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Friday, December, 05, 2008

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Jerry Kennard

Jerry Kennard

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Chartered Psychologist
posted 12/01/2008, comments (0)

Depression Linked to Increase in Abdominal Fat in Older People

Depressive symptoms result in an increase in abdominal fat, independent of overall obesity. A report published in the December edition of Archives of General Psychiatry, has put forward a notion that specific mechanisms link depression with fat accumulation around the abdomen. This could explain why depression is associated with an increased risk... Read moreChevron
chatobstewart

chatobstewart

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posted 11/20/2008, comments (0)

You Weekly Laugh - Mental Health Humor cartoons drawn by little ol' ME :) (part3)

This will get every me updated here... please feel free to repost the cartoons if you like them just link it back to my blog.  
chatobstewart

chatobstewart

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posted 11/20/2008, comments (0)

You Weekly Laugh - Mental Health Humor cartoons drawn by little ol' ME :) (part1)

Your Weekly Laugh - Mental Health Cartoons Drawn By little ol’ ME   How is every one this week?  There has been a  lot of negative news lately and the stress can be over whelming.  With so many triggers we need to more than ever keep a close eye on our selves to maintain our balance.  But, with so many of us that... Read moreChevron
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Christopher Lukas

Christopher Lukas

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Writer and Director
posted 10/26/2008, comment (1)

The Ill and the Elderly

When I first wrote about suicide - 30 years ago - I was a terribly depressed person, trying to understand the deaths in my own family. While suicide continued to be the means of release for some members of my family, and while I still deplored, feared, and preached against its use as a way out of depression, I have had some reconsideration of one... Read moreChevron

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