The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) announced the launch of the Whatever It Takes to Beat Parkinson’s campaign, a national movement to raise awareness and empower people affected by Parkinson’s to make positive choices for their health and wellbeing. The campaign launch coincides with Parkinson’s Awareness Month, during April. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive brain disorder [ Read More ]
Mental Health articles
At the time of year many people resolve to shape up their bodies, there’s added incentive to follow through: Doing so can also boost mental fitness, potentially delaying the onset of dementia. With the number of new cases of Alzheimer’s disease in the U.S. projected to increase by 130% in 2030 compared to 2000, it [ Read More ]
The International Network of Integrative Mental Health (INIMH) brings together mental health experts including medical doctors, psychologists, allied health clinicians, and academics who are passionate about improving mental health outcomes for patients by combining complementary and mainstream medicine. It was established to be a resource to mental health professionals, researchers and the general public on [ Read More ]
Man Therapy, a groundbreaking new approach to suicide prevention and other men’s mental health issues, was launched in Colorado. Man Therapy reshapes the conversation, using humor to cut through stigma and tackle issues like depression, divorce and even suicidal thoughts head on, the way a man would do it. The campaign is the result of [ Read More ]
A new study suggests there may be a starting point at which blows to the head or other head trauma suffered in combat sports start to affect memory and thinking abilities and can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in the brain. The research was released today and will be presented as part of [ Read More ]
Early symptoms of major mental illness can be subtle personality changes. Therefore, initial warning signs can often be missed, or even ignored due to conventional wisdom that suggests it’s better to wait for true behavioral deterioration and prolonged patterns of abnormality before diagnosing and treating a mental illness. But experts warn that waiting until someone [ Read More ]
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released the following statement concerning the recent incidents aboard American Airlines and JetBlue flights: On March 27 this week, a JetBlue airline pilot experienced a medical emergency in flight. On March 10, an American Airlines flight attendant also experienced a medical crisis while aboard an aircraft. In the [ Read More ]
Be My Friend – www.myspace.com Involuntary Commitment & Drugging, Psychiatry, Civil Rights Professor John Breeding, has a Ph.D. is psychology. In this video he discusses issues about with the involuntary commitment of mental health consumers. Wiki Involuntary Commitment en.wikipedia.org Coalition for the Abolition of Electroshock in Texas www.endofshock.com This video was edited by Psychetruth. www.youtube.com [ Read More ]
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Check out Drowning Pool and Barack Obama in Washington, DC as they stress their efforts for the This Is For the Soldiers campaign.