The National Post’s Saturday Interview features Dr. Fredrick Frese, a clinical psychologist who has schizophrenia
When he was in the grip of his psychosis, Dr. Frese never really had intense visual hallucinations. Nor did he think he could fly. His delusions were coloured more by his fixation on numbers and his role in the military. But with his uniquely scientific bird’s-eye view of the cuckoo’s nest, he stands today as an especially powerful inspiration for anyone whose horizon is expanding out of control.Read more
Put on a happy face – and you may live to be 103. Researchers at Wayne State University examining a database of baseball players found that people who smile in photographs live longer than those who don’t. This is the first study to find a link between smile intensity and a biological outcome. [continue reading…]
Time to get out those boxing gloves… who says women are bigger hypochodriacs but that the “man flu” really does exist? A Cambridge University study has indicated that men might be less capable of fighting disease than women.
With men having long been accused of turning a cold into a bed-worthy illness, the research provides evolutionary support for the existence of the infamous ‘man-flu’. The study states that the male immune system is weaker than that of the female. [continue reading…]
Daily, the most searched term on this blog is “schizophrenia”. (note to self) I really must post more for the people out there who are looking for information.
I came across this video on the Bring Change 2 Mind website.1 in 6 adults and almost1 in 10 children suffer from a diagnosable mental illness. Yet, for many, the stigma associated with the illness, can be as great a challenge as the disease itself. Here Mattie Close Davis shares here experience of living with a brother diagnosed with schizophrenia and a bi-polar mother.
When he was in the grip of his psychosis, Dr. Frese never really had intense visual hallucinations. Nor did he think he could fly. His delusions were coloured more by his fixation on numbers and his role in the military. But with his uniquely scientific bird’s-eye view of the cuckoo’s nest, he stands today as an especially powerful inspiration for anyone whose horizon is expanding out of control.Read more
