Fighting Terrorism With Enchantment Part 1
This is the first of a two-part series dedicated to fighting the trauma of terrorism and getting back to a more positive way of life.
Many of you may look at my title and wonder if I have ‘lost my marbles.’ Let me explain. First let me quote from a wonderful article that was passed around […]
Better Living Through Chemicals
The concept of drugs and drug use has come a considerably far distance since the early days of “twenty years for possession and life for sale.” The days of imprisonment for decades and decades for marijuana possession is a thing of the past, as much as the scarlet letter is considered a relic […]
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is published by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. It included mental health disorders for the first time in 1948, in its sixth edition. In 1959, following widespread criticism of its classificatory scheme, the WHO commissioned a global survey of taxonomies of mental health problems, which […]
How Distressing is Social Phobia
I remember a friend in college who would blush, sweat, and tremble when required by a teacher to speak in class. A few weeks before the presentation, heÂ’d be anxious, agitated, and couldnÂ’t sleep. Because I was still a student then, I didnÂ’t have any clue what he was going through. But I knew that […]