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Psychiatry going insane?
It is a well known fact that modern psychiatry has officially gone insane. What do you say? Well I base this statement on information I got that is saying almost every emotion experienced by a human being like sadness, grief, anxiety, frustration, impatience, excitement is now being classified as a “mental disorder” and of course [...]
Starting drugs young
Have you ever met anyone personally who is presently on drugs and really wants to stop but doesn’t know how? Just yesterday I met a 24 year old female who comes from a wealthy family, not that had anything to do with her situation. She looked gaunt and tired. I asked what was going on [...]
Admissions rise
In the last ten years substance abuse treatment admissions have risen a total of 569.7 percent and that is just looking at a combined use of benzodiazepine and narcotic pain relievers. This information comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. When they looked at overall substance abuse treatment admissions in the same [...]
Your Cat making you Mentally Ill
Well yes, it is called Toxoplasma Infection. Or better known as Toxoplasmosis. There are some estimates out there that suggest between 30 and 50% of the global human population is infected. Wow what great numbers you have there. In Sweden the figure is nearer 20%. In the US the Centers for Disease Control and prevention [...]
AA, men and women are different
Just recently a study done by two Massachusetts General Hospital investigators found that many factors are helpful to AA participants some of these factors are stronger in men and some in women. One thing that AA advocates is to not get into social situation where drinking was what you usually did. This suggestion has a [...]
Anxiety
What is your definition of anxiety? Most of us think of it as just being really nervous. Did you know that it really can be useful at some times? It can alert us to some danger right ahead. Some people have anxiety persistently and that gets in the way of their lives each day like [...]
Why Self Injury?
As a parent do you know what self injury is? It is the act of deliberately destroying body tissue. There are children out there that do it to change a way of feeling. Some groups and cultures see this action a little different. It appears to have become more popular lately especially in teens. Here [...]
Teen Behavior
Just recently HealthDay News gave me some information about lower school grades and what causes them. It seems that depression was getting the blame but no it is not their depression it is their behavior. They way they determined this was to exam information from thousands of US teens that were tracked through their middle [...]
Pharmacies in Florida
The Drug Enforcement Administration had a press release just this week from Miami, Florida. Mark Trouville who is a special agent in charge of the Miami Field Division came out to announce issuance of Orders to Show Cause to three Walgreens Florida pharmacies. What that means is when this notice is served from the DEA [...]
Drug Rehab by State