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• Did You Know?

  

  I only found out this week, that if a person living in California, USA, earns over one million dollars per annum, he/she will have to pay an additional 1% tax,... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The Words ‘golden Agers’ Came to Mind, but There Was Nothing Reminiscent of...

  

  Some time after our son committed suicide, a social worker asked whether I could possibly visit a family whose son had taken his life six months previously and... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Rethink the Way We Give Gifts Nowadays

  

  SERENADE 2 SENIORSNowadays, the ancient, charming custom of exchanging gifts is deteriorating into simply paying people by giving checks. It has eliminated any... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Who Let the Air out of Your Arms?

  

  Suddenly I became aware of the fact that my hair had a whole lof of gray peppered in amongst the dark brown hair. I was teaching English to a five-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• This is How I Mange to Get Through Each Day. Try It.

  

  I didLive with intention, don’t despair. Listen hard, practise wellness. Play with abandon, laugh a lot. Have no regrets, continue to learn. Appreciate your... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Control Your Anger Before It Controls You …

  

  I confirm the subscription of this blog to the Paperblog service under the username Gran13TAKE A DEEP BREATH THEN READ ON:-Anger is a normal, usually healthy... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The Crisis Intervention Training Curriculum Takes up to 46 Hours in the USA.

  

  The above program emphasizes mental health topics, crisis resolution skills and de-escalation training. The officers are exposed to mental health facilities... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The CIT Model Reduces Both Stigma and the Need for Further Involvement with the...

  

  The Crisis Intervention Team ( CIT ) is a first responder model of police based crisis intervention within a community, health care and advocacy partnerships. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• David’s Story by Jill Sadowsky

  

  David’s Story is on Amazon Kindle Store – and on Smashwords. Order with one click of the mouse.When we talk to G-d, it’s called prayer, but when G-d talks to us... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• C.I.T. Crisis Intervention Training

  

  Jails around the world have de facto turned into warehouses of the severely mentally ill and the very people who deal with them when in crisis, are too often,... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• We Had to Learn Not to Give up …

  

  Living with mental illness in a family is stressful so we had to learn not to give up, but to continue searching for the right medication; for the right... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• My Son, My Son

  

  My son was one of the people who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and who did not make it as he was medication resistant. My son, David, wanted to get... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• They Simply Did Not Know How to Approach Her.

  

  When a friend of mine had a mastectomy, her family rallied around her. Her mother took care of her young children, her sister did the shopping, and her husband... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY