Kristofer Goldsmith was so distressed about the prospect of returning to Iraq that he decided he was willing to kill himself to avoid serving a second tour.
The Army had mandated an extension of his three-year contract, which had been set to expire, as his unit was set to deploy to Baghdad as part of the [...]
Wounds and mental disabilities of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq can mess up their sex lives too, health experts said Wednesday. But those wounds often go untreated because the topic is taboo and has gone unstudied.
Whatever the reason, failed sexual intimacy can contribute to higher suicide and divorce rates among returning troops, specialists told [...]
Wounds and mental disabilities of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq can mess up their sex lives too, health experts said Wednesday. But those wounds often go untreated because the topic is taboo and has gone unstudied.
Whatever the reason, failed sexual intimacy can contribute to higher suicide and divorce rates among returning troops, specialists told [...]
Griffith University psychologist Dr Peta Stapleton said cravings for comfort foods such as chocolate, chips, cakes and sugary soft drinks could be more easily overcome by psychological acupuncture.
Dr Stapleton said the process, currently being trialled on the Gold Coast, involved stimulating pressure points with gentle tapping instead of needles.
Psychological acupuncture can help over-ride our emotional [...]
Bullying in the workplace is surprisingly common. In a survey released last fall, 37 percent of American workers said they had experienced bullying on the job, according to the research firm Zogby International. Unlike the playground bully, who often resorts to physical threats, the workplace bully sets out on a course of constant but [...]
The Veterans Affairs medical center in La Jolla sponsored its first “Welcome Home†event yesterday – a health and caregiver-support fair for men and women returning from deployment overseas.
These days, nonprofit groups and the government are offering a lot more mental and physical health services and other programs for troops leaving active duty and transitioning [...]
The Veterans Affairs medical center in La Jolla sponsored its first “Welcome Home†event yesterday – a health and caregiver-support fair for men and women returning from deployment overseas.These days, nonprofit groups and the government are offering a lot more mental and physical health services and other programs for troops leaving active duty and transitioning [...]
Could Ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms one day be legitimate prescription
medicines? It sounds unlikely, but doctors and researchers in the US and
across Europe believe it is possible and that new science will prove the
case.
Second chances are rare in science. In the Fifties and Sixties, hallucinogenic
drugs, such as LSD, were hailed as the magic bullet to [...]
