Salem-News.com Mental Health articles

Nick Horner, Just One Victimized Vet

Prosecutors want to kill a three-tour combat veteran who was prescribed dangerous drugs by the same government that trained him to kill.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Too often, vets come back with their bodies and minds shattered. They’ve risked everything for their country—which means you. You owe them. Don’t walk by and pretend to yourself he is someone else’s problem or obligation.

Nick Horner is a man who should not have gone to Iraq for a third deployment. The reason these men have to go for second and third tours is because too many others are shirking their responsibility.

A Combat Soldier on Death Row?

Prosecutors want to kill a three-tour combat veteran who was prescribed dangerous drugs by the same government that trained him to kill.

(ALTOONA, Pa.) - When judges and prosecutors ignore well established scientific evidence in an effort to make a name for themselves, they are working strictly for the sake of their careers, instead of the people they are elected and hired to serve. I can't say whether that is taking place in the trial of Nick Horner, but I wonder.

Aging`s Mega Challenge Posed: Fewer Roles, Reduced Self-Image

That morass can be lessened. God gave us the lips to determine our attitude.

(SALEM, Ore.) - There is a precarious tightrope in everyone's life. It runs between two opposite points: Tradition and Transition. It is never that simple to straddle.

Tradition represents the way things are and have been for a long. long time. These are essentially habits we've used as our personal shields. Sometimes they are distractions from facing reality (although we hate like the dickens to admit that's so).

New Room at Providence Center Provides Sensory Stimulation for Medically Fragile Children‏

Snoezelen rooms are used widely in education and care settings for children with disabilities and autism spectrum disorders.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Bubble tubes, fiber optic strands, flashing colors, mirrors, sound, lights and vibration – put it all together and what do you have? A Snoezelen room! This multi-sensory environment was built specifically for the residents at Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children.

A combination of lighting effects, shapes, textures, music and colors are strategically placed in the room to stimulate the senses for people with severe sensory impairment or neurological challenges.

PTSD & Psychosis Among Army Psychiatrists: Reprise

They're Either Lying or Dumb.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I wrote the original article December 16, 2007 in salem-news.com. I browse past articles to see comments by readers coming in months after the posting. Here are two comments coming in 6 months later. These are important enough to post:

Zachary: I was in the Marine Corps stationed in Washington D.C., before and after 9/11, and let me tell you, there is A LOT of drug use going on where I was stationed at, Marine Barracks 8th & I. Lots of alcoholics too...

Patience Is My Middle Name

On this subject, I guess I’m the culprit in my family, for the most part, and like so many of the stubborn things we do, it does me no good nor does it promote harmony among us.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - First, a disclaimer. It seems the reactions to my families’ nicknames has been mixed from readers. I respect my readers and I also got the same feedback from a new friend, via this column, in Australia.

Isn’t the Internet amazing? So, hereafter, I will dispense with the nicknames. My wife is Loren, my older son is Will, and my younger one is David. And, I love them dearly.

Do Men Have Strong Emotional Support in Their Lives?

If you men don’t have men friends that you can really talk to about your life, then get out there and find them. Start your own group at a local coffee house, away from the women, or through your church or synagogue.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - Do men really have good support for emotional issues, on a regular basis? When a man reaches a certain age and he’s depressed, he’s struggling with his place in the world, he’s going through family problems or a divorce, or financial and job worries, etc., where can he turn?

Add into the mix that he’s a single dad and has no immediate family around and you have my situation, a few years ago.

Salem Police Safely Locate Possible Endangered Infant and Mother (UPDATE)

The mother who took her four-month old infant last night is now in custody and her child is safe.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Police say 27-year old Sarah Mullins appeared at the Marion County Juvenile Court today at about 10:30 a.m. with her infant, Ashton Bradley Giron-Taylor and was immediately taken into custody.

She was charged with Custodial Interference in the Second Degree and transported to the Marion County Jail.

Stockholm Religion

We are a culture in deep denial, and I’m not talking about global warming.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - In 2002 16-year old Bethany Hughes of Calgary was diagnosed with leukemia, which doctors said could only be treated with blood transfusions and chemotherapy.

The Hughes’ were devout Jehovah’s Witnesses who did not believe in blood transfusions and, because of her own, parentally inculcated, devout beliefs, Bethany did everything she could, even in her weakened state, to resist treatment, including pulling tubes out of her arms.

Groups Staunchly Oppose `The Mother`s Act` Saying it Strips Freedom and Rights

New Mental Health Test Bill is no Mother's Day present for American moms.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Groups advocating to help maintain the basic freedoms of American mothers are speaking out loudly against legislation known as "The Mother's Act".

This is described as a sweeping government policy for all new births in the United States that would test and screen the mental conditions of new moms. If they fail the questionnaire, the government could demand that they use dangerous anti-depressant drugs before their babies will be released into their custody.