ART. Health Home Page - - USF Health. Positive Pyschology. Marijuanna info. Positivity. The Best Reporting on Mental Trauma and the U.S. Military (#MuckReads) We’ve compiled some of the best journalism on the mental traumas faced by a generation of servicemen and women, and the military’s struggle to treat them.
U.S. Army Brigadier Gen. Courtney P. Carr, left, and U.S. Army Col. Last Saturday, ex-sniper Chris Kyle and fellow veteran Chad Littlefield were shot and killed at a Texas gun range. The murder has reignited conversation on the mental trauma suffered by hundreds of thousands of U.S. service men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan. The wars may be winding down, but the battle against PTSD is far from over. Is PTSD Contagious? Suicides Highlight Failures of Veterans’ Support System [5], The Bay Citizen/New York Times, March 2012In the Bay Area, poor communication at the Department of Veterans Affairs has led to many desperate veterans falling through the cracks.
What did we miss? 10 Simple, Science-Backed Ways To Be Happier Today. Editor's Note: This is one of the most-read leadership articles of 2013.
Click here to see the full list. Happiness is so interesting, because we all have different ideas about what it is and how to get it. It’s also no surprise that it’s the Nr.1 value for Buffer’s culture, if you see our slidedeck about it. So naturally we are obsessed with it. I would love to be happier, as I’m sure most people would, so I thought it would be interesting to find some ways to become a happier person that are actually backed up by science. 1.Exercise more--7 minutes might be enough.
Personality Disorders Foundation Summary: What Are the Personality Disorders? This summary of the personality disorders was produced by the former Personality Disorders Foundation and is based upon the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM IV.
Additional separate sections on the ICD description of each individual personality disorder are also available from the submenu at the side of the page. What are Personality Disorders? Personality Disorders are generalized, inflexible patterns of inner experience and behavior. These patterns significantly differ from cultural expectations, and begin in adolescence or early adulthood. Personality Disorders are long-term, maladaptive patterns of perception, emotional regulation, anxiety, and impulse control. Personality Disorders are among the least understood and recognized disorders in both psychiatry and general medical care. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV, American Psychiatric Association, 1994), organizes personality disorders into three groups, with three or four disorders per group:
Why You Should Take Stress More Seriously. Stressed out?
That could be dangerous. Photo: Troels Graugaard/Getty ImagesIf you’re someone who frequently declares, “I’m so stressed!” For Ailing Vets In Rural Areas, Tele-Medicine Can Be The Cure. Howard Lincoln, 82, lives in the village of White Mountain in Alaska.
Lincoln served with the U.S. Army in Korea, where he was seriously wounded in combat and received a Purple Heart. He recently suffered two minor strokes and now "visits" a doctor over a video link, part of a growing trend in the VA. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption toggle caption David Gilkey/NPR Howard Lincoln, 82, lives in the village of White Mountain in Alaska. David Gilkey/NPR Howard Lincoln of White Mountain, Alaska, doesn't always hear it when people knock on his door.
"We heard it whistling, but I was the third one in line running toward the bunker," he recalls. Wounds to his face, arm and hip laid him up in a Tokyo hospital for quite a while. The nearest VA hospital was hundreds of miles — and at least two plane rides — away. Octavia Wilson looks through supplies in a telemedicine cart in Wales, Alaska. Octavia Wilson looks through supplies in a telemedicine cart in Wales, Alaska. Saving Time, Money And Travel.
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