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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Mental Health & Behavior

When the Personality Disorder Wears Camouflage
When the Personality Disorder Wears Camouflage

How does someone with a personality disorder — a significant, disabling, and dangerous condition — manage the stress of combat?

Mute 19 Years, He Helps Reveal Brain's Mysteries
Mute 19 Years, He Helps Reveal Brain's Mysteries

One man's return to the world has helped scientists study how the brain can suddenly recover from severe injury.

Message From Mouse to Mouse: I Feel Your Pain

Scientists studying the experience of pain in mice found strong evidence of empathy in those who saw a fellow creature suffering.

Mental Health Legislation in Albany Became Personal for One Father

Tom O'Clair, who gave up custody of his son so the boy could qualify for treatment, pushed for insurance reform after the 12-year-old's suicide.

Ideas & Trends
The Lonely American Just Got a Bit Lonelier
The Lonely American Just Got a Bit Lonelier

Americans are not only lacking in bowling partners, now they're lacking in people to tell their deepest, darkest secrets.

Court Upholds Arizona Limits Imposed on Insanity Defense

The Supreme Court ruled that states are not obliged to permit a defendant to argue that mental illness prevented him from forming the requisite intent to commit a crime.

Cases
A Triumphant Journey, a Hard-Won Recovery
A Triumphant Journey, a Hard-Won Recovery

When a patient finally took a trip she had long dreamed about, a certain section of her brain might have perked up and given the all clear.

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The Claim: Emotional Stress Is Harmful During Pregnancy
The Claim: Emotional Stress Is Harmful During Pregnancy

The notion that emotional distress can harm a developing fetus has been around for centuries.

Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home

When Chuck Norris joined the National Guard, he wasn't expecting to end up in one of the worst corners of the Sunni Triangle. Now he's home in Pennsylvania, with his fellow guardsmen and memories he just can't shake.

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Sigmund Freud, 1922.
Sigmund Freud, 1922.

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