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Campaigners claim that many law-abiding citizens are wrongly excluded from jury service after being treated for conditions such as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
But the rest of us are probably happy with the status quo of being tried by a jury comprised of sane people. PC gone mad!
Lifting ban on jury service for people with mental illness!
Groundbreaking DVD Will Help Parents of Children with Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
New Book Challenges What We Believe About Mental Conditions
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By shattering the notions about the end goals of treatment, Bipolar In Order goes beyond the hope and encouragement found in his previous books, Bipolar Advantage and Depression Advantage. It helps people with mental conditions shift their thinking and behavior so that they can lead extraordinary lives.
Addiction to Sex
Sexual addiction is defined as any sexually-related behavior connected with compulsivity and obsession. Creating a healthy relationship would be quite hard for a person inflicted with this kind of addiction. The behaviors associated with this addiction interfere with a person’s normal living. Sex addiction is quite dissimilar from having high sexual drive. A sex addict is dependent on sex. You look for sexual pleasure even from non-sexual objects. A high sexual drive is only associated with aggressive behavior when it comes to sex. People with high sexual drive do not necessarily depend on sex and are able to build a healthy sexual or personal relationship with other people. Sexual addicts make sex a priority over their family, friends, and work. With these, they destroy important relationships with the people who really care for them.
Whither Melancholia? (Psychiatric Times)
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After formulating and signing Melancholia: A Declaration of Independence, an international cadre of psychiatrists recently launched a campaign to have the upcoming DSM-V recognize melancholia as a distinct syndrome rather than as a specifier for the mood disorders of major depression and bipolar disorder.
