Recent Mental Health Blog | March 2009 Posts

What Makes a Psychopath?

by Beth McHugh

Recently, Josef Fritzl, the Austrian father who imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in an underground enclosure and fathered all seven of her children, was sentenced to life imprisonment himself.

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Effects of House Break-ins on Young Children

by Beth McHugh

Have you had your house broken into? If the statistics are to be believed then there is a pretty good chance that you either have been or you will be. Although a robbery is a traumatic event for anyone to go through, the effect on young children is often longer term than that for adults.

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$5 Million Dollars Raised for Australian Bushfire Victims

by Beth McHugh

The rain poured down in Melbourne, Australia, but it didn't deter the crowds from attending the concert to raise money for the bushfires that have recently devastated the state of Victoria in south-eastern Australia.

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Psychological Effects of Trying to Stay Young

by Beth McHugh

The media is obsessed with the way stars look as they age and they delight in printing unflattering shots of a time-ravaged Madonna or a paunchy Harrison Ford caught unawares on a remote beach.

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Death of the Very Elderly

by Beth McHugh

Recently a relative of mine lost her mother. The deceased was exactly 100 years old. Certainly she had lived a full and happy life and was relatively healthy, even in her declining years.

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Not Sick Leave - Heartache Leave!

by Beth McHugh

We are all familiar with sick leave, either paid or unpaid, as part of our employment package. But a Tokyo-based firm, Hime and Company, have introduced the concept of "heartache leave" to their employees.

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