I was about to perform at the Sydney Opera House, but all I could think about was the excruciating possibility that I might like the taste of human flesh. This is what OCD really feels like, writes Martin Ingle. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story ... [Continue Reading]
Riding Herd on Mental Health in Colorado Ranching Country
[Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is in a crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. In Colorado, you can also contact Colorado ... [Continue Reading]
The Making of Reluctant Activists: A Police Shooting in a Hospital Forces One Family to Rethink American Justice
The beer bottle that cracked over Christian Pean’s head unleashed rivulets of blood that ran down his face and seeped into the soil in which Harold and Paloma Pean were growing their three boys. At the time, Christian was a confident high ... [Continue Reading]
Gabrielle began hallucinating on a coffee date. That’s when she knew her psychosis had returned
For Gabrielle Micallef, the pregnancy and birth of her first child David was a total breeze. But what was to come would be far more difficult. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Emma was concussed in a game of netball. Then the real issues started
A netball injury left Emma feeling anxious and hopeless. New research confirms a third of kids like her develop mental health issues after concussion. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Monitoring the effects of COVID-19 quarantine measures on young adults with mood and anxiety disorders
Concerned that patients from the First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program (FEMAP) at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) would lose connection to important mental health services during the first wave of the pandemic, researchers at Lawson Health ... [Continue Reading]
‘Red Flag’ Gun Laws Get Another Look After Indiana, Colorado Shootings
On New Year’s Eve 2017, sheriff’s deputies in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch responded to a domestic disturbance. Before the night was over, four officers had been shot and Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Zackari Parrish III ... [Continue Reading]
Eating disorders: families tube-feeding patients at home amid NHS bed shortage
Exclusive: urgent investment needed as demand grows for treatment for conditions such as anorexia in pandemic Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageExtremely unwell eating disorder patients are having to be tube fed at home by ... [Continue Reading]
Nanette spent 20 years obsessively checking every tap and light switch. Then everything changed
Different medications and therapy didn't alleviate Nanette Vardy-Forth's obsessive compulsive disorder, so she turned to brain implants. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]