`Cuckoo's Nest' hospital to be torn down

The set of the film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Oregon State Hospital, is going to be torn down. Most of the dilapidated, 125 year-old building will be torn down and replaced this fall."Although mean Nurse...

Self-Harm Services are Fast Becoming a Myth

Services for Self harm have always been scarce, with fewer than one organisation running in any one area.  It is attached to a stigma not only by the public eye but also amongst many professionals within mental health and in particular hospitals.  When asked many...

For the Death Penalty? Vote Obama

Obama wants you to pay for Abortions.  The Obamanation of State Funded Abortions.Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, and his views on abortion have been confounding some observers these days. "And perhaps that's...

Video shows Hospital did nothing to help dying Mental Patient

A shocking video shows a woman  fall to the floor the psychiatric ward of  Kings County Hospital in New York.  A hospital worker, sitting in a chair, gets up and walks right past the...

Doctor: Social networking sites skew kids' world view; can be psychologically...

Will generations of kids raised with "online lives" have less grasp of reality and be at psychological risk? Some health professionals see real problems ahead."Children growing up amid the rise of social networking Web sites may have a "potentially dangerous" view of the...

112 Preventable Deaths at State Mental Hospital

What is the Conservative Argument against state run healthcare, Read this story by  investigatve reporters at the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  You may understand the rational behind the view. Alone...

'Affluenza': another cause of teen depression

This makes so much sense in today's society.  Kids are mistakenly taught they can have anything and be anybody they want. If they have not been taught realistic expectations, it must be a terrible shock to their...

Woman locked up by family for 18 years

Seems like there are more and more stories like this everyday. People being locked in the basement for some odd reason, and they are living in ridiculous conditions and often abused. When they are finally found, 20years has gone by already. Can you imagine being locked up in...

Everyone has an Everest...Karen's is losing weight.

"Everyone has an Everest...Karen's is losing weight. (I planned to write, well, finish and post, my thoughts on Mallory & Irvine's summit day today, but it needs a bit more work, and frankly I've been swamped. So, that'll have to wait till next week. But, in the...

115 year-olds brain worked perfectly

This when taken alongside footag of the oldest man in the UK (112) attending a First World War memorial service and giving interviews on TV a week ago holds out hope for all of us that we might live longer and stay alert. " She may have been old, but that didn't mean...

Spain treats child phone addicts

After news of impotency owing to excessive usage of Mobile now kids are being treated for addiction to their mobile phones. "Two children in Spain have been admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for...

John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate connection

"John McCain:The Manchurian Candidate connection:McCain was subjected to 5 ½ years of Soviet driven "brain perversion techniques."Is he fit to bePresident and Commander in Chief of the military?U.S. Veteran...

petition for more funding for children/young people's mental health

I'm a mum to 4 children one of whom suffers with ptsd, depression, panick and anxiety attacks. Over the easter period i was faced with a suicide note from my 13yr old son. As it was not in ofice hours and the school...

petition for more funding for children/young people's mental health

I'm a mum to 4 children one of whom suffers with ptsd, depression, panick and anxiety attacks. Over the easter period i was faced with a suicide note from my 13yr old son. As it was not in ofice hours and the school...

petition for more funding for children/young people's mental health

I'm a mum to 4 children one of whom suffers with ptsd, depression, panick and anxiety attacks. Over the easter period i was faced with a suicide note from my 13yr old son. As it was not in ofice hours and the school...

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