wasabix.org / it should better be rough » Psy http://www.wasabix.org Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:02:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A PORTABLE GLOW TO HELP MELT THOSE WINTER BLUES @ NYTIMES.COM http://www.wasabix.org/2011/11/21/a-portable-glow-to-help-melt-those-winter-blues-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2011/11/21/a-portable-glow-to-help-melt-those-winter-blues-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:39:22 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=3028 “Jan Brehm lives in rainy Portland, Ore., and she has always dreaded this time of year, when the days get shorter, her mood plummets and all she wants to do is crawl into bed and eat cookie dough.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/policy/light-boxes-may-help-melt-those-winter-blues.html

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2011/11/21/a-portable-glow-to-help-melt-those-winter-blues-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 A HIGH-PROFILE EXECUTIVE JOB AS DEFENSE AGAINST MENTAL ILLS @ NYTIMES.COM http://www.wasabix.org/2011/11/07/a-high-profile-executive-job-as-defense-against-mental-ills-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2011/11/07/a-high-profile-executive-job-as-defense-against-mental-ills-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:26:32 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=3002 “After years of mental turmoil, Keris Myrick learned that she needed a high-profile position, not a low-key one, to manage her symptoms — among the discoveries that have challenged researchers’ assumptions. ”
By BENEDICT CAREY (NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/health/23lives.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001927/

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2011/11/07/a-high-profile-executive-job-as-defense-against-mental-ills-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Need Therapy? A Good Man Is Hard to Find @ nytimes.com http://www.wasabix.org/2011/05/23/need-therapy-a-good-man-is-hard-to-find-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2011/05/23/need-therapy-a-good-man-is-hard-to-find-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 09:41:42 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2754 Between unresolved family conflicts, relationship struggles and his mixed-race identity, James Puckett had enough on his mind in college that he sought professional help. But after bouncing from one therapist to another, he still felt stuck. [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/health/22therapists.html

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2011/05/23/need-therapy-a-good-man-is-hard-to-find-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Special K may deliver almost instant relief in cases of bipolar depression @ nytimes.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/09/19/special-k-may-deliver-almost-instant-relief-in-cases-of-bipolar-depression-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/09/19/special-k-may-deliver-almost-instant-relief-in-cases-of-bipolar-depression-nytimes-com/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:23:30 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2559 Continue reading →]]> A new study suggests that a 50-year-old drug commonly used as an anesthetic for humans and animals — and abused, as the drug called Special K — may deliver almost instant relief in some of the most troublesome cases of bipolar depression. (…)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/health/10depress.html

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/09/19/special-k-may-deliver-almost-instant-relief-in-cases-of-bipolar-depression-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Business School research finds beautiful women face discrimination @ ucdenver.edu http://www.wasabix.org/2010/08/11/business-school-research-finds-beautiful-women-face-discrimination-ucdenver-edu/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/08/11/business-school-research-finds-beautiful-women-face-discrimination-ucdenver-edu/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:02:46 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2535 Continue reading →]]> Study shows they are often passed over for so-called `masculine jobs’

DENVER (August 6, 2010)
While many see no downside to being beautiful, a professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School says attractive women face discrimination when it comes to landing certain kinds of jobs. [...] Attractive women were discriminated against when applying for jobs considered “masculine” and for which appearance was not seen as important to the job. (…)

http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/beautifulwomendiscrimination.aspx

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/08/11/business-school-research-finds-beautiful-women-face-discrimination-ucdenver-edu/feed/ 0 Depressive symptoms and risk of dementia @ neurology.org http://www.wasabix.org/2010/07/26/depressive-symptoms-and-risk-of-dementia-neurology-org/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/07/26/depressive-symptoms-and-risk-of-dementia-neurology-org/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:46:02 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2506 Continue reading →]]> “A new study suggests that people with depression are significantly more likely to develop dementia later in life.”

Depression may be associated with an increased risk for dementia, although results from population-based samples have been inconsistent. We examined the association between depressive symptoms and incident dementia over a 17-year follow-up period. (…)

http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/75/1/35
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/research/20risk.html

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/07/26/depressive-symptoms-and-risk-of-dementia-neurology-org/feed/ 0 Venezuela’s Chavez offers cure for kids’ insomnia @ reuters.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/venezuelas-chavez-offers-cure-for-kids-insomnia-reuters-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/venezuelas-chavez-offers-cure-for-kids-insomnia-reuters-com/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:22:05 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2241 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don’t want to go to sleep. Have them watch his televised speeches. (…)

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/venezuelas-chavez-offers-cure-for-kids-insomnia-reuters-com/feed/ 0 Name Change at Agency to Remove ‘Retardation’ @ nytimes.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/name-change-at-agency-to-remove-%e2%80%98retardation%e2%80%99-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/name-change-at-agency-to-remove-%e2%80%98retardation%e2%80%99-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:14:07 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=2237 ALBANY — For the second time in a year, New York legislators are considering changing the name of one of the only state agencies in the country with “retardation” still in its title. (…)

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/06/14/name-change-at-agency-to-remove-%e2%80%98retardation%e2%80%99-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Transsexualism No Longer Viewed as Mental Illness in France @ nytimes.com http://www.wasabix.org/2010/02/15/transsexualism-no-longer-viewed-as-mental-illness-in-france-nytimes-com/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/02/15/transsexualism-no-longer-viewed-as-mental-illness-in-france-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:40:52 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=1918 Continue reading →]]> France has removed transsexualism from an official list of mental illnesses, according to an order issued by the French Ministry of Health reported Friday by French news media. The order issued Wednesday removed “gender identity disorders” from an article of the social security code related to “long-term psychiatric diseases.” According to media reports, France is the first country in the world to do so…[nytimes.com]

]]> http://www.wasabix.org/2010/02/15/transsexualism-no-longer-viewed-as-mental-illness-in-france-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 awesome woman …. awesome love …. awesome mental disease… http://www.wasabix.org/2010/01/02/awesome-woman-awesome-love-awesome-mental-disease-2/ http://www.wasabix.org/2010/01/02/awesome-woman-awesome-love-awesome-mental-disease-2/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:44:51 +0000 wasabix http://www.wasabix.org/?p=1848

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