Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with mental_health www.salem-news.com 2010 There were two trained police deputies and only one unarmed, mentally disabled woman on a public bus in southern California. But somehow, the deputies could not resolve the ensuing conflict with her without punching her in the face. http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/bellflower-deputies.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/bellflower-deputies.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:50:00 PST Proposed changes to the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorders in the will potentially disrupt appropriate and necessary services to hundreds of thousands of individuals in the US. Advocates believe the changes would hamper the ability to track the numbers of people with autism, and interfere with efforts to establish biological causes of autism. http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/autism-spectrum.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/autism-spectrum.php Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:40:00 PST The excessive nature of 'casual' police brutality is revealed in a cell phone video clip recorded this week in Bellflower, California. A homeless woman named Julie Nelson, was punched in the face by a male deputy for refusing to exit a public bus while Jermaine Green, a U.S. Army Veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, recorded the police abuse from a clear angle. http://salem-news.com/articles/january122012/cop-assault-disabled.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january122012/cop-assault-disabled.php Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:00 PST The holiday cheer, the lights, the gift giving, the carols, the shopping and delicious treats are all part of our holiday excitement. Christmas and Hanukkah’s Festival of Lights are times of joy and celebration, but this season is also a time of introspection and humility. We who have sound minds and bodies have reason to be most grateful. Not everyone has been so blessed. Those Oregonians who suffer from mental illness carry burdens others cannot fathom. Sometimes mentally ill patients are anti-social and need patience and understanding. http://salem-news.com/articles/december222011/mentally-ill-dr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december222011/mentally-ill-dr.php Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:52:00 PST With Christmas Season in full swing and the jingle of cash registers growing ever louder, my sweet spouse asked me how I formed my attitudes about not being swallowed up by Mr. Materialism. If was a question I had never pondered before. Most education really begins in the home rather than the school. Your parents become your de facto teachers in values education. http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/materialism-backlash-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/materialism-backlash-blc.php Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:21:00 PST My good friend William Coleman, an avid Civil Rights activist and law enforcement community whistleblower, told me I would find value in the following set of images, but I never could have anticipated the impact or predicted just how powerful these otherwise innocent photographs could be. That is life in a way; you never really can guess from the wrapping on a package what is inside, nor can we determine how interesting a book may be simply by looking at the cover. http://salem-news.com/articles/december142011/photo-series-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december142011/photo-series-tk.php Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:48:00 PST Robert Green is spokesperson for Hollie Greig[2], the mentally retarded woman who has been abused by 22 people and whose uncle has been murdered. On 14th November, he is on trial for ‘breach of the peace’ which is defined in Scots Law as “conduct severe enough to cause alarm to ordinary people”. http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/speaking-truth.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/speaking-truth.php Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:48:00 PST If I don't write about it now, I'm sure nobody in Oregon will ever hear the story of a small group of bikers saving a lady from certain disaster a couple of weekends ago at an Oregon rest stop. Mike Kondash of the Oregon Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club and two friends, had stopped at a state park when they were approached by a woman who seemed confused, and looked to be maybe in her late fifty's. http://salem-news.com/articles/october272011/lady-saved-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october272011/lady-saved-tk.php Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:42:00 PDT “Physicians should use the same standard of care in recommending medical marijuana to patients as they would when recommending or approving any other medication.”