Psychological and Mental Health Discussion Groups

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Bid to end mental health stigma

Bid to end mental health stigma 06/13/2004 06:26 PM
The government launches an ambitious plan to try to change people's attitudes to mental illness.

Welcome to Microsoft Discussion Groups

Welcome to Microsoft Discussion Groups 12/28/2004 03:38 PM
The Windows Marketplace Discussion Groups provide a public forum where you can ask questions, share your experiences, and state your opinions about products related to Windows. This is the place to learn what other users are saying about the technologies you are considering for personal and professional computing. If you need technical support with Windows-related technology, the Community Center links to support discussion groups for consumers, IT professionals, software developers, and the small business community.

Revised mental health plan due

Revised mental health plan due 09/07/2004 09:56 PM
The government is making another attempt to introduce new mental health legislation for England and Wales.

Mental health bill unveiled

Mental health bill unveiled 09/08/2004 05:11 AM
Concessions to plans to allow the enforced treatment of potentially dangerous mental health patients is made.

Mental health website launched

Mental health website launched 07/15/2004 05:28 AM
Content.sina.com - Thu Jul 15, 08:25 am GMT

NHS mental health choice demanded

NHS mental health choice demanded 03/24/2005 12:16 AM
Mental health patients should be given more choice about their treatment, a leading think-tank says.

Politicians mad about mental health slur
(Reuters)

Politicians mad about mental health slur
(Reuters) 05/18/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters - Opposition politicians have accused the government of insensitivity after it named a new online arts project for people with mental health issues "MadforArts".

Call to reform mental health plan

Call to reform mental health plan 03/23/2005 02:41 AM
MPs and peers voice fears the draft Mental Health Bill will lead to people with mild conditions being locked up.

Politicians Bristle About Mental Health
Slur (Reuters)

Politicians Bristle About Mental Health
Slur (Reuters) 05/18/2004 10:21 AM
Reuters - Opposition politicians accused the British government on Tuesday of insensitivity after it named a new online arts project for people with mental health issues "MadforArts."

Nine-Year Old Supports Kerry In School
Discussion Groups

Nine-Year Old Supports Kerry In School
Discussion Groups 09/27/2004 09:18 AM
Nine-Year Old Supports Kerry In School Discussion Groups

wcpo.com/news/2004/local/09/25/kerry_kid.html
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"Mental health experts unsure of bill’s
impact (Texas)"

"Mental health experts unsure of bill’s
impact (Texas)" 04/15/2005 04:43 AM

Mental health website for Chinese young
people launches

Mental health website for Chinese young
people launches 07/15/2004 05:28 AM
Einnews.com - Thu Jul 15, 07:36 am GMT

Asynchronous Discussion Groups As Small
World and Scale Free Networks

Asynchronous Discussion Groups As Small
World and Scale Free Networks 09/24/2004 05:41 AM
Asynchronous Discussion Groups As Small World and Scale Free Networks by Gilad Ravid and Sheizaf Rafaeli
http://firstmonda y.org/issues/issue9_9/ravid/

Abstract
What is the network form of online discussion groups? What are the topological parameters delineating the interaction on such groups? We report an empirical examination of the form of online discussion groups. We are interested in examining whether such groups conform to the Small World and the Scale Free models of networks. Support for these expectations provides a formal expression of growth, survival potential and preferential attachment in the connection patterns in discussion groups. The research questions were tested with a sample of over 8,000 active participants, and over 30,000 messages. We find that the social network resulting from discussion groups is indeed a Scale Free Network, based on In, Out and All Degree distributions. We also find that, for the same sample, discussion groups are a Small World Network too. As expected, the clustering coefficients for these groups differ significantly from random networks, while their characteristic path lengths are similar to random networks. Implications of the topology for the design and understanding of discussion groups include the stability and control of such groups, as well as their longevity.

Health groups warn high-tech car tax
credit will lapse

Health groups warn high-tech car tax
credit will lapse 12/03/2003 08:40 PM
AP via Newsday Dec 3 2003 6:43PM ET

Health Related Virtual Communities and
Electronic Support Groups

Health Related Virtual Communities and
Electronic Support Groups 05/17/2004 05:59 AM
Health Related Virtual Communities and Electronic Support Groups: Systematic Review of the Effects of Online Peer to Peer Interactions by Gunther Eysenbach, John Powell, Marina Englesakis, Carlos Rizo and Anita Stern
htt p://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/328/7449/1166

To compile and evaluate the evidence on the effects on health and social outcomes of computer based peer to peer communities and electronic self support groups, used by people to discuss health related issues remotely. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

Next Gen Terrorism: Psychological
Asymmetries

Next Gen Terrorism: Psychological
Asymmetries 01/17/2004 10:43 PM
Counter-Terrorist and Nuclear Strategy are based on a common foundation.  They are both pure examples of strategies that rely on the psychology of warfare.  Fortunately, nuclear strategy proved we all share a common bond:  the continuation of life. Terrorism is a different matter.  Both are hideously complex.

