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Mentally ill people who commit
crimes and go through a special mental health court rather than
the standard criminal justice system are less likely to be
re-arrested, and are also at lower risk of future arrest for
violent crimes, a study of a San Francisco program shows.
"This mental health court model has promise as one approach
to reducing the unnecessary criminalization of people with
mental disorders," Dr. Dale E. McNiel of the University of
California at San Francisco, a study author, told Reuters
Health. "Clearly other interventions have promise, including
enhancing the mental health services in the community."
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Considerable attention, both in blogs and in popular media, has been
given to abusive bosses over the past few years. (See the Web sites
HateBoss.com and WorkRant.com, for example.) Less discussed are
employees' responses to such behavior. How do employees react to
abusive supervisors? Do they simply take what is dished out, or do they
actively seek to change the situation?
Research recently conducted by Wayne Hochwarter, professor of
management at Florida State University, and research associate Samantha
Engelhardt sought to answer those questions by examining the responses
of more than 180 employees from a wide variety of professions who
reported supervisor abuse.
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Meditating for just 20
minutes a day for five days helped to increase energy and decrease
anxiety and stress, as measured by levels of stress hormones, a
small study found.
Using the so-called integrative body-mind training method, which
comes from traditional Chinese medicine, the study participants
reported better attention and control of stress than those relying
on relaxation training, which is popular in the West.
Although derived from Chinese medicine, integrative body-mind
training uses aspects of other meditation and mindfulness training,
the study authors said.
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I know the road of recovery is not a straight shot road. I do
consider myself in recovery--not recovered--as the process of recovery
requires conscious awareness, medication and therapy compliance, and
taking the time to practice self-care. Set-backs will occur sometimes,
regardless of just how diligent I try to be. For me, there are no
guarantees for the depression, anxiety and PTSD, just the willingness
and commitment to be healthy. And for great chunks of time, I am doing
great!
I am not filled with "gloom and doom" of my
mental health diagnoses, but rather do my best to understand what it
will require of me to not let these illnesses consume and/or dictate my
life.
Currently,
I am simply in one of those times where the emotional toll of
experiencing life unfolding around me is chipping away at my own coping
skills. I am a bit tired, and feeling a bit thwarted, by the resurgence
of old symptoms.
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I am currently 39 years old. It took me a long time to understand
who I was standing between the two worlds of past victim and present
time. I choose not to use the word "survivor" as the opposite of victim
because a survivor implies that I am surviving rather than living. And
living is so much better than surviving.
I started as a
victim, as I was a victim to circumstances growing up that I had no
control over. I was a small child and did not have the abilities or
knowledge of an adult.
I existed as a victim and
unconsciously re-victimized myself over and over and over until I was
in my late 20s. Once I was diagnosed and began to receive treatment, I
still saw myself as a victim. As my knowledge and awareness increased
and with significant time spent in therapy, I then moved into the new
area of considering myself to be a "survivor."
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