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Comment on Oklahoma Gears Up for New Certification Regulations for Counselors by fox

fox — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:14:47 +0000

It is good for the people seeking counselling to know that their counselor has been put through a lot of regulatory requirements and it also helps in maintaining quality in the profession.

Comment on Oklahoma Gears Up for New Certification Regulations for Counselors by SANDRA

SANDRA — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:09:37 +0000

Every field had new developments and improvements happening and counselling is no different. I think it is a good thing that the regulations for certification are being upgraded with newer developments.

Comment on WHO Wants Better Mental Health Services for Women by Amy

Amy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:04:17 +0000

Yay! It’s about time that world groups stood up and took notice of the horrible ways that women are treated in other countries and are stepping in to voice their concerns about these issues.

Comment on Review Finds Women More Prone to Post-Stroke Depression by Kit

Kit — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:02:39 +0000

My own mother never fully recovered after having her stroke. She lost the use of the right side of her body along with her speech capabilities. She never could make up her mind to fight for any of that again even though she went through intensive therapy afterwards. Once she saw how reduced she was she never was able to feel whole again and I know that brought her death on sooner than it had to have been.

Comment on World Health Organization Expresses Concern over Mental Health of Philippines’ Flood Victims by Tracey

Tracey — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:00:23 +0000

seems to me that anytime there is natural disaster like this WHO would get involved and be concerned for the citizens who are affected as well as the aid workers that they are sending there and that are there with other organizations. It has to be so sad seeing this kind of devastation day in and day out- it is likely in cases like this all over the world that you would naturally see an increase in mental health issues in regions that have been hit hard by events over which they have absolutely no control. It is times like that that many of us seem to feel the most helpless and vulnerable.

Comment on Study Examining Effects of Distress on Brain may Help Make Treatments for PTSD by Yuri

Yuri — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:57:24 +0000

I like this a lot. My dad still has bad experiences from his time of war.

Comment on Oklahoma Gears Up for New Certification Regulations for Counselors by Sally

Sally — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:56:10 +0000

I know that there are sometimes people who will moan and groan when they have to go back and get more certification to do their jobs, but I would think that well qualified counselors would be the least likely to bellyache about these sorts of things. The good ones know that upping these requirements are doing good for both them and their patients, and I am happy that there are states out there leading the way to make sure that health care is fair and equitable for everyone.

Comment on Review Finds Women More Prone to Post-Stroke Depression by Craig H.

Craig H. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:35:52 +0000

Phfffft. I could make Thanksgiving Dinner, Dionne. McDonalds doesn’t close that day, right? ;)

And I’d never dare argue with you. :)

Comment on A Moment that Took My Breath Away by Belle

Belle — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:17:21 +0000

Ruth, that was a most touching and beautifully written piece. Thank you for sharing that moment with us. Lydia sounds like she led a wonderful and full life. May we all be so lucky to find that connection you two did with another.

Comment on World Health Organization Expresses Concern over Mental Health of Philippines’ Flood Victims by Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:51:02 +0000

WHO should be finding out more about the mental state of Katrina victims too. One of my neighbors was in that and was relocated here. He’s had no medical help at all for the mental trauma because he has no money to buy insurance. The money he did get to relocate all went on the move and essentials for his new home. This is a small, frail elderly man that four years on can’t talk about that hurricane without trembling and stuttering.

Comment on Review Finds Women More Prone to Post-Stroke Depression by Pearl

Pearl — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:43:39 +0000

Women are the nurturers and caretakers. They can see a fragmented family looming when they are not capable of fulfilling that role. We know that most guys just aren’t up to the job. A stroke takes that away from us. We need to know we still matter even when we’re not 100% healthy. My aunt had a bad one and her biggest concern was the family would drift apart without her there to organize get-togethers. That’s how selfless she was.

Comment on Study Examining Effects of Distress on Brain may Help Make Treatments for PTSD by Samuel

Samuel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:40:22 +0000

Of course you’ll experience heightened emotions when the event’s unexpected. Isn’t that what we would normally call shock?

