$Papering over the cracks of a fractured society.$

Papering over the cracks of a fractured society.
April 15, 2014 Comments Off on Papering over the cracks of a fractured society.

The Guardian

Since the recession began, Mind has reported a dramatic rise in the number of people calling its phone line. “There are clear links between unemployment and depression,” says Sophie Corlett, Mind’s director of external relations. “After six months, one in seven unemployed men will develop mental health problems. People are falling into debt and there’s a reciprocal relationship between debt and mental health.”
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A genetic inheritance of trauma?
April 14, 2014 Comments Off on A genetic inheritance of trauma?

Verge

People who experience early childhood trauma, like abuse or war, often exhibit a number of hormonal imbalances. The mechanisms involved are poorly understood, but most scientists agree that traumatic events alter gene expression, which then causes misregulations in a number of biological processes. But whether these changes can actually be passed down to offspring is a controversial question, because it would imply that acquired traits – traits that aren’t actually encoded in DNA, but rather arise following certain experiences – are somehow being passed down through generations.
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An Atheist teaches evangelism skills
April 13, 2014 Comments Off on An Atheist teaches evangelism skills

Pathos

Top Ten Tips For Evangelizing (From An Atheist).
1. Be Like Jesus: Hang With The Sinners and Judge The Judgers
2. Form Genuine Relationships With People, Don’t Treat Them As Projects.
3. Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
4. When Talking About Religious and Philosophical Matters, Ask More Questions And Do Less Preaching.
5. Don’t Give Unsolicited Advice or Judgments. Support People and Wait For Them To Ask For Your Input If They Want It.
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Understanding the mental processes which create mood disorders.
April 11, 2014 Comments Off on Understanding the mental processes which create mood disorders.

Psych Central

For more than a decade, researchers have known that all major psychological disorders – including depression, anxiety and even schizophrenia – are associated with an excessive tendency to rumination. When faced with depressive or anxious urges, your mind often goes into overdrive by becoming excessively engrossed in thoughts.
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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate…
April 10, 2014 Comments Off on To vaccinate or not to vaccinate…

Violent Metaphors

“Humans try to make sense of the world by seeing patterns. When they see a disease or condition that tends to appear around the time a child is a year or so old, as autism does, and that is also the age that kids get particular shots, they want to put those things together. Parents watch kids more carefully after they get shots. Sometimes they pick up on symptoms then. Just because two things happen at the same time doesn’t mean that one caused the other. This is why we need careful scientific studies.”
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How to solve the homelessness problem.
April 9, 2014 Comments Off on How to solve the homelessness problem.

CBC

On Tuesday, the results of the four-year study were released confirming that putting a roof over someone’s head helped them work through mental illness and kept them off the street long-term.

With more than 2,000 participants in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton, researchers said they found the program not only found the housing-first approach worked at keeping people off the street, but it also cost taxpayers less.
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Understanding the heart of feminine hypersexuality
April 8, 2014 Comments Off on Understanding the heart of feminine hypersexuality

Psychology Today

The new Lars von Trier film Nymphomaniac: Volume I is the confessional tale of Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a traumatized, shame-filled, hypersexual woman. We first encounter her lying in an alley in a pool of her own blood. She is discovered there by Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), a kindly man who takes her in and nurtures her with hot tea, a warm bed, and an empathetic set of ears. To him, Joe conveys her lifelong history of sexual acting out. What a lot of the people who see this film will likely wonder is: How realistic is this movie? Do women like Joe really exist?
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Understanding domestic violence
April 5, 2014 Comments Off on Understanding domestic violence

FBI/US Dept of Justice

For years, the party line on family violence has been the starkly one-sided view of the above-linked PDF. Basically, the message has been that there is always a victim and a perpetrator — the latter of which gets to live in servile fear until (usually) she flees and justice is served (or she ends up dead.)
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The impact of homework on children
April 4, 2014 Comments Off on The impact of homework on children

PsyBlog

The authors conclude by saying:

“Given the negative outcomes we find associated with more time spent on homework, our study calls into question the desirability of such diligence and the utility of assigning large quantities of homework in high-performing schools. […] any homework assigned should have a purpose and benefit, and it should be designed to cultivate learning and development.”

It seems the horrible, wasteful, idiotic culture of pointless ‘busywork’ is alive in well in some high schools.
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The real roots of mental illness
April 3, 2014 Comments Off on The real roots of mental illness

Psych Central

But no matter how comfortable it is, no matter how much Warren, Venn, NAMI or Big Pharma, or anyone wants it to be THE cause, it’s not.

The facts are clear: the majority of people in treatment for substance use have histories of childhood trauma. And as many as 90% of the people receiving care in the public system have histories of childhood trauma, most notably abuse and neglect. An even bigger truth is that there are lots of things in addition to abuse and neglect that overwhelm children-and parents – leading to what is frequently diagnosed as mental illness.
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Session Notes

Papering over the cracks of a fractured society.

A genetic inheritance of trauma?

An Atheist teaches evangelism skills

Understanding the mental processes which create mood disorders.

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate…

How to solve the homelessness problem.

Understanding the heart of feminine hypersexuality

Understanding domestic violence

The impact of homework on children

The real roots of mental illness

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