A Person is not Their DiagnosisI work in the mental health field as a counselor and I work with adults with Developmental Disabilities. Every time, in every case, when I sit down with a client to get to work, I am sitting across from, guess what a person.I have never seen a schizophrenic though I have worked with people with ... More..
Restructuring the Criminal Justice SystemDrug use and addiction is most often brought about when a person is suffering from mental illness. So, treating these people like criminals instead of like sick people doesn't make sense.The criminal justice system, the only system we have, takes a kid who is addicted to heroin or crac... More..
Autism: Symptoms and Treatment.Conditions: Autism, or Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is a relatively common disorder among children. It affects 1 in every 166 children with more than 400,000 individuals in the US having some form or autism. Children with ASD will demonstrate deficits in: social interactions; communication,... More..
Bipolar Disorder: Symptoms and TreatmentCondition: Bipolar disorder is separated in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR, 2000 ), into several sub-disorders. The reason for the term bipolar' is that this mood disorder has two extremes, or poles, with one very high referred to as mania, and the ... More..
Global Warming huh? The Green ReligionHere in Central Oregon we just passed through a typical winter and are now experiencing a typical spring where we have days that you actually can go out without a coat and be comfortable, then in same week you have to shovel the sidewalks and drive carefully to work because there is three... More..
The Intolerance of the Tolerance CrowdIt's amazing to hear the double standard, and when you hear it you hear it loudly, of the liberal, caring, tolerance minded goof balls in the world.It's a lot like that picture where the snake is eating its own tail. The overly sensitive, caring way too much crowd is so worried about neve... More..
Conditions: Autism, or Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is a relatively common disorder among children. It affects 1 in every 166 children with more than 400,000 individuals in the US having some form or autism. Children with ASD will demonstrate deficits in: social interactions; communication, both verbal and non-verbal; an... More..
Condition: Bipolar disorder is separated into several sub-disorders. The term bipolar' refers to this mood disorder having two extremes, or poles, with one very high in this case referred to as mania, and the other very low referred to as major depression. The National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) reports that more than... More..
David Frazee
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