- Frank Lucido, M.D Cannabis, also known as marijuana, comes from the seed bearing Cannabis plant and is known for its use as a psychoactive drug and for medicinal purposes. http://salem-news.com/articles/october262011/cannabis-vets-ptsd-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october262011/cannabis-vets-ptsd-ef.php Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:53:00 PDT I can't say that I am amused by the continuing blather erupted by Dr./Gen. Barry McCaffrey about PTSD and also drugs when he was interviewed by Mike Francis of the Oregonian 28 Sept. 2011. He proved when he was drug czar in the White House a few years ago that he didn't know anything factual about marijuana and drug abuse and he repeated showing his ignorance in this article. http://salem-news.com/articles/october012011/pot-facts-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october012011/pot-facts-pl.php Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:58:00 PDT Laura Wilcox, a 19-year old sophomore from Haverford College, was working at Nevada County's public mental health clinic during her winter break from college. On January 10, 2001, she and two other people were shot to death by Scott Harlan Thorpe, a 41-year old mental patient who resisted his family's attempt to seek treatment. Thorpe was found incompetent to stand trial and was sent to Atascadero State Hospital and was later transferred to California's Napa State Hospital. http://salem-news.com/articles/september282011/laura-law-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september282011/laura-law-rs.php Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:39:00 PDT About one million combat veterans from Vie4tnam to the present would/could tell the VA and the military medicos. The same thing after being treated like lab rats for the past 40 or so years with not only lack of success but worsening of symptoms with suicides, murder, alcoholism and "illegal drug use". http://salem-news.com/articles/august042011/ptsd-drugs-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august042011/ptsd-drugs-pl.php Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:57:00 PDT Having grown up in Southern California, I have always been well aware of the brutality police officers are capable of. There are many evil horrendous cases of unaddressed police abuse in this country, but some, like the case of Kelly Thomas, the schizophrenic man recently tortured and beaten to death in Fullerton, California remind us that this police abuse is taking place right under our nose. http://salem-news.com/articles/august022011/fullerton-death-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august022011/fullerton-death-tk.php Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:00:00 PDT When representatives of the world’s largest seed company, Monsanto, began to make discreet visits to the offices of the of the Gujarat government in 2007, it set in motion a process that would transform Indian agriculture in unexpected and significant ways. Maize farming changed forever, with tribal populations giving up their traditional seeds for the world’s best-known Dekalb brand of hybrid maize (corn) and age-old methods of pesticide-free cultivation. http://salem-news.com/articles/august012011/monsanto-way.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august012011/monsanto-way.php Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:34:00 PDT Oregon Whistleblower William Coleman exposed the corruption of Oregon government by beating a serious state case against him with a unanimous verdict by a jury of his peers. Now he is taking the Oregon State Hospital to task for highly illegal and discriminatory employment practices and slander. http://salem-news.com/articles/july272011/coleman-protest-redux-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july272011/coleman-protest-redux-tk.php Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:32:00 PDT For the last 3 years, I have been involved in some of the most important research to date on reducing the effects Combat Trauma/PTSD with Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT. Up until the inception of EMDR and then EFT, trauma treatment of any type was at best futile. http://salem-news.com/articles/july222011/ptsd-eft-tp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july222011/ptsd-eft-tp.php Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:32:00 PDT More than 10,000 here have committed suicide because of Monsanto's failed Bt cotton seeds. Monsanto stands accused of having an international monopoly of the notorious bio-engineered Bt cotton seeds. http://salem-news.com/articles/july122011/india-monsanto-beaten-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july122011/india-monsanto-beaten-tk.php Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:03:00 PDT The American military provides the finest training and has the most sophisticated weapons in the world, and the men and women who serve in our armed forces know that personal sacrifice is inherent in the job of service to country. Sometimes the sacrifice is exposure to trauma that affects emotional and/or physical health. Sometimes the sacrifice is life itself. http://salem-news.com/articles/june302011/managing-ptsd-tp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june302011/managing-ptsd-tp.php Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:15:00 PDT Into every life a little rain must fall, and all of us have at one time encountered the Chatterbox type. They tend to box you on by practicing the monologue--until you plead with them: "No more!" http://salem-news.com/articles/june282011/narcissistic-nuance-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june282011/narcissistic-nuance-blc.php Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:57:00 PDT Veterans-For-Change, an advocacy group for Veterans rights, benefits, and treatment, would like to address the ever-increasing problems affecting veterans and their families every day. President Obama has clearly stated, “Whether you left the service in 2009 or 1949, we will fulfill our responsibility to deliver the benefits and care that you earned. That's why I've pledged to build nothing less than a 21st-century VA.” http://salem-news.com/articles/june072011/veterans-change.