Impact Economic Effects on Suicide Statistics
October 10, 2008
Impact Economic Effects on Suicide Statistics. Suicide statistics rise with the effects of economic depression. What is recession? Recession 2008: According to Wikipedia: The definition of a recession is; ”a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, usually affecting; real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales.” A sustained recession may become a depression..
I recently found an article in the Marketwatch.com that saddened and outraged me, yet at the same time offered hope to those that I think deserve as much help as possible:
“Sadly, given the current economic conditions, more and more Americans are feeling that they must cut their mental health care to make ends meet. I am concerned about those most vulnerable - especially our returning troops and their families who will be affected by the current economic crisis - particularly those returning to rural communities across America where mental health care is already limited”.
Research shows that suicides and psychiatric hospitalizations tend to peak at the lowest point of a recession, when unemployment is at its height. A smaller peak also occurs just prior to the economy falling into recession, when there is widespread uncertainty. “If you were to look at suicide graphically, it wouldn’t be difficult to imagine that you would be seeing another economic indicator,” says M. Harvey Brenner, a professor of public health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
I wanted to spread the word regarding: ”Give An Hour“ Give an Hour is a nonprofit organization, founded in September 2005 by Dr. Barbara V. Romberg, a psychologist in the Washington, D.C., area. The organization’s mission is to develop national networks of volunteer mental health workers, capable of responding to both acute and chronic conditions that arise within our society.
I hope you find this as evocative as I. Let me know? I am interested.
4 Good Reasons for Trauma Treatment Therapy.
October 6, 2008
Four Good Reasons why Trauma Treatment Therapy is Crucial when we experience Traumatic Events.
1. We need to express and process our strong emotions, if we are not allowed to do so, we learn to repress these feelings and they can erupt years later, distorted and causing great confusion.
2. The ability to process these emotions can prevent difficulties in later life. Whereby we can struggle with daily functioning. Often feeling inundated and incapacitated.
3. Many people who have repressed their experiences and feelings, often find great difficulty in moving on, they become more likely to self harm, take drugs and or alcohol. They may turn to these substances in order to escape and numb their difficult, painful emotions.
4. Stomach problems (IBS), anxiety and panic attacks, exhaustion, and memory loss problems are physical manifestations of emotional stress.
Medication that Enhances Emotional Disorders
September 24, 2008
Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D., an NIMH grantee at Emory University heralded the new approach as “a paradigm shift.”
D-cycloserine enhanced psychotherapy has been found effective for social phobia in two studies, and for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in two out of three studies, according to Rothbaum.
D-cycloserine is currently being tested on Iraq veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), via enhanced virtual reality based exposure therapy.
Psychotherapy helps Best Ever Rock Bands
September 12, 2008
If there existed a best ever rock band list, that consisted of the 100 greatest rock bands, then I would expect to see Metallica and Guns’n'Roses on that list. Who would you expect to see on the 100 greatest rock band list?
Did you know that Metallica, the world’s biggest heavy rock band, were widely ridiculed for making their last album, 2003’s comparatively sensitive St Anger, under the guidance of a psychotherapist.
In terms of regaining their primacy, Death Magnetic is every inch the record they needed to make: a more wisely chosen mentor, producer Rick Rubin, has them exploding anew with the battle-rabid, flat-out thrash-metal of their late-Eighties heyday.
Source: Telegraph.
Others who have been helped by Psychotherapy are Axl Rose. Lead singer from Guns’n'Roses. Where ever and when ever he felt the need, he flew his own personal psychotherapist to him and usually went through extensive emotional work for 4-5 days at a time.
Guns N’ Roses - Axl Rose Interview
New Hurricane Trauma Caused by Tropical Storm Fay
August 18, 2008
New hurricane: Tropical Storm Fay is poised to hit Florida as the current hurricane threat. Reports say that this potential new hurricane will reach Florida in the next day, after killing on its path through the Caribbean.
The current hurricane report states that storm fay’s death toll has been estimated at: Four people in the Dominican Republic. At least seven people were killed by the storm in Haiti. Two others may have died after a bus overturned while trying to cross a flooded river, it was then reported that there were at least 30 people on the bus. Below is a hurricane video:
Tropical Storm FAY [2008/08/18]
Tips: Know what to do when a hurricane watch is issued. American Red Cross
- Listen to NOAA Weather Radio or local radio or TV stations for up-to-date storm information.
- Prepare to bring inside any lawn furniture, outdoor decorations or ornaments, trash cans, hanging plants, and anything else that can be picked up by the wind.
- Prepare to cover all windows of your home. If shutters have not been installed, use pre cut plywood as described above. Note: Tape does not prevent windows from breaking, so taping windows is not recommended.
- Fill your car’s gas tank.
- Recheck manufactured home tie-downs.
- Check batteries and stock up on canned food, first aid supplies, drinking water, and medications.
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identity theft complaint
July 28, 2008
Identities stolen can happen to anyone of us.We need to protect ourselves from identity scams, by adopting an identity theft check. “LifeLock“ reports that in 2006 over 193,000 people fell victim to identity theft in the United States and every 3 seconds someones identity is stolen.
Ask periodically for a copy of your credit report. Your credit report should list all bank and financial accounts under your name, and will provide other indications of whether someone has wrongfully opened or used any accounts in your name.Keep a careful eye on your banking and financial accounts. Even though financial institutions are required to maintain copies of your checks, debit transactions, and similar transactions for five years, you should retain your monthly statements and checks for at least one year.