Terrorism works at the depths.  Down to the (human) wire.  Time spent on those elements of our psychology that makes us strong and vulnerable is worth it.The reason is: our opponents in this conflict aren't nations, they are small groups of individuals that will exploit any weakness they see.

What Are 7 Psychological Triggers That
Make People Buy?

What Are 7 Psychological Triggers That
Make People Buy? 06/05/2005 11:40 PM
Stickysauce Jun 6 2005 2:16AM GMT

The Psychological Sources of Islamic
Terrorism by Michael J. Mazarr

The Psychological Sources of Islamic
Terrorism by Michael J. Mazarr 06/02/2004 02:27 AM
The Psychological Sources of Islamic Terrorism
Michael J. Mazarr is professor of national security strategy at the U.S. National War College. The views expressed here are his own and do not reflect the policy or position of the U.S. government.

Psychological Stress Better Predictor of
Back Pain Than Standard Diagnostic
Techniques

Psychological Stress Better Predictor of
Back Pain Than Standard Diagnostic
Techniques 05/17/2004 01:41 AM

Google Groups vs Yahoo! Groups

Google Groups vs Yahoo! Groups 05/14/2004 07:37 PM
Search Engine Positioning and Web Marketing weblog,CA-9 hours agoGoogle has just launched a beta version of Google Groups 2 an extension of the current Google Groups that is does not only include Usenet but is similar in ...

World Health Organisation launches
eLearning initiative for global public
health

World Health Organisation launches
eLearning initiative for global public
health 12/15/2003 07:01 AM
PublicTechnology.net Dec 15 2003 6:09AM ET

One Person Health Sciences Launches B to
B Program for Health & Wellness
Professionals

One Person Health Sciences Launches B to
B Program for Health & Wellness
Professionals 05/18/2004 07:44 PM
BC Technology May 18 2004 11:04PM GMT

AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and
Health Law Sites

AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and
Health Law Sites 11/10/2003 10:50 PM
AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and Health Law Sites
http: //www.healthlawyers.org/weblinks/weblinks_health.cfm

American Health Lawyers Association comprehensive set of links to selected healthcare and health law sites.

Health Insurance Professional, Sharon
Alt, to Host Online Talk Radio Show on
VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness

Health Insurance Professional, Sharon
Alt, to Host Online Talk Radio Show on
VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness 03/29/2005 03:55 AM
SurfNet Media Group, Inc. (OTCBB:SFNM) announces that health insurance professional, Sharon Alt, will join its online VoiceAmerica™ Network on the VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel Lineup on Thursday, March 31st, 3PM Eastern (12PM Pacific), as host of a new weekly show, “Inside Health Insurance in America.” [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Microsoft and Ministry of Health come
together as partners in e-Health
initiative

Microsoft and Ministry of Health come
together as partners in e-Health
initiative 12/23/2003 08:29 AM
AME Info Dec 23 2003 7:33AM ET

The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health
Professions, Regis University, Denver,
CO, Announces the Formation of the
Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies

The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health
Professions, Regis University, Denver,
CO, Announces the Formation of the
Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies 06/05/2005 11:58 PM
Under the direction of Dr. Pat Ladewig, Dean, Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions, Regis University established the Center for Health Care Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Dr. Mark Meaney, Executive Director, stated that the goals of the Center include the examination of the ethical and social implications of emerging biotechnologies such as nanobiotechnologies, pharmacogenomics, and stem cell research. [PRWEB May 22, 2005]

Health Information Sources for
Non-Health Professionals

Health Information Sources for
Non-Health Professionals 04/10/2005 07:12 AM
Health Information Sources for Non-Health Professionals By Zena Woodley
http://www.freep int.com/issues/100305.htm#tips

Searching the internet for health information can be a tricky business, especially if you're not sure where to start. Perhaps you know a friend or a neighbour who has recently been told by their GP that further tests will be undertaken ... Where do you start looking for pertinent answers or just simple reassurance if you're not familiar with this field? This has been added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide.

COMMENTARY Health News Can Be Hazardous
to Your Health

COMMENTARY Health News Can Be Hazardous
to Your Health 02/07/2003 05:48 PM
As a start, you can go to an Internet search engine like Google (www.google.com), enter the issue you're concerned about, and prepare to scroll through 784312 ...