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june072011/veterans-change.php Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:19:00 PDT Humanitarian work in Africa ranges; some assist the lives of the poor, sick and helpless children, while others just take advantage to profiteer from the misery of helpless youth. Very few address the deep-seated psychological effects that turn children, who have already experienced hell on earth, into dangerous global citizens of tomorrow. http://salem-news.com/articles/june062011/africa-kids-ar.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june062011/africa-kids-ar.php Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:25:00 PDT The drums beat and the trumpets sound as Memorial Day enters its beckon call to each of us. Yet that consecrated day means much more than uttering a mass eulogy for all those who have given their lives to ensure America's thirst for enduring freedom. The death of vets from all five services is a summons for us to examine their unfinished business. Those military battles for which blood was shed may seem like merely history. http://salem-news.com/articles/may192011/bully-intervention-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192011/bully-intervention-blc.php Thu, 19 May 2011 22:59:00 PDT A bill that will require the Oregon Health Authority to give health care providers materials and training about maternal mental health passed in the Senate this morning. House Bill 2235 is the top legislative priority for a work group established by the Legislature in 2009 to look at ways to improve systems and services for maternal mental health care in Oregon. http://salem-news.com/articles/may192011/mental-pregnancy.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192011/mental-pregnancy.php Thu, 19 May 2011 15:59:00 PDT Our country is clearly vulnerable to havoc. Those recent tornadoes that spun across the South, wiping out over 200 innocent lives and millions of dollars in structural damage certainly drives home that point. Hibernate not--it's a powerful wake-up call! http://salem-news.com/articles/april292011/disaster-reality-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april292011/disaster-reality-blc.php Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:39:00 PDT April... National Child Abuse Prevention Month! This is a request for YOU to join Susan Suafoa-Dinino, President/Founder of SpeakingOut against Child Sexual Abuse, Inc. (aka SpeakingOut) in the fight against Child Sexual Abuse in America. SpeakingOut is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention. http://salem-news.com/articles/april112011/child-abuse-ssd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112011/child-abuse-ssd.php Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:24:00 PDT Scientific research suggests the Earth's changing magnetic field may cause otherwise peaceful animals to become enraged killers banding together in voracious indiscriminate attacks and killing both terrified humans and each other. Imagine for a moment a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror movie "The Birds": townspeople are inexplicably attacked by the creatures. Darting and screeching, once docile birds swoop and soar, purposefully striking from the skies to maim and kill. http://salem-news.com/articles/march202011/magnetic-poles-ta.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march202011/magnetic-poles-ta.php Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:17:00 PDT City and police officials in New Mexico are behind bars and facing federal charges for smuggling deadly weapons to Mexican drug cartel members. It happened in Columbus; a small town associated with a historic border raid by Pancho Villa. http://salem-news.com/articles/march122011/mexico-us-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march122011/mexico-us-tk.php Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:04:00 PST When I volunteered for the Army in 1944, I wrongly assumed that I would be treated like a human volunteer – wrong. We were all treated like peons by our immediate superiors whether they had one stripe or 4 stars. It wasn’t fun getting shot at. Shortly after I got out of the Army, I got a broken neck. I had no money and I was under VA care for about 10 months. They used an experimental drug on me. http://salem-news.com/articles/february282011/va-mistreatment-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february282011/va-mistreatment-pl.php Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:36:00 PST Mothers who are depressed respond differently to their crying babies than do non-depressed moms. In fact, their reaction, according to brain scans at the University of Oregon, is much more muted than the robust brain activity in non-depressed moms. http://salem-news.com/articles/february222011/crying-babies.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february222011/crying-babies.php Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:19:00 PST This story is engendered by an article in TIME Magazine Feb. 21, 2011 entitled Pot and Schizophrenia: A Dangerous Mix. To put it mildly, TIME is full of crap and so are the authors of the medical article from the University of New South Wales in Australia. It states they reviewed 83 studies and found that POT smokers who developed psychotic disorders did so 2.7 years before non-smokers. http://salem-news.com/articles/february212011/marijuana-schizophrenia-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february212011/marijuana-schizophrenia-pl.php Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:59:00 PST