Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with mental_health www.salem-news.com 2013 The element of surprise is often central to a loved one's unexpected death. But once the reality sets in, various stages of bereavement for the survivors come into play. http://salem-news.com/articles/january172013/surviving-loss-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january172013/surviving-loss-blc.php Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:44:00 PST In his article, "America as a Gun Culture," historian Richard Hofstadter popularized the phrase "gun culture" to describe America's long-held affection for firearms, with many citizens embracing and celebrating the association of guns and America's heritage. According to Hofstadter, the right to own a gun and defend oneself is considered by some, especially those in the South and the Southwest, as a central tenet of the American identity. http://salem-news.com/articles/december242012/gun-control-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december242012/gun-control-rs.php Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:57:00 PST First of all, marijuana is medicine and has been used since medicine at least since Biblical times. Further, despite bleeting by anti-marijuana government employees, it has never harmed anybody. Fallacious comments to the contrary. It never killed anybody either, which can not be said for almost all medicines in use. http://salem-news.com/articles/december222012/ptsd-mj-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december222012/ptsd-mj-pl.php Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:06:00 PST Imagine the Newtown, CT tragedy through the eyes of an impressionable 14 year old. She was just born when Columbine happened and was too young to understand 9/11. http://salem-news.com/articles/december202012/newton-teen-eyes-sl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december202012/newton-teen-eyes-sl.php Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:54:00 PST Some will think the above is "word salad" but it isn't. I speak at high schools on Veterans Day programs and I ask three questions of the collective students: 1. How many of you want to get shot at? Most usually nobody responds. 2. Who among you wants to get wounded? Nobody responds to that either. 3. Who wants to kill a human being? The silence is deafening. http://salem-news.com/articles/december142012/ptsd-reasons-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december142012/ptsd-reasons-pl.php Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:17:00 PST Is being a "team player" an abject surrender of your individuality? Sometimes that thought creeps into the pondering part of my cranium in search of resolution. This is particularly a front-and-center issue in many workplaces. http://salem-news.com/articles/december032012/team-players-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december032012/team-players-blc.php Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:26:00 PST Over 100 children die annually from their Blood Sport. Yearly this is more than John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy and the Manson family’s combined totals. Circumcision is a Mock Death ritual of play killing. Criminally and medically circumcision is a Genital Dismemberment. Circumcision is a sexual crime. http://salem-news.com/articles/november292012/circumcision-danger-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november292012/circumcision-danger-rm.php Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:43:00 PST Before learning what pathology looks like, a surgeon must know what normal tissues look like.  The same pertains to ritual. This Report is based on Catherine Bell’s text Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice, and Maslow’s Motivation and Personality.  The Way. http://salem-news.com/articles/october012012/circumcision-maslow-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october012012/circumcision-maslow-rm.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:27:00 PDT Displaced families of the Rimsha case held a protest rally against Dr. Paul Bhatti, Chairman All Pakistan Minority Alliance (APMA) and advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan. The protesters started the rally from St. Thomas Church, Blue Area to Green Towers Blue Area office of the minister in-charge of National Harmony Islamabad. They claimed that chairman APMA had dishonestly gathered huge funds on the name of Rimsha case but didn’t deliver. http://salem-news.com/articles/september182012/rimsha-protestsm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september182012/rimsha-protestsm.php Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:26:00 PDT Yesterday Pakistani Judge Muhammad Azam Khan granted bail and today his court issued a release order accepting two sureties bonds of Rs. 5,00,000/- each for a Christian girl Rimsha, who had been accused of blasphemy. Rimsha was released from Central Jail, Adaial Rawalpindi, where she had been kept under detention for couple of weeks, and flown to safe place in a government helicopter. http://salem-news.com/articles/september082012/rimsha-released-sm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september082012/rimsha-released-sm.php Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:21:00 PDT On 16th August, 2012, a 14 year-girl old girl named Rimsha was arrested in a Blasphemy Case in Islamabad Pakistan. It was late evening, when Muslim extremists apparently got together. Called by cleric Qari Mohammad Khalid Chashti, they shouted against Christians living in that vicinity. http://salem-news.com/articles/september052012/rimsha-exploited-sm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september052012/rimsha-exploited-sm.php Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:32:00 PDT Rimsha has been held in prison since the accusation was made against her couple of weeks ago. Her family says she has Down’s syndrome. Her case was due to be heard over the weekend but it was postponed by judge Muhammad Azam Khan after the lawyer Rao Abdul Raheem requested of lawyers strike imposed by Punjab Bar Council. http://salem-news.com/articles/september052012/rimsha-update-sm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september052012/rimsha-update-sm.php Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:16:00 PDT Pakistan United Christian Movement organized a Demonstration on Sunday, from St. John’s School, Murree Road to Rawalpindi Press, Rawalpindi. The news release highlighted the historical role of Christians in Pakistan. http://salem-news.com/articles/september022012/pakistan-blasphemy.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september022012/pakistan-blasphemy.php Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:57:00 PDT Pakistani police arrested a Muslim cleric Sunday night for planting evidence on a Christian girl accused of burning a Koran, purportedly to frame her. Witnesses say the cleric tore pages from the Koran and planted them in the girl’s bag. http://salem-news.com/articles/september022012/cleric-arrest-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september022012/cleric-arrest-ms.php Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:48:00 PDT Circumcision is a Mock Death ritual,[2] a game of play killing in a sacrificing ritual. Once the tissue is taken, the concept of death is finalized and bandages placed. Criminally and medically circumcision’s ritual is a Genital Dismemberment. http://salem-news.com/articles/august312012/circumcision-violence-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august312012/circumcision-violence-rm.php Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:02:00 PDT Eleven years ago, the NeoConservative Bush administration started its so-called endless war on "terrorism." What they did was provoke by decades of anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and blindly pro-Israel US foreign policies. http://salem-news.com/articles/august282012/suicide-soldier-gk-ba.