It's certainly mental

It's certainly mental 05/09/2004 11:35 AM

A terrifc time sink that is just a notch above completely pointless to make you think that the time might not be completely wasted is the mental_floss quiz and factoid library. It's surprising the amount of useless information you can recall on demand but have trouble remembering what you had for lunch yesterday. mental_floss magazine would appear to be the USA Today of trivia magazines and part of the growing fad of publishing bound collections of trivia like Schott 's Original Miscellany. The Freudian Slippers they sell on their site are pretty cute and unusual though. :)

Munger Goes Mental

Munger Goes Mental 06/04/2004 01:55 PM
Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger talks economics, chutzpah, and Paul Krugman.

Mental note to self........

Mental note to self........ 07/12/2004 01:03 AM
Check to see if cable modem is unplugged first...

Art and mental illness

Art and mental illness 04/14/2004 03:55 PM
Art & Psychosis Some have suggested that there is a link between creativity and mental illness (MI), and others equivocate a little. One way or another, whether called Outsider, Transgressive or... (?) art is art and it seems the art from this community has greater potential (IMO) from an emotional standpoint then the majority that comes out of art school. One last link

Mental Drippings

Mental Drippings 04/16/2004 11:39 PM
worst/most hilarious album covers of all time .. Bitchin' Album Covers .. Mental Drippings

porktornado.diaryland.com/albumcover.html
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Zen and Mental Wedgies

Zen and Mental Wedgies 09/12/2004 11:43 PM

A nice quote s on Zen via Marc,

"before studying Zen - man is man and mountains are mountains - yet things are confused."

"while studying Zen - man is no longer man and mountains are no longer mountains."

"after studying Zen - man is man and mountains are moutains - yet things are no longer confused."

My take on Zen is even more down to earth.  To me, Zen is just a tool to remove mental wedgies.  Just as brushing your teeth regularly keeps your teeth healthy and smelling fresh, practicing zazen regularly removes mental debris stuck in your mind before they could infest and grow into something more menacing.

Zen doesn't deliver truth or meaning of life, just a more comfortable perspective, a product created out of necessity by those who suffered enough to shave their heads over thousands of years ago.  It won't help you if you are crazy though just as you can't brush your teeth if you can't hold a toothbrush.  That's what shrinks are for.  It will help you if your mind is tangled into a ball of mess by your own doing.

Thank goodness Zen masters don't charge like doctors do.

In a Mental Institute, the Call of the
Outside

In a Mental Institute, the Call of the
Outside 01/26/2004 07:34 PM
A look at how one psychiatric hospital is dealing with the electronics age and the cellphones, laptops, Blackberries and pagers that patients bring with them.

Tales from the Mental Hospital

Tales from the Mental Hospital 06/09/2004 01:22 AM
Tales from the Mental Hospital. "I fought them the best I could, but it was no use at all. I was rather quickly overpowered and dragged inside. A smart person would have just given up at that point, but at the time I was by no means a smart person. I started pulling and struggling to get these guys off me. This only made the situation worse, as I was forced down onto the floor of the wing so the nurse could come and administer the ever popular needle of Ativan into my ass cheek. I continued to try and fight, until a rather large fellow named Abdullah decided the best way to keep me down would to be to use his knee to pin my head to the rug."

A Toolbox for Mental Card Games.

A Toolbox for Mental Card Games. 12/06/2003 09:03 PM
Christian Schindelhauer: A Toolbox for Mental Card Games. I thought about this problem a little in the context of playing games over P2P, so it's nice to see that someone has solved it.

Mental card games without a referee

Mental card games without a referee 12/07/2003 06:05 AM
Is it possible to play card games without a deck of cards and without a referee? The question has profound implications for cryptography, in which the need to nominate and monitor a trusted third party (the referee in a cryptographic transaction) is a major pain in the ass -- this is the basis for the assertion that Trusted Computing systems will enable P2P games and distributed computation projects to proceed without cheating. This paper demonstrates some of the ways that we can dispense with a referee and rely on math to keep everyone honest.

Mental card games are played without a trusted party and without cards. It is well known that the problem of mental card games can be solved in principle. But the schemes known so far are too messy to be used in practice. Only for the mental poker game a suitable solution is known [Cr'ep 87] that achieves security against player coalition and complete confidentiality of a player's strategy. Here, we present a general-purpose scheme that may be used as basic toolbox for straight-forward implementations of card games. We present a data structure for cards and decks that is secure against player coalitions and enables standard operations like picking up a card, opening it, and (re-)mixing stacks. Futhermore, we introduce tools for special operations like inserting a card into the deck, splitting the deck, parting the game. The correctness of all operations is testified by zeroknowledge proofs.

Link (via Hack the Planet)

Buddhist sanctuary mental patients

Buddhist sanctuary mental patients 11/03/2003 12:17 PM
Gallery of black and white photographs of mental patients in a Taiwanese Buddhist sanctuary. Lin k
(via signormori.clarence.com)
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