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I  had a chance to see the raw footage of Williams confession. To  me,  while he tried to hide it at first, he seems honest  in telling all and ready to face the consequences.  He almost seems confused himself that he  committed the crimes he did and perhaps he is confused that he has no...

There was  segment on 60 minutes that described "Stand down", a  US program to help  homeless vets combat life on the streets. Here are a link:  http://www.vvsd.net/standdown.htm The program that sponsors it is the Veterans Village of San Diego.  http://www.vvsd.net/index.htm Is there a...

In  hospitals across Canada, physicians are faced with  easing the pain of dying people. Do they practice "euthanasia" technically? No.  However,  patients are administered  high levels of drugs to ease their suffering.  Semrau was faced with 2 equally poor choices:  live with the guilt of the...

Is it really necessary to be insulting?  I don't know why I even bother...

This issue is not about whining about $30 a month or asking for coddling.  The larger issue is about flexibility and respecting the unique lifestyle  and rights of those in the forces. The US passed legislation  to address this and  when  rights are enshrined in law,  it does filter down  to the...

Petamocto, You did not read the criteria carefully. In each category, there is a minimum  of symptoms necessary for diagnosis so the individual does not have to have  every symptom. Re-read: Under B, the patients needs at least one symptom. Under C, the patient needs at least 3 or more symptoms...

PTSD is more about how the individual brain deals with stress than the individual event/s that precipitated it. Exposure to chronic, unremitting stress can lead to changes in the brain.  The chronic stress  leads to excess cortisol and norepinephrine , which damages the hippocampus. MRIs have...

If anyone thinks opinions of families are important, then they should also ask the mothers of the soldiers yet to go over, if the potential death, dismemberment, brain injury, etc. to their offspring is worth this conflict and how it is run.    I have educated myself and have my own opinion...

As someone who works in the field, it is sometimes very difficult to diagnose disorders based on self-report, report of others and on observation, which what most psychiatric disorders are. Symptoms change, presentation change and sometimes people do not self report accurately for  many reasons...

New York Times is reporting the suicide bomber was wearing an ANA  uniform.  Horrible, horrible week. Stay strong out there. Thoughts at home are with you all.

US Army reports first death of  soldier to H1N1 http://blog.taragana.com/n/army-reports-first-death-from-swine-flu-complications-soldier-fell-ill-in-sc-basic-training-184261/ Quote: Army’s first swine flu death is soldier in SC COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 23-year-old soldier from Florida who was in...

Global intelligence in adults is generally accepted to be the degree to which one can problem solve and reason abstractly (as opposed to thinking magically or concretely). There are many domains or skills, which can comprise "intelligence" (verbal/ math/ interpersonal/ visual perceptual/...

I would hope the  forces have some sort of guidance from informed anthropologists, psychologists or sociologists, as well as  like-minded resources inside Afghanistan regarding how to  deal with this. This is not a one-point-in-time problem. Children who are abused do not  generally grow up to...

I think  part of the problem is that most people think of only two options  1. Freak out or 2. Do nothing. The reality requires more thought and boring change of daily habits.

You don't need a gas mask.You do need to wash your hands thoroughly  (20-30 sec) and often, cough or sneeze into your sleeve instead of your hand, refrain from touching your nose, mouth and eyes and stay away from sick people. Again, more, logical action is better than ignoring everything...

I would be sceptical about how the media reported any sound bites coming out of the CDC or WHO.  The media thrive on building hype. I know for a fact the media  edited and sensationalized  information that a person I know, gave them. It was very frustrating.  The CDC did not predict "the end of...

I  think it is supremely ironic that when the medical system jumps into high gear to deal with an unknown and serious entity (SARS),  and if  they are successful at containing it,  people  then think it was "crying wolf".  A lot of work went into containing SARS, including building special...

I am curious about any new initiatives to limit H1N1 in the Forces. Where I work, they have installed alcohol dispensers and disposable face masks for people to use, but we see a lot of the public. Is there a higher rate of cold/flu in the close quarters of the Forces? Are people being asked to...

Last weekend, one quarter of the Intensive Care beds in Australia were taken by people with H1N1 virus on ventilators. They have run out of beds and they have run out of  nurses. This virus may not directly kill many people, but it may cause people to die because of shortages of  ventilators...

Is it possible for the soldier to stipulate only 1 or 2 people? Or 4 or more? Trying to decide 3, no more, no less, might work for some, but for others, it might be so tough to decide that that a young soldier might put down any old name to get it over with.  Could the directive be "only birth...