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Involuntary Emotional Expression Disorder

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Involuntary Emotional Expression Disorder, or IEED, is a condition in which a person experiences uncontrollable episodes of emotional expression. That is, they have episodes of crying, laughter, or anger that are not in line ...

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Anticipated Fullness Is Crucial to Calorie Intake

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Experts have challenged two basic assumptions behind food choices and the causes of obesity. Drs. Jeff Brunstrom and Peter Rogers of the University of Bristol, UK, investigated the theory that we eat larger amounts of tasty ...

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Teen Drinking: Limits vs. Punishment

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

According to the National Institute of Health, drinking -- the drug of choice among youth -- plays a major role in death from injuries, and injuries are the leading cause of death for ...

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Weekends at Bellevue

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Ever wanted to go beyond the doors of a psychiatric hospital? To have a key to the locked units? To witness the day-to-day at a legendary institution mired in mystery and folklore? Weekends at Bellevue, ...

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Couples Facing Finances in Lean Times

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

When I was a new therapist, I thought the hardest thing for couples to talk about would be their sex life. Not so. As long as neither one is cheating, talking about sex ...

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High Aspirin Doses and Brain Damage

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Researchers have found that older people who take aspirin or certain other drugs to prevent blood clots are at risk of "microbleeds" in the brain. Elderly people often experience damage to the small vessels in the ...

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Does Your Teenager Want To Get Caught?

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Travis was 15. He’d always been a good kid – no trouble, unlike his brothers. His parents saw him as the perfect child. That’s ...

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Breaking Up? Blame the Chick Flicks!

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

My 20-year-old daughter tells me she thinks the reason so many young relationships fail is because of the “chick flicks.” You know: Those movies where the focus is entirely on the heady romance between a ...

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I’m an Only Child. So What?

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

I do not have any brothers or sisters. Yes, I am an only child. So what? It is okay with me that I don’t have brothers or sisters, so why is it often not ...

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What’s the Difference Between Depression and Manic Depression?

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Sometimes people are confused about the differences between clinical depression and manic depression. And it's no wonder -- they both have the word "depression" in their names. That's one of the reason's manic depression's clinical ...

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Women and Violence

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

The impact of violence against women is too often masked by silence. Its continuation depends on silence. Distance keeps us safe and unless one personally experiences violence or knows someone who has, many of us ...

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The Depression Advantage

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Depression, like other mental illnesses, is rarely seen as a good thing. While many can articulate positive things about having a mental illness (or knowing someone who does), the illness itself is almost never ...

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Searching for Soul: A Survivor’s Guide

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Bobbe Tyler, author, nonfiction writer and retired communications coordinator for Lucasfilm Ltd, has written a book of the type, and in the style, that has kept her alive all these years. Her book, Searching ...

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Linked to Earlier Poor Health

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are higher among military personnel who had mental or physical health problems before combat, a recent study has found. Cynthia LeardMann and colleagues at the Naval Health Research Center in ...

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Taking Medication: 16 Ways to Become a Smart Self-Advocate

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

When we walk into the doctor’s office, for many of us, the scenario looks like this: We list off our symptoms, the doctor asks a few questions, writes out a prescription and we go on ...

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