Mental

The Science of Chocolate Addiction (Mental Health Guru)

Many have confessed to suffering from a chocolate addiction. Learn more about the chocolate health connection. mental.healthguru.com
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When Stealing is an Addiction (Mental Health Guru)

As many as three million Americans have a compulsive need for theft. Why is stealing so appealing to the repetitive shoplifter? mental.healthguru.com
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Army struggles with mental health amid 2 long wars

Army struggles with mental health amid 2 long wars
A baby-faced, chain-smoking infantryman who was on a prescribed antidepressant when he allegedly shot and killed a captured Taliban member is the latest challenge to the Army’s ability to address mental health problems in the ranks while fighting two lengthy wars.… Continue reading

Nutrients for Better Mental Performance

Google Tech Talk December 2, 2009 ABSTRACT Presented by Steven Wm. Fowkes. The talk will answer questions like: 1. Which nutrients promote optimal brain function? 2. What nutrients are commonly deficient enough to impair mental performance? 3. How can you get a better nights sleep without Ambien? 4. What nutrients… Continue reading

Mental Health Liberation and Anti-Psychiatry Movement Part 2

Mental Health Liberation and Anti-Psychiatry Movement Dr. John Breeding, Ph.D. Psychologist talks about the mental health liberation movement, the anti-psychiatry movement, the movement against psychiatric oppression. Sometimes seen as antipsych or antipsychiary or anti-biological psychiatry. This is a movement made up mostly of ex-mental health consumers and the family members… Continue reading

Can drug abuse be misdiagnosed as mental illness?

Question by momfour: Can drug abuse be misdiagnosed as mental illness?
My son was diagnosed as having schizo-affective disorder. He had been abusing cocaine and marijuana. He suffered a pyschotic break. Is it possible this was a result of the drug abuse and not mental illness?

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