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Three Hollywood women — Glenn Close, Nicole Kidman and Heather Graham — got into the political action this week each on a different issue. Nicole Kidman went to Capitol Hill to talk about violence against women. No matter what she has or hasnt done to her face Kidman, for many years, has taken on this really, really important issue. We all know how cool it is to deal with refugee issues and childrens issues (and they are so important and worthy and need people bringing attention to them
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A new study from an organization that provides depression screenings quick measures to help a person determine whether they may be at increased risk for depression has found that more than half of the people who undergo a screening then seek out treatment for depression. The researchers found that over half of participants in the 2008 National Depression Screening Day sought depression treatment within three months following their initial screening. The results of this study are very
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A fascinating and possibly very important study came out in August in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (one of the American Psychological Association’s journals). It concerns bipolar disorder and its course across human lifespans and the study’s conclusion that many cases of bipolar disorder “resolve spontaneously”–the authors’ term, not mine–by the latter half of the third decade of life is both startling and not surprising to me because I’ve been making a similar argument about the disor
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Following the release of a video featuring actress Maia Campbell ( best known from In the House with LL Cool J and Debbie Allen ) shouting obscenities in an incoherent state, the internet began buzzing. However, much of what was reported was that she was a prostitute with a drug problem, failing to mention her mental statelike many in the black community who suffer in silence when it comes to mental illness. Maia has a co-occurring disorder after being diagnosed with bipolar disord
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