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• Bond with pet works like therapy during stressful times

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, December 1 (ANI): The often underestimated significance of a pet in the life of a human has been brought forward in a growing body of research that suggests that a household animal can provide a range of relational benefits.Dr. Froma Walsh poured the research in two articles, entitled “Human-Animal Bonds ...
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• Father vs. father

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 133
  A capital letter some times means a whole lot.  My father was born in 1936 is a pretty self explanatory statement.  “Our Father which art in Heaven” speaks of someone totally different.  What I have observed through the years is that our fathers so often have had more of an impact on our lives than our Father ...
  10 hours ago

• Recommended Reading for November 30

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 663
  How to Survive Thanksgiving When You’re In Eating Disorder Recovery [I should have posted this earlier, but there are major food-related holidays coming up in December.] During the holiday season, support from family and friends can significantly impact an individual’s ability to effectively handle these ...
  23 hours ago

• Dementia Care Homes – You Should Be Careful and Cautious When Picking One

  
  Blog Your Site — Authority: 162
  Dementia, which is very common among aged people, is a condition where a steady decrease in the functioning of the brain takes place when a person is afflicted with mental ailments like Alzheimer s. Patients face various problems like memory loss, loss of knowledge of time, and disorientation, and they have to be ...
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• Protected: Hostage

  
  Marine Snow — Authority: 122
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• NAMI Survey Results: Depression: Gaps And Guideposts

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 133
  NAMI has just released results of a general public 2009 survey concerning Depression.  I am sharing the results here to give you a window into how people view this illness.    There is much for all of us to learn.  Allan   This information is reproduced with permission from NAMI . Highlights & ...
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• Im Starving!!

  
  Good Mourning, Glory! — Authority: 500
  Yes! Im actually hungry! And Im so excited! Because today (finally) is our family Thanksgiving dinner! Normally food is my enemy and I have to really watch what I eat so I dont end up sick afterward, but reading everyones posts the past couple days has really geared me up for some yummy food! I have no idea how ...
  2 days ago

• Protected: When Sad isn’t So Bad

  
  Marine Snow — Authority: 122
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• Show Love: Streams In The Desert, November 29th

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 133
  “Put on as the elect of God, kindness” Colossians 3:12 There is a story of an old man who carried a little can of oil with him everywhere he went, and if he passed through a door that squeaked, he poured a little oil on the hinges. If a gate was hard to open, he oiled the latch. And thus he passed through life ...
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• Beautiful Christian Music: Praise & Worship, November 28th

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 133
  Song List 1.  By Your Side-  Tenth Avenue North 2.  Praise You In This Storm-  Casting Crowns 3.  He’s Alive-  Don Francisco 4.  Do You Hear What I Hear?-  Third Day 5.  Little Drummer Boy-  Jars Of Clay 6.  Holly Jolly Christmas-  Burl Ives 7.  How He Loves Us-  Kim Walker/Jesus Culture 8.  ...
  3 days ago

• Outsourced Prayer Lines Confuse Callers

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 133
  Special report from Joel Kilpatrick of   LARK NEWS . THIS IS CHRISTIAN SATIRE/HUMOR.  I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MAKING THAT CLEAR.  ALLAN DES MOINES — Last month, Lori Danes, 43, called the prayer line of a major television ministry and requested prayer for her mother’s persistent ulcers. But her prayer ...
  3 days ago

• Surgery for Mental Ills Offers Both Hope and Risk

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 545
  Caught this one through the paper edition that I get through the mail--a long searching piece which is a good illustration of the sheer agony of sustained mental illness. Money line (for me): Leonard is still struggling, for reasons no one understands. He keeps odd hours, working through most nights and sleeping ...
  3 days ago

• Asylums, churches, and the retreat of the institution…

  
  this fragile tent — Authority: 425
  I was in Lochgilphead today, with a series of meetings- including one at Argyll and Bute hospital. The building dates from 1862, and is one of the very few Victorian ‘lunatic asylums’ still in use today.Lovely old building it might be, but it is a total anachronism. Built to house hundreds of patients from all ...
  3 days ago

• Prayer Requests & Praise Reports, Novemeber 27th

  
  More Than Coping — Authority: 133
  Mathew 6:25  Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Mathew 6:26  Behold the birds of the air; for they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into ...
  4 days ago

• I don’t have a “real” mental health condition, I’m just weak, and other bad self-talk

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 663
  One of the hardest things for me in dealing with my mental health condition is my very strong theory that everyone else is having exactly the same problems that I am, but they’re just 8 million times better at dealing with them, and hiding them from everyone else. And thus, I don’t talk about my mental health, ...
  4 days ago

• ‘Mental illness’ gene identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, November 26 (ANI): Scottish researchers have made a breakthrough as they identified a gene that could help explain the causes of mental illness.The international team of scientists, led by experts at Edinburgh University, discovered the gene ABCA13 that may help create drugs to restore mental health in ...
  5 days ago

• Mental illness and spirituality…

  
  this fragile tent — Authority: 425
  I had a good chat with our friend Kathryn tonight about spirituality and mental health problems.Kathryn has been studying with ICC in Glasgow and has a passion for working with people who have problems with mental illness. To this end, with her husband Bobby she has been running a furniture recycling/reallocating ...
  5 days ago

• Whom will you help through the holidays?

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 442
  This will be a lonely Thanksgiving for a great many of us. In Florida, the economy has left thounsands of seniors in nursing homes alone for the holidays, according to Capitol News Service.For others, the issues are more personal. There are many like GWFrink3, for whom the season of rejoicing is also a [...]
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• Nico Broadcasts Live Wrist Cutter Action

  
  Sankaku Complex — Authority: 644
  The latest scandalous use to which NicoNico Douga’s live broadcast system has been put is allowing a self-harmer, known as “Shigure,” to broadcast her bloody wrist cutting antics live to a horrified audience. A grotesque capture from the video in question: These girls, called “cutters” in ...
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• Blood tests may reveal psychosis

  
  Booster Shots — Authority: 681
  Scientists are moving closer to developing blood tests that can diagnose serious mental disorders, according to a study published this week in the journal Molecular Psychiatry . A consortium of researchers showed they could identify blood biomarkers for two key psychotic symptoms: hallucinations and delusions. ...
  6 days ago

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