say she wishes maybe, I had cancer or something, instead of what I got is my bipolar. That really made me sad and made me mad! When I finally asked my mom, “why,” she said, “If only you had cancer or lymphoma or something like that. Everyone would understand,... Read more →
Interviewee: Joy, age 31-35, from Washington with anxiety and cancer. I was happily married, life was good wonderful even. My husband left when I found out I had cancer, stating he is gay. I am cancer free now. I have never been diagnosed. Have been treated for anxiety in 2003 used effexor, no therapy …... Read more →
Interviewee: Hua, age 16-20, from China was diagnosed with “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I was diagnosed in May 2004 in China but suffered from it for four years.” Well, I can write a book to describe everything. I’m an OCD expert. Internet is where i obtained all those infos. Reading... Read more →
Welcome back to Brain Blogger! Thanks to the generous volunteerism of computer expert Everton Blair, we have dramatically improved the look, feel, layout, and functionality of this news resource. As an official project of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation, our mission remains to inform —... Read more →
There is a time when a mentally ill person may realize that they need help. Symptoms worry them or others enough that they consider getting treatment. But the White House Conference on Mental Health identified stigma as the most important barrier to treatment for the mentally ill. (1) More than any other... Read more →
Schizophrenia treatment has significantly evolved since Nobel Laureate John Nash was initially treated with electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) and insulin coma “therapies” in the 50-60’s — as portrayed in the movie, A Beautiful Mind. Now, the ultimate goals of schizophrenia clinical... Read more →
Interviewee: Kelly, age 41-45, from Washington was diagnosed with “BiPolar 1 with rapid cycling-PSTD-Anxiety-Insomnia-Fibromyalgia. With Psychiatrist and Rumatologist in February 2000″. I have done alot of research online and reading books and from my Psychiatrist. I have learned how to tell... Read more →
Interviewee: Nicole, age 26-30, from Washington was diagnosed with “Bipolar 2 Disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)”. I became depressed many years ago when I was 21 years old. It started after I had flashbacks to my childhood where it began to show me I was molested by someone.... Read more →
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