Violence and abuse within a household are not unusual in many countries, including Afghanistan and Iran. Far less common is a brother willing to defy local authorities and relatives to speak out on behalf of his abused sister.
While sitting in class listening to a lecturing professor one of your classmates starts moving around in her chair more and more. She starts looking around the room frantically and begins to clasp together her hands until her knuckles turn white. Her eyes begin to turn red and swell, and tears begin to roll down her face. Now she is staring at the exit. She seemed fine just a moment ago and no one else in the room is acting like this.
Jody Parrish, 32, left a note, sent his ex a farewell text and set off to end it all — then trod on the remote. After his sister’s DVD began playing, he spent five hours laughing so hard at bungling boss David Brent — famed for his catchphrase “Fact” — that he cheered up.
Department of Veterans Affairs doctors are continuing to prescribe tranquilizers such as Valium and Xanax to veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder — despite VA guidelines advising against their use for the condition.
The Army is launching a “Hire a Veteran” campaign aimed at debunking the myth that all combat veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are somehow emotionally damaged.
Campus initiatives aim to change youth attitudes on mental health.
Mayor Alvin Brown says he’s is setting his sights on an issue that continues to threaten the well-being of the city’s large and growing veterans community: the suicide rate among veterans.
Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma is critical for the development of adult-onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.)
A Henderson court is seeking veterans to help mentor peers who have run into trouble with the law.
Our emotional responses to the stresses of daily life may predict our long-term mental health, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.