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Curse of Tourette’s becomes a blessing in disguise

djbaxter — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:38:59 +0000

Horseheads, N.Y. Teen Finds New Purpose Through Illness ‘Curse’ of Tourette’s becomes a blessing in disguise August 7, 2011 HORSEHEADS, New York — Seventeen-year-old Cory Sweet wanted to die five years ago. His school report card, once full of the high 90s that made him proud, was in the tank. And his body would not [...]

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DBT Self-Help App for the iPhone or iPod

djbaxter — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:20:56 +0000

DBT Self-Help App for the iPhone or iPod DBT Self-help is a tool that helps you manage overwhelming emotions, break destructive impulsive behaviors, navigate relationships and cultivate mindfulness. It contains skill descriptions complete with rationale and practice tips that will enable you to develop and practice the needed skills. The skills are based upon the [...]

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Metalhead gets disability pay for heavy-metal addiction

djbaxter — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:22:37 +0000

Metalhead gets disability pay for heavy-metal “addiction” by Adriana Barton, Globe and Mail Monday, July 25, 2011 Never mess with a man’s Metallica – let alone his Iron Maiden and AC/DC. In Sweden, a dishwasher has succeeded in having his heavy-metal habit declared an addiction requiring disability payments, reports The Local, a Swedish news site. [...]

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Blockheaded research, blockheaded conclusions

djbaxter — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:23:54 +0000

When you do simple-minded research, expect to draw simple-minded, blockheaded, and just plain wrong conclusions. What’s worse is the potential damage reports of such research can do to those with mental health conditions in need of treatment. Case in point… the following description of a McMaster research study from TriCity Psychology Blog: Anti-Depressants Raise Relapse [...]

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When the Devil Knocks

djbaxter — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:19:28 +0000

When the Devil Knocks – Television Premiere Wednesday January 26 at 10 pm ET and PT CBC News Network’s The Passionate Eye For four decades, Hilary Stanton thought she was fine. But she had big gaps in her memory, and then a breakdown. She sought help and discovered she had been suffering from Dissociative Identity [...]

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Mood 24/7 Beta Test and Survey

djbaxter — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:18:42 +0000

Mood 24/7 Beta Test and Survey Chris Hall, Director, Clinical Platforms HealthCentral September 8, 2010 How many good days did you have last week? HealthCentral is developing a service called Mood 24/7, based on technology from Johns Hopkins University, to allow you to track your good and bad days with a simple text message. We [...]

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Desensitizing Your Fight or Flight Response

djbaxter — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:23:50 +0000

Desensitizing Your Fight or Flight Response Creating a Sense of Safety in Your Life By Changing the Meaning of Your Experiences By Ewa Schwarz Eight years ago I wrote an article on being a highly sensitive person. So much has happened since that time. I have learned how to take the quality of being [...]

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A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown

djbaxter — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:37:20 +0000

Annie’s Ghosts Steve Luxenberg. Hyperion 2009, Hardcover, 416 pages, $1.93 Not the Same Old Story – A Secret, a Disability, a Journey into the Unknown By Steve Luxenberg, Author of Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret The best documentaries, said one creator of that art form after a recent screening in Baltimore, reveal [...]

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How we fail to protect the future victims of high risk sex offenders

djbaxter — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:07:22 +0000

Maclean’s Magazine recently published the following: The five things you need to know about the National Sex Offender Registry by Michael Friscolanti, Macleans Magazine Apr 24, 2009 When Christopher Stephenson was a young boy—before he was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered by a notorious pedophile—his father would often tuck him into bed with a classic [...]

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Raising Awareness vs. Promoting and Normalizing Pathology

djbaxter — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:41:21 +0000

Newsweek recently published an article titled Out of the Shadows regarding the proliferation of so-called “pro-ana” web sites: A Web page labeled “Ana Boot Camp” recently offered its members a seemingly irresistible proposition: a 30-day regimen designed to help them drop some serious pounds, no exercise needed. The catch was that the group’s members were to [...]

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