Random thoughts

[rbkwp]

A WORLD OF DEPRESSION

For a long time, Western development agencies labored under the impression that depression was a malady of well-off white people and basically did not exist as a relevant concern for people outside certain socio-economic and racial demarcations. Even after the World Bank started tracking the startling global incidence of depression and other mental disorders in the 1990s, the psychiatric community still shrank from prioritizing worldwide treatment. It wasn’t until 2007 that a series of medical journal articles pointing out the global shortage of mental health care prompted a sea change in those views.



The World Bank’s data shows that mental disorders, especially anxiety and depression, are the largest sources of disability worldwide, causing about 14% of all the disabilities measured. Mental disorders have the largest disability share in both rich and poor countries.



Since the 2007 articles, a range of community health programs have sought to fill the gap in care in the Global South, sometimes to great effect. A Zimbabwean program featured in the article has treated some 40,000 patients with a type of talk therapy that significantly reduced incidences of depression.


sorry to hear that your feline is to be put down FSU

 

[rbkwp]

thanks Todd very much
appreciate the acknowlegement of 'likes'
re articles i post .. dont mind taking the time for sharing if i think they may be of interest to others

 

[1345864]

thanks Todd very much
appreciate the acknowlegement of 'likes'
re articles i post .. dont mind taking the time for sharing if i think they may be of interest to others

No problem!

Nothing wrong with sharing a few factoids. Some of them are pretty thought provoking too.

 

[rbkwp]

dont believe it/this for 1 minute
all loaded with so much junk,clogged up,and continual updates etc
welllll used to be

simple lite m....... i use
no worries and plays yts no problems unlike ..

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How to give the new Microsoft Edge a test run—and why you should

Microsoft's new browser is ready to take on Chrome.

 

[rbkwp]

todays health,smile
maybe the/us aged will excuse ourselves ha


The Problem With Supplements

Supplements are now a $40 billion industry. People think they’re completely safe and necessary, but experts say that simply isn’t true.


Vitamin don’t


People Are Swapping Their Anxiety Meds for Cannabis

Anxiety isn’t a qualifying condition for medical marijuana use in most states, but people are increasingly using it to treat the condition.


Blissed out


Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person

People are finding relief in a personality trait that explains their extreme sensitivity to light, sounds, and uncomfortable social settings.


Tread lightly


Inside a Life With Tourette’s

Writer Benjamin Rachlin shares what it’s like to grow up and live with a disease that almost no one understands.


Personal history


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- The Scientific Truth About Toxins




The Health Diaries

 

[rbkwp]

More Global Warming Coverage

Syrup Is as Canadian as a Maple Leaf. That Could Change With the Climate.
By KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS
A growing body of research suggests that warming temperatures linked to climate change may significantly shrink the range where it’s possible to make maple syrup.


Syrup Is as Canadian as a Maple Leaf. That Could Change With the Climate.

 

[rbkwp]

These mineral towers are teeming with life. (Schmidt Ocean Institute)
Must-see science images of the month

 

[rbkwp]

Now is a great time to plant Sweet Peas

Pre Chilled Tulips

Anemone Pastel Mix

Tritonia Mix

Gladioli Nanus mix

Ranunculus Rainbow mix (Pre Chilled)

Sparaxis Mix

Giant Crocus Mix

Crocus Mix

We LOVE gardening!

 

[thisguy805]

I'm not going to apologize for what I'm about to say.

Fuck Caterpillar and fuck the engineers that developed the 120M Grader.

The end.

 

[rbkwp]

smle, 'like/love' ha
since a kid noticed billboards advertising 'caterpillar' heavy duty equipment for work for sale in NZ, probably the mid 50s odd
was unusual as NZ was really only allowing British stuff into the country us being a british colony/but the UK never had such things as heavy duty equipment, im assuming

New I'm not going to apologize for what I'm about to say.

Fuck Caterpillar and fuck the engineers that developed the 120M Grader.

The end.

 

[meningreentights]

I never have been interested in having sex in a car. Guy I knew in college always bragged about "getting it in the front seat". I talked to his girlfriend. She said they only tried it once. He hit his nuts on the stick shift.

