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July 29, 2010

Study Reveals Nearly 1 In 5 Californians Report Need For Mental Health Services

In a comprehensive new study of mental health status and the use of mental health services by Californians, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nearly one in five adults in the state - about 4.9 million people - said they needed help for a mental or emotional health problem...

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May 23, 2009

Kid’s Emotional Health: 101

Entering the emotional world of a child is akin to diving into the ocean. It changes quickly. Seas can be calm, scary, placid, joyful, choppy, tumultuous and magnificent. Riding a wave seems to be the height of liberation while being pulled under ignites our deepest fear. Surfing is like seeing your first rainbow. Being tossed by turbulent waters is like meeting your first bully. Learning to navi

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May 13, 2009

The study of a lifetime

It is not often that articles on psychology studies are described as beautiful, but a piece in The Atlantic on the Harvard Study of Adult Development is quite sublime.The project has followed two groups of men for almost seventy years, tracking physical and emotional health, opinions and attitudes, successes and failures, all in the hope of understanding what makes us happy.It weaves the staccato

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