Comment on UK’s Ambulance and Mental Health Networks Outline Need for Collaboration by Fletcher

Fletcher — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:24:57 +0000

The UK has the added blessing, or complication perhaps depending on your point of view, of the National Health Service where healthcare, including the ambulance service, is free for all from the cradle to the grave.

The fear of cost doesn’t prevent anyone from calling an ambulance, whether their issue is a mental health or a physical one. My ex sister in law was a nurse in the UK and the waiting rooms in emergency were often overflowing with mental health cases that really were not true emergencies and could have been attended to by their own doctor. However UK patients are so used to have free healthcare at their fingertips that some use (abuse really) the ER instead of making an appointment with their GP.

She had one older lady that she could set her watch by that would arrive in the ER every Saturday night. She always feigned one illness or another to get her ambulance ride. Her true problem was depression and there was nothing they could do for her there that wasn’t already being done by her own GP. All she wanted was to chat and the hospital couldn’t turn her away yet she treated an ambulance like a taxi service.

Now compare that to a man who’s dying of a heart attack that’s been rushed in. Or imagine he’s dying on his living room floor because that lady called an ambulance and there’s none available for him yet. Who deserves to be attended to first and is the true life or death case that should be coming through ER doors? The man does of course. It’s no wonder the medical staff get frustrated and push such cases as that lady to the back of the queue.

Situations are not always black and white.

Comment on Review Finds Women More Prone to Post-Stroke Depression by Dionne S.

Dionne S. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:01:40 +0000

Women — and I’m including both those that work in and outside the home here — are the glue that holds families together. No wonder they suffer depression after a stroke more than men. They know how important their role is. And before any men argue with me, tell me when was the last time you organized and cooked Thanksgiving dinner, did the Christmas shopping from making the list down to the last Christmas card and bow, sent a birthday card or attended a Parents Night or school function.

Comment on Study Examining Effects of Distress on Brain may Help Make Treatments for PTSD by Teach

Teach — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:39:49 +0000

PTSD is also a gigantic problem for returning troops and not just from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Vietnam vets are not to be forgotten. No stone should be left unturned in finding improved treatment options. It’s good to see scientists are continuing to research this.

Comment on World Health Organization Expresses Concern over Mental Health of Philippines’ Flood Victims by Victoria L.

Victoria L. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:27:36 +0000

Bless them all. I hope WHO move fast to address this and keep it in the public eye. It’s tragic and so sad how quickly people forget the hardships being faced in disaster zones.

Comment on “Healthy at Every Size” Initiative Shows Promise for Improving Body Image, Weight Loss by Sparky

Sparky — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:09:57 +0000

If nothing else it would break the cycle of eating because you’re depressed about how you look, getting more depressed the heavier you get, and eating more again. Healthy lifestyle sounds much better than dieting. In my mind dieting = deprivation.

Comment on Study Examining Effects of Distress on Brain may Help Make Treatments for PTSD by LaScala

LaScala — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:07:35 +0000

“When the noise is unexpected, the brain’s response is larger,” said UAB psychologist David Knight, Ph.D., principal investigator on the study, which is currently in press online and will appear in the January 2010 issue of the journal NeuroImage. “But when participants are able to predict when they are going to hear the unpleasant static noise, you can see the regions of the brain quiet down so that a smaller emotional response is produced.

When you know something is coming, you don’t react nearly as badly. It’s like waiting for a balloon to burst when the dog’s playing with it. You’ll still jump, but not as much if you saw the dog beforehand.

Comment on Review Finds Women More Prone to Post-Stroke Depression by BENNY

BENNY — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:52 +0000

Maybe it has to do with women being more emotional of the two sexes…? Maybe they are not too well-equipped to take the fact of unhealthiness into their stride and move on…? Whatever it is, women do need to learn to cope with difficult situations before it takes a further toll on their health and the family can play a very important role in this.

Comment on World Health Organization Expresses Concern over Mental Health of Philippines’ Flood Victims by carlisle

carlisle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07:46 +0000

It must be so difficult to see the people you have known all your life just get washed away and dead… to see your home and neighborhood just submerged without any hope for restoration… I can’t even imagine how it feels, very sad to people who are actually going through this.