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This We Know: the Earth Does Not Belong to Us. We Belong to the Earth

The above quote is attributed to Chief Seattle, although it is not certain. Another quote...
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Ptsd and Depression Are Killing Middle-aged Women

Megan Brooks in the Vol. 49, No. 1, January, 2021 edition of Clinical Psychiatry News...
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Equal Insurance Coverage for Mental Illnesses [parity]

In 2008 a law was passed that required parity in coverage so that coverage for...
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This President Makes Us Comfortable With Our Prejudices

The statement that "this president makes us comfortable with our prejudices" is attributed to Rosalind...
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Loss…why Those Intense Emotions Are Important

My family and I just experienced the loss of our dog, Lexi. About 11 years...
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Fear is What Americans Have in Common but is Also What Divides Us

Many people have described the United States as driven by fear. That inspite of our...
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Just Breathe Revisited

Previously I blogged about the stress relieving benefit of slow, even breathing. Since then it...
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Mood Switching With Antidepressant Use

Diagnosing bipolar depression vs unipolar depression [major depression] remains difficult. So why be concerned? Well,...
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Raising Confident Children

In an earlier blog, "Risk of Suicide and of Suicide Attempts," I described a study...
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15 Million Children…silent Victims of Exposure to Domestic Violence

In the October 31, 2013 [Vol.369, No. 18] New England Journal of Medicine, Drs. Bair-Merritt,...