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Mental Health Practitioners

Angst is rising, but costs of therapy too much for some

By Elizabeth Bernstein | The Wall Street Journal In the latest sign of the deepening economic crisis, more people are considering cutting back on their mental-health therapy, even as they become more stressed. Across the...

'Bellevue a human warehouse' Psychiatrist wants hospital closed

published: Sunday | October 12, 2008 Athaliah Reynolds, Staff Reporter DR WENDEL Abel, head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of the West Indies, Mona, has called for the clo-sure of the country's largest and...

Paper: Coming Opportunities And Potential Pitfalls

1 Alternative Health Policy: Joining the Dots. 2 National DHB collective agreement (MECA) negotiations – final settlement. 3 ‘Time for Quality’ Agreement. 4 Tripartite Process and Health Sector Relationship Agreement. 5...

Feel BetterWithout Pills

Was the Prozac Revolution All in Our Heads? Dr. Benoit was about to referee a debate at the April 2008 meeting of the European Psychiatric Association on the effectiveness of the current generation of antidepressants. The...

Dr B Waine Kong An affair of the heart

published: Sunday | October 12, 2008 Avia Collinder, Gleaner Writer Since he returned to Jamaica in May, 2008, Dr B. Waine Kong, a psychologist who is a cardiology community care pioneer in the United States, says that he has...

Report: Palestinian prisoners unjustly isolated for dozens of years

Physicians for Human Rights' report claims lengthy solitary confinement inflicted on Palestinian prisoners results in various mental disorders. 'Isolation used by prison authorities as default measure,' says brief

Optimizing Sexual Solutions to Enhance Quality of Life

This talk, from the 2008 California DBSA conference, was by Linda L. Banner, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and sex therapist in San Jose. Her web site is www.bettersexdoc.com. From her hand out, here are other resources:...

Accused made threats to kill

A secret report into a psychiatric patient who allegedly murdered a friend, reveals he was released from Auckland District Health Board care despite saying he wanted to kill someone. Matthew John Ahlquist was last year charged...

Letters: Wall Street meltdown, accused cops, Medi-Cal, Proposition 8, etc.

Two major articles of faith of the Republican economic dogma, and not coincidentally, two of the principal causes of the current meltdown, are (1) the stripping away of responsible regulation, and (2) aggressive tax cuts and...

Check For Depression If Requesting Physician Assisted Suicide

The ability of 'Death with Dignity Act' in Oregon state is now questioned because those requesting physician assisted suicide may be depressed at the time of making the request. Therefore, those requesting physician assisted...

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