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Health insurance woes abound in this country, but people with eating disorders often face an even steeper uphill battle with insurers, many of whom provide very limited coverage for what doctors call a very complex disease to treat.
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DOUG KRIZNER: The cost healthcare is an...
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Binge eating and purging can occur in boys and girls at a variety of ages, but the risk factors for these behaviors largely vary by age group and gender, according to an article released on June 02, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives...
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In response to my last post about budget cuts in the Department of Mental Health, antiextremeism responding comparing DMH with Department of Public, along with Kern County's statistics of West Nile Virus.
Antiextremenism correctly pointed out that KC had the large number of human case in...
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One day last week my husband and I were chatting with some administrators from Kern County's Department of Mental Health. Like these managers, we are concerned about the budgets cuts hitting mental health systems, public and private, and the effects on our loved one.
One person told us it cost...
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I feel fortunate to have a family support group. It took nearly five years to find out if there was any kind of support for families.
So, often family members are met at the door with a stop sign. It has improved some in the past couple of years, but HIPPA laws often prevent family members...
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I thought it might be good to give you some details about our situation.
My son is 26. He was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and paranoia when he was 21. He was diagnosed in a military hospital, but the diagnosis has been confirmed by other doctors as well. (Please no...
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Thanks to those who responded.
It's interesting how many people know someone who has a mental illness. But, like that proverbial elephant, no one wants to mention it. Why?
Fear, I believe is the main reason. Fear of the unknown. Fear of not being believed. Fear of being criticized.
As a mom,...
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This morning my world is calm; it's not always that way. You see we have a family member who suffers with a serious mental illness.
Our son was diagnosed in 2001. Each one of us had our own notion of what that diagnosis meant.
I thought he could be "fixed" with the right doctor...
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The problem of evil can become so convulted when we are taking about a massacre (the deadliest of its kind in the United States) commited by a madman. To what extent is a mentally ill individual responsible for his own actions, and to what extent is he free to make moral decisions?
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I was made aware of this man by a blogger I read named Brad. Malachi took his own life on November 3rd of this year, by immolating himself next to the 25-foot sculpture “The Flame of the Millennium” in Chicago. Lying next to his remains was a simple, homemade sign, which said,...
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Do you know somebody that seems to drive you absolutely crazy? Is it a lover? Is it a boss or fellow employee? Is it your cat? How about a politician? Does another person have the power to drive you crazy? Can the issues of a mentally unstable person drive an...
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