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august282012/suicide-soldier-gk-ba.php Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:45:00 PDT All Hell is breaking loose in Pakistan where extremist Muslims are losing their minds over another burning of the Holy Qur'an. This time the offender isn't in a member of the U.S. military, in fact she couldn't be much different. The book burning suspect in this case is a young girl from a Christian family who is described as mentally retarded. http://salem-news.com/articles/august192012/christian-girl-arrest-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august192012/christian-girl-arrest-wg.php Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:41:00 PDT What is Quality of life for our veterans? The meaning for most upon returning home is security. Jobs that offer equitable pay with benefits, home ownership, education opportunity. Many veterans returning home bring with them acquired skills. Skills they did not have prior to entering the military. http://salem-news.com/articles/july022012/veteran-life-jb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july022012/veteran-life-jb.php Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:05:00 PDT From high up in the sky a bald eagle glides down, over a frozen glacier, and swoops across the coastal waters. A whale surfaces, so close that the participants who have gathered from around the world feel as though they could reach out and touch its smooth, rubbery skin. http://salem-news.com/articles/june222012/secunda-alaska.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june222012/secunda-alaska.php Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:16:00 PDT The Department of Veterans Affairs recently completed a media campaign for its call center “Coaching Into Care,” a telephone service. The service allows family members and friends trying to encourage their Veteran to seek health care for possible readjustment and mental health issues. http://salem-news.com/articles/june222012/va-services.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june222012/va-services.php Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:45:00 PDT Hundreds of motorcycles made their way across the state of Oregon, up the freeway, through the mountains and into the capitol city, Salem. They were there for the first Saturday of May- the biggest "Motorcycle Awareness" event to date. http://salem-news.com/articles/june102012/biker-awareness_bk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june102012/biker-awareness_bk.php Sun, 10 Jun 2012 03:52:00 PDT I just don’t know where this guy came from. I have read much garbage about him and I can distill it into two words, “IGNORANT SCOUNDREL”. His latest diatribe before Memorial Day made me sick. http://salem-news.com/articles/june062012/ptsd-kerlikowske-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june062012/ptsd-kerlikowske-pl.php Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:21:00 PDT A Morgan State University student, told police that he ate portions of the brain of a man whose dismembered remains were found in his home. The 37-year old man had been missing for over a week before police found his body in the apartment he shared with Kinyua. http://salem-news.com/articles/may312012/cannibal-arrest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may312012/cannibal-arrest.php Thu, 31 May 2012 21:19:00 PDT Veterans For Medical Cannabis Access issued the following news release after receiving word that their attempt to see medical marijuana legalized for Vets, was simply rejected yet again. Relying on the wisdom of Gil Kerlikowske, the nation's 'drug czar', veterans are reminded on Memorial Day that their sacrifices only gain them a small amount of credibility. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282012/veterans-marijuana.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282012/veterans-marijuana.php Mon, 28 May 2012 13:26:00 PDT A solid majority of voters nationwide favor legalizing and regulating marijuana similar to the way alcohol and tobacco cigarettes are currently regulated. Most also don’t believe it should be a crime for people to smoke marijuana in the privacy of their own homes. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/pot-survey.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/pot-survey.php Tue, 22 May 2012 19:34:00 PDT I just heard from somewhere that somebody wants to change PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, to Post Traumatic Stress Injury or PTSI. I don’t get it! We already have (Post) Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/ptsd-pot-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/ptsd-pot-pl.php Wed, 16 May 2012 20:26:00 PDT A new article in US News & World Report explores the Oregon Gubernatorial race and Dwight Holton's hardline position over medical marijuana. Mr. Holton has stated that he supports the state's voter-endorsed program, but I think that might be a wee stretch of the truth from Dwight. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/dwight-holton-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/dwight-holton-tk.php Sat, 12 May 2012 01:59:00 PDT Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced that the department would add approximately 1,600 mental health clinicians. This includes nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers as well as nearly 300 support staff to its existing workforce of 20,590 mental health staff. http://salem-news.com/articles/april192012/vets-mental-health.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april192012/vets-mental-health.php Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:33:00 PDT A 36-year old employee at Oregon State Hospital who worked in security, was found dead on the hospital grounds Wednesday. In response to information requests for information about the employee who passed away Wednesday, officials have provided background information about the employee, Matthew Barron, of Salem. http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/osh-death.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/osh-death.php Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:20:00 PDT I could not believe that the military, Army, Navy, Marine Corps & Air Force and VA could be more viciously cruel than they have been to our war veterans. The VVA, Vietnam Veterans of America, have finally been able to get into the cesspool of the records of this continuing mind destroying practice against ALL of our PTSD destroyed, battle veterans. They actually found that the Navy and Air Force were the worst offenders. After the egregious scandal at Fort Lewis, Washington, it’s difficult to believe that things could be worse. http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/ptsd-betrayal-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/ptsd-betrayal-pl.php Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:16:00 PDT