Kenya’s Mentally Ill Locked Up And Forgotten

  Most of what I publish has to do with the topic of mental health here in the United States.  This is a very sobering story of conditions in Kenya for the mentally ill.  I’m sure this is true throughout the world.   Allan Taken from CNN which is located   HERE. Editor’s note: Across Kenya, millions [...]

Mentally Ill Increasing Strain On United States Prison System

Taken from BBC news which is located   HERE. The county jail in Virginia Beach granted the BBC access to report on the difficulties of dealing with mentally ill inmates Treating mental illness is always a challenge, but in the US, after decades of declining funding for mental health care, the burden is increasingly falling on [...]

My Grace Is Sufficient For Thee: Streams In The Desert, February 27th, 2011

“My grace is sufficient for thee” 2 Corinthians 12:9 The other evening I was riding home after a heavy day’s work. I felt very wearied, and sore depressed, when swiftly, and suddenly as a lightning flash, that text came to me, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” I reached home and looked it up in [...]

Praise & Worship, February 26th, 2011

Song List 1.  It’s Going To Be All Right-  Sara Groves 2.  Days Of Elijah-  Robin Mark 3.  River Of Jordan-  Ricky Skaggs 4.  Arise-  Third Day 5.  Heart Of Worship-  Vineyard 6.  Give Me Your Eyes-  Brandon Heath 7.  What Love Really Means-  JJ Heller 8.  This Is The Stuff-  Francesca Battistelli 9.  Redemption-  [...]

Prayer Requests & Praise Reports, February 25th, 2011

Psalm 33:1  Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright. Psalm 33:2  Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings. Psalm 33:3  Sing unto him a new song; Play skilfully with a loud noise. Psalm 33:4  For the word of Jehovah is [...]

A Bit Of Mental Health Humor Courtesy Of Chato Stewart

Why The Media Isn’t To Blame For Eating Disorders

This article was taken from Psych Central which is located   HERE. By Margarita Tartakovsky, MS One of the biggest misconceptions about eating disorders is that the media has a main role in making someone vulnerable to anorexia or bulimia. It’s easy to make this assumption. The media is terribly persuasive in how we view beauty, our [...]

Binge Eating Disorder

My thanks to a reader who goes by the name of C for bringing this topic to my attention.  Allan Taken from athealth which is located    HERE. Binge eating disorder is a newly recognized condition that probably affects millions of Americans. People with binge eating disorder frequently eat large amounts of food while feeling a [...]

Dispelling Common Eating Disorder Myths

Taken from psych central which is located     HERE. If you’re not familiar with NEDA Week, it’s an entire week every February dedicated to eating disorder awareness, sponsored by the National Eating Disorders Association. One of the best ways to spread awareness, I think, is to talk about accurate information. Because there’s tons of misinformation out [...]

Mental Illness, Demonic Possession, And The Christian

I ran this article last year and there have been a lot of folks who have landed on this blog as they have searched the web concerning the question of demonic possession and the Christian.  That topic alone is something I wouldn’t present on this blog but when the idea that believers with a mental [...]