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Relieving Emotions And Back Pain

Relieving Emotions And Back Pain

A new study shows that psychological interventions are extremely effective at reducing back pain. Researchers studied 22 patients with low back pain that had persisted for at least three months. Psychological interventions, such as biofeedback, relaxation, hypnosis and other techniques were studied. They researchers found that psychological interventions were more successful than standard treatments for…

Actor Tom Cruise Talks With ‘Today’ Host Matt Lauer About His Love, Movie And His Recent Comments About Psychiatry

Actor Tom Cruise Talks With ‘Today’ Host Matt Lauer About His Love, Movie And His Recent Comments About Psychiatry

The past few weeks have been full of excitement for Tom Cruise. “Today” host Matt Lauer sat down with the actor and talked about his new love, his new movie, “War of the Worlds,” and the recent firestorm he caused when he commented on Brooke Shield’s use of therapy and drugs to cure her postpartum…

Psychiatry’s Sick Compulsion – Turning Weaknesses Into Diseases

Psychiatry’s Sick Compulsion – Turning Weaknesses Into Diseases

Past time to get your inoculation against seasonal affective disorder, or SAD — at least according to the American Psychiatric Assn. As Americans rush to return Christmas junk, bumping into each other in Macy’s and Best Buy, the psychiatric association ponders its latest iteration of feeling bad for the holidays. And what is the association…

Rise In Mental Illness Linked To Unhealthy Diets, Say Studies
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Rise In Mental Illness Linked To Unhealthy Diets, Say Studies

Changes in diet over the past 50 years appear to be an important factor behind a significant rise in mental ill health in the UK, say two reports published today. The Mental Health Foundation says scientific studies have clearly linked attention deficit disorder, depression, Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia to junk food and the absence of…

Do Vitamins or Minerals (Apart From Lithium) Have Mood-Stabilizing Effects

Do Vitamins or Minerals (Apart From Lithium) Have Mood-Stabilizing Effects

Nutritional scientists have been well funded by agribusiness to find ways to deal with factors that interfere with animal health, including aggressive and destructive behavior. When farm animals become “violent”-when pigs start biting each others’ ears and tails, when chickens attack chickens-farmers have learned that the aggressive behavior can be reduced by adding certain minerals…