Archive for May, 2013
By jasonmaddox On May 31st, 2013
The recovery from the tornadoes that swept through Moore will take years, but some of the wounds are more visible than others. Currently, many of those affected by the storm, such as Santa Fe Elementary School teachers Belinda Moreno, are throwing themselves into the cleanup efforts, but what they deal with once everything settles down…
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By jasonmaddox On May 30th, 2013
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most high profile mental illnesses for children. Currently, the illness affects roughly 7 percent of 3-17 year-olds in the United States, and many more adults are diagnosed with ADHD or its cousin Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) later in life. There is some debate as to how…
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By jasonmaddox On May 28th, 2013
We face temptations every day, and often we cave to them. These temptations obviously range from minor negative choices such as eating a candy bar instead of getting something healthy or neglecting exercise, to real sins that are as harmful to our relationship with God as they are to our relationships with friends and family.…
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By jasonmaddox On May 24th, 2013
As Christians, we are taught from a very young age to be giving of ourselves, and to put the needs of others in front of our own. While in theory this is a good guiding principle to live by, when it becomes detrimental to ourselves, the compulsive need to please others can become a burden…
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By jasonmaddox On May 23rd, 2013
In the mental health field, we spend a lot of time looking for patterns; mostly looking for patterns in behavior or emotions. The patterns of feelings and thoughts are almost all we have to diagnose ailments, and patterns in behavior are some of our best tools for trying to help patients learn positive treatment techniques.…
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By jasonmaddox On May 22nd, 2013
This month has been a big one for the mental health community. Not only is May National Mental Health Awareness Month, but this year it has also been marked with the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5. It is possible however that you may not…
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By jasonmaddox On May 16th, 2013
A worrying trait is being identified as the key descriptor of millennials. John Stein recently talked about this in the Time Magazine article The New Generation: Why Millennials Will Save Us All, but he is far from the first academic to note the significant rise of narcissism and entitlement in millennials, sometimes called Generation Yers, referring to those…
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By jasonmaddox On May 14th, 2013
In a recent blog post for Biblical Seminary’s Faculty Blog, Phil Monroe shared an anecdote from a meeting with a couple Christian prosecutors from at least five different states. Not a single one of the prosecutors could remember a time when a pastor attended hearings in support of a victim of sexual abuse, however they…
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By jasonmaddox On May 12th, 2013
Parents of children with special needs such as autism often ask if it is alright to tell their children that they are different from other kids. Unfortunately, no parent would want their children to label themselves as such. Moreover, children who are labeled as being different are often stigmatized by society as a whole. In…
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By jasonmaddox On May 8th, 2013
Do we put too much emphasis on the brain? This is the question asked recently by Bill McKenzie, a blogger for Dallas News, after reading an article questioning the diagnosis of many children said to have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The author of that piece, Dr. Vatsal Thakkar, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at New York University’s…
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