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Category: Mental Health Opinion

Mental Health Opinion

When Parents Report a Child to Avert a Shooting | Troubling behavior leads to difficult decision

SPENCER, Okla. -- Even on the day Alania Vasquez reported her 14-year-old son to police, the enormity of the decision hadn't fully hit her. She told an officer who came to her apartment that she believed her son would hurt people, likely at a school. He had a growing obsession with guns and violence, and she had discovered him watching videos of school shootings. He'd been in trouble for making threats at school and bringing in a pocketknife. A teacher had overheard him telling his classmates how to construct pipe bombs. He'd had an angry outburst earlier that day, which...

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Mental Health Opinion

Mental Health Movie Review | ‘Joker’ is no Joke!

'Joker' is opening with mixed reactions and austerity that could sway the most sane audiences into a frenzy.  It has received all types of audience warnings that are ringing in...

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Mental Health Opinion

Insomnia is Ruining My Life—What Can I Do?

Insomnia is a sleep disorder that can severely impact your mental and physical health. Some sufferers can't fall asleep, while others find they wake in the middle of the night...

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Inspiration

3 Critical Fundamentals of Senior Mental Health

As we age, changes in physical health can affect our outlook on life and our ability to cope with problems. In fact, good mental health is known to decrease loneliness...

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childrens mental health

Mental Health & Trigger Warning Happy America – A Societal Coddling

The movement of "trigger warnings" and so-called "safe spaces" that are primarily on college campuses are supposed to protect people from being uncomfortable/offended/traumatized from content, a phrase, or even a...

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