Stress Disorders and Drone Pilots

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 23, 2013 Researchers report that drone pilots experience mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder at the same rate as pilots of manned aircraft deployed in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Death Wish Recognized: A Case for Long-Term Treatment

Mark O'Connell / Truthdig Feb 3, 2013 Who creates a massacre? Can we identify those people? Can they be stopped? Congress hopes to address these questions, but where will these answers come from? Enter the Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety, the Connecticut legislators who will draft a bill, informed in part by public hearings related to the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Modern Kids at Play

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Now Is the Time

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 The horror in Newtown, Conn., should shake us out of the cowardice, the fear, the evasion and the opportunism that prevent our political system from acting to curb gun violence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mild Head Injury Upsets Brain’s Resting State

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 25, 2012 MRI scans conducted by researchers at NYU’s School of Medicine have shown that the resting state functioning of brains that have suffered mild trauma corresponds to a host of problems, including cognitive dysfunction, depression, anxiety and fatigue. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Civilians ‘Terrorized’ in Pakistan Drone War

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 26, 2012 NYU law professor Sarah Knuckey, one of the authors of a new report on the social effects of America’s drone war in Pakistan, talks about the “broad mental health impacts” on people who live in fear of deadly attacks from the sky 24 hours a day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

American Happiness and the Heebie-Jeebies

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 23, 2012 Author and documentary filmmaker Ruth Whippman locates the root of American anxiety in “the great national happiness rat race,” a phenomenon that is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the contrast between British and American culture. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Analysis

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CDC Registers Rise in Autism Rate

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2012 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been a significant uptick in autism diagnoses in several areas of the country that were part of a study published Thursday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Activist Spells Out Our Great Shame

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 Gus Speth, environmental lawyer, former Clinton adviser and founder of the Washington, D.C.-based World Resources Institute, who was arrested Sunday at the White House while protesting a proposed oil pipeline, has some bad news for American optimists. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Patients Seek Greater Role in Mental Health Recovery

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2011 One of the biggest obstacles to advancing mental health care and services has long been the attitude that patients should not have a voice in their treatment. But now, a small movement of patients is pushing mental health workers to consider clients' perspectives more actively in recovery. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Studies in Self-Compassion

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2011 "No pain, no gain" may have its limits as a personal mantra, according to researchers exploring the idea of self-compassion as a motivating attitude for everything from mood regulation to fitness and weight control -- in other words, less stick, more carrot. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )