]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/mental-illness Blog Articles Tagged with 'mental-illness' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923502?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness That s what a new BBC2 reality-TV show, How Mad Are You? asks 10 participants. Three experts watch them perform a variety of tasks, such as doing a stand-up comedy routine or playing paintball, and then has to identify the 5 people out of the... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923502?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:13:26 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923156?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Today, The New York Times has a look at mind control websites and online communities that reinforce the delusional beliefs of its members: Identified by some psychologists and psychiatrists as part of an extreme community on the Internet that a... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923156?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:03:47 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922907?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness I can t believe I d ever had to write an entry like this. It turns my stomach. On Friday, MindFreedom, a non-profit human rights organization for people labeled with psychiatric illnesses, published the disturbing story of Ray Sandford, a 54-yea... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922907?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:35:38 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/922052?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness By Val WillinghamCNN Medical ProducerTwo of my closest friends aren t speaking. Since the summer, neither can be in the same room the other; it s like putting two pit bulls in the same cage. What caused their falling out? Was it money, job confli... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/922052?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:22:12 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/921911?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Jonathan Delman is a psychiatric survivor and a $125,000 winner of the Robert Wood Johnson leadership prize for his community health work in mental health. Delman founded and leads an organization called Consumer Quality Initiatives. This is an agen... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/921911?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:19:11 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/921762?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness In a sad example of continued stigmatization and discrimination against people with a mental illness, the California Republican Party has raised questions about ten votes cast in the Presidential election. Why? Because the voters had developmental di... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/921762?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:13:12 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-deborah-serani/921766?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Check out some of my previous Halloween blogposts. Read about the psychological aspects of superstition and why, during this holiday, many tend to watch scary movies.And above all, let's put an end to costumes of escaped insane asylum maniacs and oth... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-deborah-serani/921766?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:58:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/alzheimers-notes/921476?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Closet DiseaseKeeping one s illness, when it involved mental or emotional conditions, in the closet was common when I was growing up. You only whispered about someone s mental disorders. Families tried to keep that person at home, while... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/alzheimers-notes/921476?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:37:20 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wellness-tips/921100?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness The food choices we make may be one of the underlying determinants of whether we abuse alcohol, or get in trouble with the law.The above statement may seem rather far fetched, but the research is slowly mounting that indicates nutritional deficiencie... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wellness-tips/921100?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:28:45 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/920869?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness A New York state official who owed about $300,000 in back taxes had late-filing syndrome, a condition that made it hard for him to for him to fill out his tax returns, his lawyer says.New York Gov. David Paterson, left, and Charles O Byrne. (... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/920869?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:43:15 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/920700?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Blogs tend to have a short life cycle, with most lasting under two years before fading into archival heaven. Last year Psych Central compiled a list of the top ten bipolar blogs, written by people who have a bipolar spectrum disorder. We re glad th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/920700?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:56:49 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/920102?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness You may not recognize the name, but Sen. Pete Domenici was the driving force behind getting the mental health parity and addiction equity act of 2008 passed. Without his timeless efforts on this bill, I m not sure we would ve had parity this year... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/920102?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:05:49 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/920004?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness As we reported earlier today, nearly a third of Christian people in a study who went to their clergy for assistance with a personal or family member s mental illness were told they (or their family member) didn t really have a mental health probl... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/920004?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:59:37 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/919903?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Yesterday, for no particular reason, The Boston Globe published one of those stories we see at least once or twice every year we are on the verge of unraveling the genetics of mental illness. Sadly, the article provides no more detail as to why w... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/919903?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:06:02 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/918735?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Parity finally passed both branches of congress and was signed into law by the President.This is a good and important step. Health Affairs explains what this means, what will happen next and what still needs to happen:A thoughtful essay by Audrey Bur... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/918735?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:23:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/918699?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Since the 1990s, legislators in Congress have been pursuing the end of discrimination for people with mental illness by health insurance companies and employers. Even after they passed historic legislation (at the time) in 1996 to end this discrimina... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/918699?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:10:11 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/918569?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Jane Pauley was at a fundraiser locally earlier this week, talking about her battle with bipolar disorder. Pauley, 57, is best known for her 13-year work on NBC s The Today Show and 11 years on the network s news magazine, Dateline NBC. A ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/918569?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:56:46 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/918293?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness In its ongoing struggle to re-invent itself, Pfizer s going to announce today that it s cutting R&D staff and largely getting out of the business of making new medicines for heart disease, the WSJ reports.It s also largely bailing on research i... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/918293?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:40:29 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/918291?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Actor David Duchovny may have a problem with XXX files.(AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)When does a pattern of behavior become a disease? In the case of sex addiction, it s a question the mental health community has been debating for decades, WSJ columnis... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/918291?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:40:23 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/917723?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness You d think that as people become more and more educated about the complex biological, social and psychological factors that go to make up mental illness, people would become more understanding and less stigmatizing. As we are on the cusp of having... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/917723?rsstype=tag&tag=mental-illness Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:20:35 -0400