Temple Grandin Answers Your Questions

Taken from  Temple Grandin’s Autism website  which is located   HERE.   QUESTION: I have heard you speak several times and you always say one of the best things your mother did was to teach you good manners.  I agree this is a VERY important part of social development.  My problem comes when my son, age [...]

Next To Normal: A Broadway Play About Mental Illness

Taken from the  chron.com   which is located   HERE.   “Next to Normal” tackles the thorniest topic imaginable for a musical – mental illness – and treats its somber theme with such honesty, artistry and originality that it makes exhilarating theater. The recent Broadway hit, winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for drama and three Tony Awards, [...]

Overview On Anxiety Disorders

Taken from NAMI  which is located   HERE.   What are anxiety disorders? Anxiety disorders are a group of mental illnesses that cause people to feel excessively frightened, distressed, or uneasy during situations in which most other people would not experience these same feelings. When they are not treated, anxiety disorders can be severely impairing and [...]

Depressed? Nine Mental Tricks To Turn It Around

    Taken from  Fox News  which is located   HERE. Depression-fighting tips Medication can help depression. But a type of therapy called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)—which focuses on changing behavior, rather than talking about your childhood, for instance—can be an effective adjuvant to or even substitute for drugs. “It’s much more focused on what you [...]

Don’t Be Offended: Streams In The Desert, May 19th, 2012

“Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me” Luke 7:23 It is sometimes very difficult not to be offended in Jesus Christ. The offenses may be circumstantial. I find myself in a prison-house — a narrow sphere, a sick chamber, an unpopular position — when I had hoped for wide opportunities. Yes, but [...]

Praise & Worship: May 18th, 2012

Song List 1.  I Am Yours-  Misty Edwards 2.  Oh Draw Me Lord-  Selah 3.  Yet I Will-  Vineyard 4.  No More Night-  David Phelps 5.  For Love Of You-  Audrey Assad 6.  Waiting Here For You-  Christy Nockels 7.  Days Of Elijah-  Robin Mark 8.  Day By Day-  Robin Lamont/Godspell 9.  My Beloved-  Kari [...]

Study Links Depression To Dementia

Taken from Mental Wellness Today  which is located    HERE. According to a recent study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry’s May 2012 edition, people who suffer from depression late in life are 70 percent more likely to develop dementia than those who do not show symptoms of depression. “Depression commonly occurs in individuals with [...]

What If We Treated All Illnesses The Way We Do Mental Illness?

Taken from Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars   which is located   HERE.    

Why Treatment Is Critical For Youth With Mental Illness

Taken from the  Huff Post  which is located   HERE. There are moments, seemingly ordinary at the time, that later have the power to alter your entire life course. For me, one of those moments occurred more than 13 years ago while working as a journalist in Portland, Ore. On a Sunday afternoon, a fax landed [...]

Schizophrenia And Childhood Trauma May Be Connected

    Taken from   Mental Wellness Today   which is located   HERE. A recent study suggests that children who have experienced significant trauma are three times more likely to develop schizophrenia later in life. And the greater the trauma experienced as a child, the greater the chance of developing a mental illness as an adult. [...]