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Treating Spiritual Emergency

Treating Spiritual Emergency Learn more about treating spiritual emergency: One of the most unusual ways of looking at mental health crises is they are all “spiritual emergencies”. After volunteering within the Spiritual Emergency Network for

Posted on August 7, 2014
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psychic opening, shamanism, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, treating spiritual emergency

Bipolar Disorder & Alternatives to Meds

One in five people who have bipolar disorder commit suicide. It can be a crippling illness characterized by unpredictable, extreme mood swings including profound depression and manic behaviors. Fortunately, there is research that points

Posted on July 11, 2014
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alternatives to meds, bipolar, depression medication, mental health

Air Pollution May Cause Severe Mental Health Issues

It may be time for a new answer to “What is Autism?” New research from the University of Rochester Medical Center describes how exposure to air pollution early in life produces harmful changes in the

Posted on June 18, 2014
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autism, children, pollution, schizophrenia

ADHD Medications

Alarming news: one in five boys in the USA will be diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by the time he goes to high school (not quite as many girls). Ten thousand toddlers,

Posted on June 6, 2014
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ADHD, ADHD medications, alternatives to psych meds, mental health

Two Important New Films

Wondering why we have epidemics of chronic illness, ADHD and Autism? This will be good news if you like to find “who-dun-it”. In the 1970s: 1 in 10,000 kids was autistic. Now, it’s 1 in

Posted on May 12, 2014
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Antidepressants, Pregnancy, and Autism: Time to Worry?

SSRI antidepressant use during pregnancy is linked to pregnancy complications and risks for the baby, including what may be an increased risk of autism. These complications might be considered tolerable if there was solid evidence

Posted on April 24, 2014
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anti-depressants, autism, pregnancy

Say No to Kids and Pharmaceutical Drugs?!

Saying No to Kids and Pharmaceutical Drugs? A new article by Peter Breggin, MD in the journal Children & Society, outlines The Rights of Children and Parents In Regard to Children Receiving Psychiatric Diagnoses and

Posted on April 24, 2014
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ADHD, Breggin, drugs, kids

US Ranks 70th in Health

The Social Progress Index was published on April 2, 2014. It was created by an independent, not for profit org called the Social Progress Imperative—directed by Michael Green and sponsored by the likes of the

Posted on April 3, 2014
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4 Reasons for Integrative Psychiatry

Four Reasons for Integrative Psychiatry, aka Green Psychiatry Steven Goldsmith, a psychiatrist from Oregon is kindly allowing me to share the blogpost about why he turned away from the limitations of conventional psychiatry and turned

Posted on February 13, 2014
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mental health, mental illness, pharmaceuticals, psychiatry

Film Review: The Greater Good

The Greater Good, a feature length professional film, winner of 12 film awards, takes a balanced view of the USA’s vaccination program. It is not overly emotional against-vaccines or pro-vaccines. It is right in the

Posted on January 8, 2014
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film, Greater Good, vaccines

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