Mental Health Care Costs Higher

A new report finds mental health care costs are exploding, according to U.S. News & World Report.

"U.S. spending on mental illness is soaring at a faster pace than spending on any other health care category, new government data released Wednesday shows. The cost of treating mental disorders rose sharply between 1996 and 2006, from $35 billion (in 2006 dollars) to almost $58 billion, according to the report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At the same time, the report showed, the number of Americans who sought treatment for depression, bipolar disorder and other mental health woes almost doubled, from 19 million to 36 million. The new statistics come on the heels of a study, released Monday, that found antidepressant use among U.S. residents almost doubled between a similar time frame, 1996 and 2005" (8/5).

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American Soldiers Mental Toughness Training

American soldiers are to undergo training in mental toughness or "resiliency" as part of the Army's larger "Comprehensive Soldier Fitness" program, that aims to ensure troops' mental toughness matches their physical toughness.


According to a bulletin posted on 19 August, the first part of the program has already started: some 100 unit leaders and drill sergeants have just completed the first of two classes in learning to teach "master resilience training" to their units. The classes are taught at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where Martin Seligman, renowned for his work on optimism and positive thinking, heads the Positive Psychology Center.

According to an AFP news agency report, the classes draw on over 20 years of Seligman's research and teach soldiers how to change the way they think learn to apply optimism to problems and avoid getting trapped in self-defeating thoughts.

Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum, director of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness told the press that the solider trainers are:

"Learning all the different thinking skills, and how to impart them to other people."

She said resiliency training will help soldiers put worries about money, relationships, health and even tragedy on the battlefield into perspective.

Another part of the program is self-guided learning, and soldiers will also undergo online assessments during the basic training and then every two years afterwards.

Mental fitness is like physical fitness: life-long and ongoing, said Cornum.

"Resilience is a way of thinking -- you apply optimistic thinking to a problem," said Cornum. "It teaches you to remember that problems are temporary, that they are local," said Cornum explaining that while some people are naturally resistant thinkers, others can become so with training.

Cornum said every platoon sergeant and drill sergeant will undergo the master training.

"It's tools, thinking tools, how not to fall into thinking traps or catastrophic thinking," said Cornum.

Summarized from "American Soldiers To Undergo Mental Toughness Training"
by: Catharine Paddock, PhD
Copyright: Medical News Today

Comfort Place and Best Program of Drugs Addiction Curing

All of us definitely have known about the danger effects of someone when he/ she has been addicted to something dangerous and harm such as alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex and many more. In the aspect of social; such addiction certainly will affect their productivity that makes them lose spirit of working, do not care of family, get trap in many debts and many more. While in the aspect of health; it is so dangerous and can cause kinds of serious illness; moreover the addiction to opiates and alcohol, it can easily harm vital organs of body and cause fatal.

Of course, no one is willing to see the beloved one get addicted to drugs and other dangerous things for it can damage the future and even cause death. That is why an intensive care and good education have to be given well to al of your children because some addiction in many people usually happen in someone who needs care and friends to share problems of life. But, if it has happened in your beloved one; don’t let it continue and make such an addiction intervention to them before everything has been too late.

Just visit Chapmanrehab.com and find the information about the qualified rehabilitation house inside. Yes, it is the official site of Chapman House Inc that has been handling and treating addiction for 30 years. You can bring your addicted beloved one here and get the best drug detox system that is usually used to cure the patients. The detoxification is the process of the cleaning from drugs so there is no remaining that can cause more drugs needs. Beside, you can also be sure about the curing program here for your beloved one will not feel like in the prison while having treatment here. It has nice place as the drug rehabilitation center; comfort place like home. So, don’t wait too long till you get a fatal cause of the drugs addition. Visit the site and find more information inside.

Acupuncture for fibromyalgia

Recently there has been research being done on acupuncture for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia affects many people around the world. It is estimated that in the United States about two percent of the population has fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia is an unexplained syndrome with characteristics of widespread pain, chronic fatigue, anxiety, and depression. To be diagnosed with fibromyalgia physicians will check tender spots and a total of eleven tender spots have to be confirmed to have the the syndrome. Fibromyalgia can affect every aspect of our lives.

Chinese medicine has been shown to be an effective therapy for fibromyalgia. Utilizing acupuncture and herbs, the signs and symptoms of fibromyalgia can be managed. Many times patients will feel great relief and through exercise the pain and fatigue from fibromyalgia is pretty much diminished. Acupuncture will help with the pain mangement and emotional aspects of fibromyalgia. Acupuncture will also help increase energy, improve digestions, reduce stress and improve sleep.

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