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Procrastination Found to Be an Effective Way to Deal With Stress

I was stressed about writing this article, so I took a nap. Then, I played with my kids, made dinner and hung out with my family around the kitchen table. Later, I sat down at the computer, ready to write. Did I procrastinate? Definitely. But according to recent research, avoidance techniques such as sleep, play and...

Loophole Means Utah Sex Offender May Go Free

PROVO, Utah -- Prosecutors in Utah are fighting to have a convicted sex offender facing multiple child sex abuse charges committed indefinitely after doctors deemed him no danger to society but mentally incompetent for trial, meaning he could soon see the case against him dropped and be set free. They won at least a...

Mental Exam Ordered for Arizona Shooting Suspect

PHOENIX -- A federal judge on Monday ordered the suspect in the January shooting rampage in Tucson to undergo a mental evaluation at a specialized facility in Missouri as soon as possible. The evaluation will be videotaped and provided to prosecutors and defense attorneys, U.S. District Judge Larry Burns said in his late...

Charlie Sheen Is Totally Turning Into His Movie Characters [VIDEOS]

They say life imitates art. For Charlie Sheen, that seems increasingly true. Sheen's recent shenanigans -- from the machete to the tiger blood -- have raised lots of questions. Is he on drugs? Suffering from some sort of mental illness? Whatever's going on, Surge Desk has noticed that he seems to be channeling some of...

Pills Over Therapy to Treat Depression? [VIDEO]

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Fake Adderall: FDA Warns Of Counterfeit ADHD Drug

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that a counterfeit version of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Adderall is being sold over the Internet.

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Demi Lovato: "I Would Never Be With a Guy Who is Controlling"

Demi Lovato has been through a lot in the last year.

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Illinois Legislators Vote To Double Cigarette Tax

The Illinois Senate voted 31-27 Tuesday in favor of raising the state tax on cigarettes by $1, from 98 cents to $1.98 per pack.

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By Sheenie Ambardar, M.D.

As a psychiatrist trained in psychopharmacology, it would be easy for me to rely exclusively on psychiatric medications as the be-all, end-all treatment option for patients with mood disorders.

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There's An Election Next Week?

Changes the state legislature's term limits from allowing for sever years in each of the two houses to 12 years that can be serves entirely in either house.

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05/30/12 State: $1-a-pack cigarette tax passes Source: The Daily Journal - Kankakee IL Gov. Pat Quinn is thanking lawmakers who voted to approve a $1 increase in cigarette taxes.
05/30/12 Transition help for recovered mental patients Source: The Press Democrat - Santa Rosa CA
When Mathew Beck returns to Sonoma County after spending nearly a dozen years locked up in the state mental hospital, he'll enter a conditional release program for the criminally insane that counts two other killers among its members.
In his transition from asylum to the street, Beck will be under close watch of doctors and social workers, living first in a residential care facility near Santa Rosa and later transferring to a group home or his own apartment.
Along the way, the man who stabbed to death two Rohnert Park women in a psychotic frenzy will attend regular outpatient therapy sessions and submit to random drug testing.
05/30/12 Mall to implement tobacco-free policy Source: CBS - WIVB TV News 4 - Buffalo NY The owner and operator of Walden Galleria is implementing a tobacco free policy on their property, starting Thursday.
05/30/12 No outdoor smoking at 2 WMass malls Source: NBC - 22 News WWLP - Springfield MA HOLYOKE, Mass. Smoking inside shopping malls was banned years ago, but now the Holyoke and Hampshire Malls are also banning smoking outside.
05/30/12 Wise Words: What Are You Afraid Of? Source: The Edge It has the power to derail your entire life if you are bound by it.

Background on Mental Health

Mental health describes a level of psychological well-being, or an absence of a mental disorder. From the perspective of 'positive psychology' or 'holism', mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life, and create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience.

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