One of Europe’s most wanted men, ‘Radovan Karadzic’ ,a 63-year-old, who has been leading a double life as alternative therapist ‘Dragan Dabic’, The real ‘Dragan Dabic’, is a 66-year construction worker, and quite rightly complains of being besieged by the media. ’Dabic’,who bears no resemblance whatsoever to ‘Karadzic’ said “I’m being questioned by police, my life is in turmoil”. Officials were trying to figure out whether ‘Karadzic’s’ ID was a fake or an official copy of Dabic’s original ID.
‘Karadzic’ intends to represent himself when he faces charges for his part in the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo.
‘Karadzic’, a trained psychiatrist, called himself an expert in “psycho energy” spent his time on the run writing a weekly column about meditation for an alternative health magazine. He even had a website offering treatment for diabetes, using something called “quantum energy”. and saw patients at a centre outside Belgrade, he even treated a young couple for fertility problems.
Has your identity been stolen?
How did you cope with this traumatic event?
How do you protect your self now?
Talk to me, I’m Listening………..
“Critical Incident Stress Debrief”
July 2, 2008
“Critical Incident Stress Management” enables emergency workers to cope with the trauma and stress’s that their professions may cause and to help them function healthier and also, to move on with their lives. “Critical Incident Stress Management” is not counseling or psychotherapy, nor is it a substitute for these therapies. It offers emergency workers the opportunity to off- load how they feel about the situations that they have just experienced and whether they are having difficulties coping or not, it can be very beneficial for their state of minds. Making them aware of what they can do to help themselves and help each other. The fundamental point of ”Critical Incident Stress Management” it is to help people understand that their reaction and experiences are normal.
Developed in the 1970s, “Critical Incident Stress Management” is now being used in schools, communities and organizations outside of the emergency services.
What is Critical Incident Stress Management Training?
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Critical Incident Stress Management
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Hope you find this useful
‘What is REBT’ Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy?
June 12, 2008
REBT or Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy was originally founded by Albert Ellis. Basically a process of a rational theory. Rationalising our thinking. Click on the link and watch a video by Jeffrey explaining and demonstrating the process of REBT.
Albert Ellis 27.09.1913 –died 24.07.2007 an American psychologist who in 1955 developed REBT Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. He held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and founded and was the president and president emeritus of the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. He is generally considered to be the grandfather of cognitive behavioral therapies and, based on a 1982 professional survey of U.S. and Canadian psychologists, was considered as one of the most influential psychotherapists in history.
Albert Ellis came up with a theory that he called “Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy” aka “REBT”. Ellis believed that humans were basically hedonistic in nature…meaning they tend to strive for remaining alive and obtaining a form of …
Relational, Emotive, Behavior Theory
Topic five discuss about rational emotive behavior therapy. When we talk about this topic, it is not only about the people emotion but on how to treat their emotion. Do you think emotion can be treated? I will explain later. …
Rational Emotive Behavior therapy: their primary goal is to help client identify their patterns of irrational thinking, those habitual beliefs that lead one to misperceive reality and subsequently learn alternative tools of thinking. …
Veterans of America
June 11, 2008
Veterens of America are now being accused of falsifying their mental health needs. The ‘Dept of veteren affairs’ are concerned for the wellfare of these veterens. The Veteren Administration Hospital are being told that they may be mis-diagnosing veterens.
According to ABC7 News there is new evidence suggesting that veterens are making false claims in relation to Post traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD) and Norma Perez, Ph.D., a V.A. psychologist is asking doctors and medical workers and mental health workers to refrain from diagnosing PTSD and instead diagnose ‘Adjustment Disorder.’
Akaka Requests Documents and Investigation of VA PTSD Diagnosis …
Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake today, in response to a recently disclosed email from a VA mental health professional which suggested …
VA Doctors Told To Avoid PTSD Diagnosis
The e-mail, which was distributed by the groups Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a congressional watchdog group, and VoteVets.org, suggested a diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder would entail less compensation. …
Well….What do you think?
Victims get listening ear
May 22, 2008
Recently the most powerful and largest earthquake to hit China in 30 years, registered at a magnitude of 7.9, has killed at least 10,000 people in the south-western Sichuan province. Why do earthquakes happen? Earthquake causes are usually when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake these are the earthquake effects. When two blocks of rock or two plates are rubbing against each other, they stick a little. They don’t just slide smoothly; the rocks catch on each other. The rocks are still pushing against each other, but not moving. After a while, the rocks break because of all the pressure that’s built up. When the rocks break, we get an earthquake.
Relief from the devestating earthquake which happened in the Sichuan province last Monday will be long term, both within the quake zone and all affected areas. Psychotherapy will help quake-zone migrants deal with the devastation and trauma that this has caused.
“Students from the psychology institute have organized three relief groups for students from the quake zone. We will join Beijing’s other universities to allocate a psychotherapy notebook to people who need psychological support, to help them overcome the horror of the earthquake,” said Chen Zhirong, a student of Beijing Normal University.
What to do in an Earthquake !!
May I recommend a few things that could be very important and possibly life saving in the event that we might experience a major earthquake sometime in our lifetime. Here is a quick link that is a fun quiz that tests our “readiness” of …
Donate to China Earthquake Relief
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