A volunteer firefighter, Randy Workman knows the importance of drills in preparing for an emergency.
Mental health drills could reduce youth suicides
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Nov
2015
Mental Health
In heroin crisis, white families seek gentler way on drugs
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Nov
2015
When Courtney Griffin was using heroin, she lied, disappeared, and stole from her parents to support her $400-a-day habit. Her family paid her debts, never filed a police report and kept her addiction secret — until she was found dead last year of an overdose.
Fascinating images reveal how people with autism see the world
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Oct
2015
People with autism see the world differently. They typically don’t look at faces as closely; they can be more easily overwhelmed by too many stimuli; and they may fixate intensely on one thing at a time.
Sam Sarpong spent 7 hours talking to police before apparent suicide
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Oct
2015
More details have come to light surrounding the tragic apparent suicide of Sam Sarpong on Monday, Oct. 26. According to a press release from the Pasadena Police Department, the British-American actor, model, and TV personality jumped off a bridge in Pasadena, Calif., after a seven-hour exchange with the authorities. Sarpong was 40 at the time of his death.
Teen mental health concerns surface in new Minnesota clinic
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Oct
2015
Only 40 percent of Minnesota youth received a mental health screening as part of their preventive checkups last year. Of those, 1 in 10 showed signs of depression or other mental health concerns, state officials said Thursday. The results come from a first-ever analysis of Minnesota health clinics. The study shows clinics are doing well in counseling children on obesity but suggests they’re falling short on mental health evaluation.
Checking up: emotional wellness can strengthen your mind, body
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Oct
2015
The term “void” can be defined as complete emptiness; it is intangible and invisible. Some people spend day after day trying to fill an emotional void — a psychological hole that drains happiness. Being emotionally unstable or apathetic is detrimental to one’s emotional wellness.
Anxious people have one big thing in common when it comes to an important social skill
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Oct
2015
Daily life often requires us to quickly size up the emotions of those around us. People are pretty good at judging whether a crowd is friendly, but anxious people may be worse at this task, a new study finds.
Women’s mission event to highlight PTSD
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Oct
2015
The annual Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Women’s Missions Celebration is set for Nov. 9 at Southern Hills Baptist Church, 8601 S Pennsylvania.
‘Nothing prepares you for crash-landing on Planet Grief’
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Oct
2015
There was nothing remarkable about how the morning of Sunday February 27 2011 began. OK, I woke up in Barbados instead of London, but although my body was on holiday, my brain had not yet adapted to the more relaxed surroundings of the Caribbean, and it buzzed with its usual anxieties: I’ve got a sore throat; I can feel a zit coming up; how are the dog’s bowels?
There is no health without mental health
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Oct
2015
Building strong leadership, creating care equity and looking outside the health care industry should all play vital roles on the future of comprehensive mental illness care policies, according to a national policy advocate who spoke on Thursday to a group of Montana mental health care professionals.
Treating severe mental illness: The U.S. lags behind
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Oct
2015
“New Approach May Alleviate Schizophrenia” (front page, Oct. 20) describes a large new study reporting on the optimal treatment for first break psychosis. The winner is a combination of medication, education, skills training and psychotherapy. This is not at all surprising: This package already informs best practice in most other developed countries.
Bipolar disorder can’t stop this University of Colorado senior
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Oct
2015
When Elizabeth Vanicelli was 7 years old, she started seeing a therapist for depression. At 9, she was prescribed Paxil, an anti-depressant medication. At 15, things got much worse: she told her psychiatrist she had a plan to end her life.
Lady Gaga one of five celebs to disclose depression—tackling the stigma
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Oct
2015
One day after Lady Gaga revealed her lifelong struggle with depression, Travis Barkerhas come out about the time he was on the brink of suicide. Sharon Osborne has come out about her postpartum depression just today, after hearing that Hayden Panettiereis seeking help for the disorder.
Estrogen may help some women with anxiety disorders
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Oct
2015
There is no question that women
are juggling more than ever these days and that burden can lead to a lot of stress. Rosy Gil knows that first-hand.
How climbing helps people with traumatic brain injuries find their feet
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Oct
2015
Repetitive motions help the brain reorganise its neural pathways, but simply socialising and sharing can be a self-confidence booster, too.