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Is the Design of Our Hospitals Making People Sick?

Is the Design of Our Hospitals Making People Sick? In a 2011 report on hospitals, the British Medical Association found that "the architectural environment can contribute to the treatment of patients and significantly affect their health outcomes." The BMA further noted that badly designed facilities … Read more on Newsweek COLUMN: Calo co-founder opens up about facility I told Mr. Kirk of my own struggles with depression and anxiety, symptoms that he sees in his residents, and that I developed an interest and minored in Sociology in college, and how I'd familiarized myself with some of the language we'd be using for … Read more on Lakenewsonline.com Read more... ...

Investments Not Resolutions: Healthy Hopes for Women in 2016

...  Healthy hopes for women in 2016 According to the Office on Women's Health, hormones released as a response to stress make blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar levels go up. Long-term stress can help cause a variety of health problems, including depression and anxiety, heart … Read more on GazetteNET Meditation Can Help Soldiers Manage PTSD A new study suggests regular practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) helps some active duty service members battle post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers found that practicing TM reduced or even eliminated the use of psychotropic … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog) Read ...

Assurex Health Picks Up $15 Mln

Assurex Health picks up mln The test gives healthcare providers an expanded range of options in helping to make medication decisions for patients suffering from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, and other behavioral health … Read more on Thomson Reuters’ peHUB (press release) When Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Combine Bipolar disorder is primarily treated with medication. Mood stabilizers are used to help stave off depression and atypical antipsychotics are used to treat mania. There are other medications available and, most of the time, a combination of medications … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog) Read more... ...

War Photographer Accused of Making Passes at Four Women Faces Harsher

...  photographer accused of making passes at four women faces harsher … Suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism and chronic back pain from a particularly hard helicopter landing, the Washington Times reported that Allmon, 39, was sent to Minot Air Base in 2012. He was stationed at the North Dakota base … Read more on Daily Mail NY Yankees Rumors: Zack Greinke, Daniel Murphy, Ben Zobrist, Jeff Samardzija … … spoke publically about his struggles with alcoholism, sitting in with Robin Roberts for an interview on "Good Morning America." It ...

The Autism Treatment Network Needs Help

...  conference and released and important consensus statement on the prevalence of the disorder in the ASD population. ATN also has done nice work on creating … Sadly in recent years, the Autism … Read more on Age of Autism Guest column: Help is available The Hope Center offers crisis intervention and stabilization. • The National Alliance for Mental Illness' local chapter provides support and education to families and … There is valleywide treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder … Read more on Aspen Times Read ...

Stranded in a Mob: Depression and Rap in 2015

...  in a Mob: Depression and Rap in 2015 Downers are a coping mechanism of choice for many victims of depression, and he uses them constantly to get out of his own head. On “Diamonds from Africa”, his disinterest rears its ugly head again: “I told you I got all the problems that come with … Read more on Consequence of Sound Gardening – Mind and Matter? Among those who come through our garden gate at Gardening Leave, two-thirds have a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and one third suffer depression and anxiety. On average, the veterans are aged between 35-45 … The metaphors abound in the … Read more on Huffington Post UK Read ...

Employers Have a Stake in the Urgent Need for Mental Health Care

...  have a stake in the urgent need for mental health care In fact, Mental Health America states that five out of 20 workers in an office will likely develop a mental health condition, which is defined as: major depression; bipolar, anxiety or panic disorders; post-traumatic stress disorder; or attention … Read more on BizTimes.com (Milwaukee) Stress inoculation modeled in mice … of anxiety-like behavior in both treatment conditions (data not shown). Time spent close to the walls was nearly eightfold greater than time spent in the center of the open field, and the treatment main effect (P=0.760) and treatment-by-test day … Read more on Nature.com Read ...