Depression: A biological disorder
Depression is commonly known as a crippling mood disorder. An imbalanced mental state makes a person negative and unhappy. The universal definition of depression is that it is a state of downfall in every field More...
Maryland euthanasia bill stalls in state Senate as legislators are divided over assisted suicide
Maryland’s assisted suicide bill for allowing terminally-ill patients in Maryland to take their own lives fell one vote short on Wednesday in the Maryland Senate, stalling the legislation for now. Under the More...
John Jonchuck murder case: Prosecution rests, shows trauma photos of Phoebe Jonchuck
Prosecutors continued Wednesday to call witnesses to testify in the John Jonchuck murder case. The judge allowed one photo of the wounds on Phoebe Jonchuck and one facial photo of the 5-year-old who was killed More...
Oregon seeks to expand assisted suicide as new report indicates another annual rise
The 2018 Oregon annual assisted suicide report is similar to prior years: there were more assisted suicides in 2018, ten more than in 2017. According to the 2018 Oregon assisted suicide report: There were 168 reported assisted More...
Sleep Deprivation: What Can You Do About It?
Sleep deprivation has become such a common issue in the United States it’s estimated around a third of all Americans aren’t getting enough sleep, even though it is vital to staying fit and healthy. Sleep effectively More...
Four Ways to Improve Your Life This Year
At the beginning of every year, it is tradition to set yourself resolutions to make your life better, and it is often a tradition to have given up on these pursuits before the end of January. If this is often the More...
EU court to hear Tom Mortier case: Mother euthanized by doctor without telling family
The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to consider the case of Tom Mortier, whose mother received a lethal injection from a doctor who euthanized her for being depressed and did not inform her family. The More...
Depression: An Often Denied Fact in Asian Societies
Depression: A mental health disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, numbness and often a general lack of interest in day to day activities. Depression is a mood disorder with several possible causes More...
South Carolina murder suicide left 8-year-old Heaven Frazier dead, killed by her dad, Michael Frazier, who also murdered his girlfriend Natasha McDonald
Greenwood County Sheriff Dennis Kelly in South Carolina spoke to the press to confirm the details of a Friday morning murder suicide which left three dead: 8-year-old Heaven Z. Frazier, Natasha Dawn McDonald, More...
Quentin Moore will head to trial for multiple murders: Jorge Caro, Larry Postelwaite and Sharon Paulette
After years of delays over mental health, Quentin C. Moore will finally go to trial over a decade later for the death of Jorge Caro, Larry Postelwaite and Sharon Paulette. Moore, 37, was charged in 2007 as part More...
Houston murder suicide: Samuel Yeargain confirmed as the shooter, killing his friend Pierce Schwartz, then himself
The Texas teenage boys who were killed in a murder suicide last Thursday died from gunshot wounds to the head and the details from the coroner confirm that Samuel Yeargain was the shooter, killing Pierce Schwartz, More...
Houston murder suicide: Lamar High School students identified as Pierce Schwartz and Samuel Yeargain
The first of the two Houston teen boys found dead in a murder suicide has been identified as Pierce Schwartz. UPDATE: The second teenage has been identified as Samuel Yeargain, also age 15. CORONER CONFIRMS THAT Samuel More...
Former Marine Ian Long identified as California shooter, Cody Coffman, Justin Meek, Alaina Housley identified as victims
A mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California left at least 12 dead, over a dozen injured and now police have identified the shooter as former Marine Ian David Long. Ian David Long Long, 28. fired at More...
Oklahoma mom, Amy Hall, shoots and kills son Kayson Toliver, injured two daughters
A shooting in rural Oklahoma Thursday has ended with a mother, Amy Leann Hall, in jailed for killing her 18-year-old son and injuring her two teen daughters, one in critical condition. Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy More...
The Hardest Addiction to Beat: Methadone
Western medicine today has found itself caught in the rut of prescribing drug after drug to treat issues related to addiction, often failing in their quest to get to the root of the problem, while opening the doors More...
Pakistan: Mentally Disabled Christian, Yaqoob Bashir Sentenced to Life in Prison
(International Christian Concern) –On September 28, Yaqoob Bashir, a 25-year-old mentally disabled Pakistani Christian, was sentenced to life in prison by the Session and District Court of Mirpurkhas for allegedly More...
Mental Health Challenge and Unconventional Approaches
In the last decade, it feels like we’ve seen a huge shift in the way people view mental health. While some might feel it’s becoming an increasingly overly-discussed topic, mental health plays a critical role More...
Study: 27 percent living with depression and bipolar disorder
Twenty-seven percent of people living with depression or bipolar report that their symptoms began before age 12 and two-thirds reported that symptoms began prior to age 18. These preliminary findings are the result More...
Cincinnati shooting: Omar Enrique Santa Perez murders three, identified as Pruthviraj Kandepi, Luis Calderon, Richard Newcomer
An Ohio man who murdered three people Thursday in a Cincinnati office building had an arrest history in several states, often looked “pissed off” at his neighbors and twice filed lawsuits claiming MSNBC was More...
Cook Country arrests hundreds in sex trafficking crackdown as part of National Johns Suppression Initiative
The Cook County sheriff’s office said Wednesday that hundreds of sex buyers and six “pimps” were arrested as part of the nationwide effort against sex trafficking: the National Johns Suppression More...
