Category Archives: news
Browsers for My Friends
Often we have issues with the mechanics of how we surf the internet. There are really good browsers that are just out there waiting to be downloaded. I have eight myself, and I really haven’t had issues of glitches. Click for a List of Available Browsers All a browser is just a way to load [...]
Overcoming the Darkness: An Interview with Philip Mitchell
Professor Mitchell, what is the difference between being depressed and just feeling bad about yourself? Sometimes it’s easy to tell the difference; sometimes you’re not certain. I look for clinical indicators of depressive illness:whether the person’s life is becoming impaired by these bad feelings, when it’s starting to interfere with people’s sleep, appetite and weight, [...]
How to Relapse, W/O Being a Moron
A Bumpy Road: Dealing with Relapse There may not ever be a last episode, but there are ways to fend off and mitigate the next one. By Jodi Helmer Doctors never talked to Elly L. about RELAPSE. Although she was hospitalized during a manic episode and diagnosed with bipolar disorder, doctors never mentioned that [...]
Churches Respond to Mental Illness
by Ken Camp, Associated Baptist Press — Living with depression — or any other form of mental illness — is like viewing life “through a glass darkly,” according to Jessy Grondin, a student in Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School. “It distorts how you see things.” Like one in four Americans, Grondin wrestles with mental illness, having [...]
Bedlam: Prisons and the Mentally Ill
Taking a Stand for Our Brothers and Sisters By Mark Earley, Christian Post Guest Columnist, Wed, Aug. 08, 2007 In the 16th century, London’s mentally ill were often kept at Bethlem Royal Hospital. The conditions inside the hospital were notoriously poor. Patients were often chained to the floor and the noise was so great that [...]
Tourette Syndrome: Know The Basics
“Dropping F Bombs” ******* Tourette’s disorder, or Tourette syndrome (TS) as it is frequently called, is a neurologic syndrome. The essential feature of Tourette’s are multiple tics that are sudden, rapid, recurrent, non-rhythmic, stereotypical, purposeless movements or vocalizations. What are the symptoms of Tourette syndrome? Both multiple motor and one or more vocal [...]
Understanding Basic Bipolar Disorder
If you have bipolar disorder, you may recognize many of the symptoms below. Not everyone has exactly the same symptoms. Talk with your healthcare provider about your symptoms at each visit. Feeling sad or blue, or “down in the dumps” Loss of interest in things you used to enjoy, including sex Feeling worthless, hopeless, [...]
Faith and Culture: Man Sues Bible ~ Mental Anguish
Man Sues Bible for Causing Him Mental Anguish Can you sue the Almighty’s publishers? If you can’t sue the Lord for libel, what are your options? A Michigan man is about to find out. Bradley LaShawn Fowler, 39, has filed lawsuits in a Michigan federal court against Zondervan Publishing and Thomas Nelson Publishing, claiming some editions [...]
Some Simple Facts
•The World Health Organization predicts that by 2020, mental illness will be the second leading cause of disability worldwide, after heart disease. •Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health‘s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). [...]