Update: check out Part Two and Part Three of the Crystal Meth Series of posts The Christian Science Monitor had a article on the meth epidemic. A recent survey of 500 law-enforcement agencies by the National Association of Counties finds that 87 percent have seen increases in meth-related arrests in the past three years. Most […]
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From the Daily Yomiuri. “According to a survey by the Japanese ministry, only 13 of the 182 child-counseling centers nationwide have a child psychologist on staff.” In the US there are apparently 6,000 specialists in Autism while in Japan there are 300. I have a friend in Japan where I used to live for 3
Robert Jergen writes two books a year, works on several research projects simultaneously and, after finishing a PhD in half the normal time, began a successful teaching career. It takes a special person with special skills to complete such a heavy load, but one would never guess the secret to Jergen’s success. “I have ADHD,”
The lighter side of ADD. From a website of rants, comes a rant about ADD from someone that has it. ADD people don’t do well marching to someone else’s beat. They prefer to pull out a trumpet instead. Kids with this condition are not retarded or special. As a matter of fact, the majority of
Brooke Shields in a New York Time op ed piece criticizes Tom Cruise’s ” ridiculous rant” against her using medication and therapy for her postpartum depression. To suggest that I was wrong to take drugs to deal with my depression, and that instead I should have taken vitamins and exercised shows an utter lack of
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