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Junk Food in Schools: Child Abuse?
What do human trafficking, “The Lovely Bones,” and school cafeterias have in common? In varying degrees, they all involve a bit of child abuse. Bear with us: We’re not living out childhood antagonism ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Cycle Style - Bike Blogs Blisstree Loves
Commuting on two wheels is healthy, good for the environment, and a cheap alternative to fueling up your car or buying a train ticket every day. Plus, Google’s Bike Maps make it ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Lifetime Movies We Love...And Make Fun Of
We’re staying in this Saturday night. Why? Because “Who Is Clark Rockefeller?” premieres March 13 (9 p.m. ET) on Lifetime, that’s why. (Remember the con-man who pretended to be a Rockefeller, duped ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
“Are canned foods good for you?” is what the guys over at AskMen.com wonder. But dudes aren’t the only ones eating canned chili. In a pinch for time or money, cooking with ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Cool Clocks in Time for Daylight Saving
Daylight Savings is this Sunday, and unfortunately, this is the one we dread: we lose an hour of precious sleep. Though we can’t help you make up for the lost time, we ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Things That Smell Like (Happy) Things
Taken from TheGloss, our splendid sister site. Thanks to Deputy Editor Jennifer Wright for this delicious and nostalgic post: Lilit and I are fairly skeptical about things that smell like things, especially after ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
The Trouble With Spikol
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, a revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is underway. Public comments are being solicited One of the doctors who worked on the last version, Allen Frances, tells Judy Woodruf on the PBS Newshour that the last changes, though well-intentioned,...
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Effexor to Cymbalta: Not So Bad
You know, if you rely on the Internet to inform you about medication side effects, you might have a panic attack before you’ve even got the Ativan in your system to calm you down. When I started Effexor, I read such horror stories that I was absolutely terrified, and though...
I don’t know what’s come over me, but I’m newly fascinated by the websites of businesses that craft furniture for psychiatric facilities. I often think about how different that furniture is than the chairs, tables and beds in the “real” world — no hard edges, nothing you can use to...
James Cameron Is Making People Sad
Sometimes I can’t believe the weirdness. From Marie-Claire UK: Fans of Avatar, the sci-fi epic set in the Utopian world of Pandora, are reporting that the return to earth and real life is making some feel depressed and even suicidal. …. The fan site ‘Avatar Forum’ has receive more than 1,000 posts...
Coming Up: Depression and Ethnicity
If you’re interested in diagnoses and ethnic categories, check out Tell Me More, like, now. A segment on that is coming up....
SchizophreniaConnection.com - Latest Schizophrenia News
Parents of Schizophrenic Kids Asked Tough Questions
Reporters who've tracked three families with schizophrenic children for eight months ask the parents the often difficult questions posed by viewers and readers of their stories....
Crimes Distort the Realities of Schizophrenia
Experts say sensationalized crimes involving schizophrenics distort the reality of the disorder, skewing the public's impressions of the symptoms and experiences of people who have it....
Clinical Trial: New Drug for Schizophrenia
Call for people ages 18 years to 80 years old who have schizophrenia to participate in a clinical trial....
Mouse Study Finds Clues to Schizophrenic Brain
In a study of fetal mice, scientists have manipulated a gene known to be linked to schizophrenia to shed light on the relationship between prenatal development and adult brain functions....
Accused Professor Likely Has Paranoid Schizophrenia: Lawyer
A lawyer defending accused University of Alabama at Huntsville professor Amy Bishop says his client appears to have paranoid schizophrenia....
New Schizophrenia Drug Fanapt Available in U.S.
Fanapt was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May after a rare reversal of an earlier rejection of the drug....
Living Bipolar
The Propensity to Perpetually Pop Pills
“Many people today are infatuated with the biological determinants of things. They find compelling the idea that moods, tastes, preferences, and behaviors can be explained by genes, or by natural selection, or by brain amines (even though these explanations are almost always circular: if we do x, it must be...
If a Pill Falls in the Forest…
“…studies show that the worse side effects a patient experiences, the more effective the drug. Patients apparently think, this drug is so strong it’s making me vomit and hate sex, so it must be strong enough to lift my depression. In clinical-trial patients who figure out they’re receiving the drug...
“As long as it provides clear objectives, clear rules for action, and a way to concentrate and become involved, any goal can serve to give meaning to a person’s life.” “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience,” by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly I am not playing the game this year. I am not making any...
Random Thoughts and a Special Gift
“I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.” Bill Watterson As most of you know, I’m only in this for the money. And of course the fame. And the accolades. And the…. Did you know that Comments cure depression? Well, that’s not really true, but they...
“Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities. It is out of the formlessness of the neutral zone that new form emerges and out of the barrenness of the fallow time that new life springs. We can support and even enhance the...
“Mastery of some of the most extraordinary things has to do with just being willing to do the dumb, boring stuff over and over again and to like it while you’re doing it. That’s how anyone becomes great at anything.” “Choose to be Happy; The Craft and the Art of...
12th and REPUBLIC
The Enquirer reported today that a man with a concealed carry permit shot and killed his girlfriend --- or former girlfriend, it's not clear --- while she held their daughter in her arms. A round grazed the child's head and fractured her skull. The woman died at the scene; the...
Showe Management is running an add in today's (02/11/10) Enquirer advertising apartments for rent at 609 Walnut Street, downtown. Coincidentally, 609 Walnut is the address of the Metropole, the building from which residents are expecting to be "relocated," so that the property can be "redeveloped." A caller to...
The Chinese Ministry of Claude Rains
The Chinese government ordered a raid on what turned out to be a hacker training center. PRC law enforcement officers were shocked ---- shocked, to find hacking going on there. These may or may not have been the miscreants responsible for the recent phishing expedition that gained access to...
Have you seen the graffiti on the concrete pillars at the south entrance to Washington Park? Last year a serious effort was made to give those pillars a thorough cleaning. Years of graffiti and pigeon guano was removed. The workers who did the job wore bio...
As of Tuesday, David Poole has made progress after having been evicted. The Drop Inn Center is offering him the 50/50 Deal: The residentagrees to give 50% of his income to the Drop toward getting him intosome sort of housing. David has finally got in touch with...
Anybody who got their gmail accounts phished by those Shanghai digital banditos should feel a measure of justice has been meted out with the news today that Google is threatening to pull out of the PRC. Many months ago, Yahoo knuckled under to the Beijing government and supplied them...