FAMILY & MARRIAGE COUNSELING NOVI, MICHIGAN

» Creating Realities, Not Capturing Them
Photographer Jill Greenberg is The Manipulator.

» Canadian Psychiatrists Press For Equal Treatment Of Mental Illness And Petition Fellow Physicians To Fight Discrimination Towards Mentally Ill Persons
Historically the care for patients with psychiatric illnesses has been loaded with prejudice and discrimination, the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) told delegates at today's Canadian Medical Association (CMA) meeting. CPA also commends the CMA for putting a spotlight on mental health issues today at its annual meeting of Canadian physicians.

» Item Of Children's Jewelry With Excess Lead Revealed

The Baltimore City Health Department has issued a violation notice to a business prohibiting the sale of a children’s jewelry product that was identified with a lead level in metal components above 600 parts per million. This same business was issued a violation notice earlier this year in June for selling a similar ring with Dora Explorer, which contained 50,600 parts per million of lead. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been alerted.

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» Fighters In Liberia More Likely To Have Mental Health Disorders After Exposure To Sexual Violence
According to an article published in the August 13 issue of JAMA, Liberian fighters who experienced sexual violence during civil wars were more likely to report higher rates of depression symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and suicidal thoughts compared with men and women non-combatants or former combatants who did not experience sexual violence. Kirsten Johnson, M.D., M.P.H. (Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.