There’s a Mysterious Syndrome That Turns People Into Statues
Credit to Author: Shayla Love| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:07:27 +0000
Patients with catatonia look frozen on the outside. On the inside they feel overwhelmed by fear and anxiety.
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A 6-Year-Old Girl in Florida Was Committed to a Mental Health Facility After She Threw a Fit at School
Credit to Author: Emma Ockerman| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:28:44 +0000
The forced psychiatric evaluation was permitted under Florida’s controversial Baker Act, which allows a person to be involuntarily committed to a mental health facility for 72 hours.
Read moreDeep personal dive into depression successfully combines memoir and reporting
Credit to Author: Dana Gee| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:00:21 +0000
Author Anna Mehler Paperny bares her own suicidal struggles in book Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me
Read moreCoquitlam Mounties searching for missing woman
Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:10:55 +0000
Amanda Beharrell is wanted on a BC Mental Health Act warrant and police say she may pose a danger to herself or the public.
Read moreHow to Intervene When Someone Is Being Harassed—Without Calling the Cops
Credit to Author: Reina Sultan| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:40:31 +0000
If you think police may make a tense situation more dangerous, try bystander intervention, a harm-prevention strategy based on helping out in the moment.
Read moreOne person arrested after explosion in Surrey
Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:34:05 +0000
Surrey RCMP have not released many details, but say the person was “emotionally elevated” at the time of arrest.
Read moreTrans People Who Blocked Puberty Are 17% Less Likely to Think About Suicide
Credit to Author: Harron Walker| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 23:43:20 +0000
A new study has found a link between accessing puberty blockers as a kid and decreased suicidal ideation as an adult.
Read moreCops Are Illegally Detaining and Hurting Mental Health Patients
Credit to Author: Molly Taft| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:12:24 +0000
Understaffed hospitals in Vermont are engaging local law enforcement as security, but their lack of training means people get hurt, citations are issued, and already-strained regions lose access to healthcare.
Read moreNeuroscientist calls whole 'Blue Monday' equation 'rubbish'
Credit to Author: Denise Ryan| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 01:13:02 +0000
The so-called saddest day of the year doesn’t exist, but there are very real reasons you may be feeling blue this time of year.
Read moreMost Women Don’t Regret Abortions. Why Would They?
Credit to Author: Harron Walker| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:59:43 +0000
A new study shows that the vast majority of women don’t regret their abortion, providing data for what a lot of us already know.
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