Why it that despite the well-known negative effects of alcohol, people of faith still continue to over drink? Why is it that some Christians progress from occasional drinking or social drinking to the point that their drinking gets out of control? It is prevalent that many Christian’s are addicted to alcohol, many of whom have [...]
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How to Face Depression
Are you finding yourself sleeping when you should be going to work or church? Feeling like whatever you do nothing matters and that everyone looks down at you. Have you lost your happiness, nothing seems fun anymore. Does it seem that God has turned his back on you? Most Christian people experience depression at some [...]
Adult’s Having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Have you ever found yourself distracted in church, lost your place in the reading or just couldn’t pay attention to the sermon. Maybe you’re not bored or tired. It’s possible that you have ADHD which stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In Proverbs 7:24, God commands his children to “listen to me; pay attention to [...]
Losing Faith in Times of Despair
When coping with mental health issues, it’s not uncommon for people to feel alone and without hope. Though it’s important for people experiencing those emotions to ask for help and support, the social stigma attached to mental health issues sometimes prevents them from reaching out to their loved ones or a community of faith due [...]
Adolescent eating disorders a major public health concern
Adolescents experience eating disorders at only slightly lower rates than adults do. According to Kathleen Merikangas, PhD, of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Md., adolescents that do have an eating disorder are likely to have at least one associated comorbidity, as well as suicidal thoughts. The findings, reported in the Archives of General [...]
Dads get the baby blues too…
It appears that dad’s get the baby blues too, and when they do almost half of them spank their one-year-olds! According to findings reported recently online in Pediatrics, not only women experience postpartum depression; approximately 7% of men experience it too. 41% of men that experience depression after childbirth spank their one-year-old babies compared to [...]
Is no job better for your health than a bad one?
According to a recent Australian study, having no job is better for your mental health than having a job where working conditions are unfavorable. Data from over 7,000 individuals was used to compare the mental health of the employed with those who were jobless. The researchers expected to find generally poorer mental health scores among [...]
Heart patients with depression often experience ER delays
A retrospective cohort study recently published online in CMAJ revealed that patients with depression who seek emergency treatment for depression are less likely to receive timely care. Clare Atzema, MD, and colleagues at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, reported that these patients are not only significantly more likely to get a low [...]
Television and video games limit attention span
Children and late adolescents/early adults that spend more than three hours a day watching TV or playing video games via a console or computer are significantly more likely to have attention problems. The 13 month study composed of 1,323 participants found similar effects on attention span in children ages 6-12 and young adults ages 18-24. [...]
Rare gene replication may hold clues for schizophrenia
Previous studies have linked circadian rhythm disturbances with schizophrenia. However, Jonathan Sebat, PhD, of the University of California San Diego, and colleagues, did not purpose to analyze the VIP pathway genome; they by chance unearthed it as suspect during a broad spectrum genome analysis for copy number gains. The authors reported in the Feb. 24 [...]
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