 

[MickeyLee]

I'm watching My 600 lb Life. The main subject Angie is possibly one of the worst people to ever appear on the show. She is genuinely a terrible person.

Her daughter is a fucking saint.

 

[LaFemme]

I'm watching My 600 lb Life. The main subject Angie is possibly one of the worst people to ever appear on the show. She is genuinely a terrible person.

Her daughter is a fucking saint.

Isn’t she awful? Yup, she left with her “pride”. And a drug addiction, over 400 lbs of excess weight, and an attitude of blame everybody else. She’ll go to her grave blaming Dr Now.

 

[MickeyLee]

Isn’t she awful? Yup, she left with her “pride”. And a drug addiction, over 400 lbs of excess weight, and an attitude of blame everybody else. She’ll go to her grave blaming Dr Now.

I think of all the people who would do anything to get the resource the show provides. And she just awful personed herself to an early grave.

This whole season has been packed with fail. It's so frustrating. I know the show deals with addiction, but someone should know by know that you cannot lie to Dr. Now. I am pretty sure the blood tests he gives can tell what you are watching on Netflix.

 

[LaFemme]

I think of all the people who would do anything to get the resource the show provides. And she just awful personed herself to an early grave.

This whole season has been packed with fail. It's so frustrating. I know the show deals with addiction, but someone should know by know that you cannot lie to Dr. Now. I am pretty sure the blood tests he gives can tell what you are watching on Netflix.

I wish there was more success. But I guess there’s no way to know who’s going to be successful. But anybody signing up should know - Dr Now takes no shit. The scale doesn’t lie and neither does he. One thing I learned with weight loss - “cheating” only hurts yourself, nobody else. Do it or don’t. There is no “cheating”. You can’t cheat on yourself. You’re right there.

 

[rbkwp]

SPEAK UP
Dogs can tune out noise, just like people at cocktail parties
This discovery is useful for handlers of working dogs, who often have to summon their canines in chaotic situations.

DISAPPEARING BEES
Beekeepers hit hard by thefts of hives
In sophisticated night heists, thieves are stealing thousands of bees. But how—and why?
TELL ME MORE

 

[rbkwp]

EAT

THE CASE FOR FISH SOUP FOR BREAKFAST


misc

Feel like time is flying? Here’s how to slow it down.

Easy tricks can make good days feel longer.

Even if you missed out on the Concorde, you may soon get a chance to fly in a supersonic airliner

More than a decade after the supersonic passenger aircraft landed for the last time, a new class of faster-than-sound planes prepares for liftoff.

The lost art of getting lost

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES
Technology means maps and directions are constantly at hand, and getting lost is more unlikely than ever before. While for many this is a thing of joy, Stephen Smith asks if we may be missing out.

 

[meningreentights]

I have seen many wonderful things in my life by making a wrong turn. I was only a block or two away from where I needed to be but oh what a trip.

 

[meningreentights]

 

[rbkwp]

Using radar to track bees


Global food production relies heavily on the hard-working bee, but populations are declining in Australia.

Swim with snapper in the Hauraki Gulf from your armchair...
New Zealand Geographic's NZVR Project lets you travel through New Zealand's wild places using virtual reality on any phone, tablet or desktop computer. Glide with stingrays at the Poor Knights, swim through swaying sargassum weed at the Three Kings, dive with pilot whales off the edge of the continental shelf, explore the shallows of Parengarenga Harbour, experience the charms and challenges of the Hauraki Gulf... even swim with humpback whales in Niue!

Production was funded by Foundation North's Gulf Innovation Fund Together (GIFT), NZonAir and supported by partners WWF and Sir Peter Blake Trust.

every ones talking extinction, not as if ts a new thing because the UN decded its so
listen/nothing new
world could have should have acted many many years ago
no sympathy for humbug

EXTINCTION HORIZON

CONSERVATION
Hopefully We Can Help Species Adapt to This Hell Planet
BY MATT SIMON

A new UN report paints a dire portrait of Earth's human-made biodiversity crisis. But with new genetic techniques in conservation, perhaps we can help save species before it's too late.