Nelson Mandela spent a lot of his life confronting violence. In the introduction to the World Report on Violence and Health he says, “The twentieth century will be remembered as a century marked by violence. It burdens us with its legacy of mass destruction, of violence inflicted on a scale never seen and never possible
Most of us don’t want to think about suicide, but it is part of the human condition. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), suicide is a major public health problem in high-income countries and is an emerging problem in low and middle-income countries. Here are some things everyone should know: Suicide is one of
I never realized how lonely life could be until I got divorced. My wife got custody of the kids and I didn’t realize how much I would miss seeing them every day until I became the “non-custodial parent.” She also got custody of the house and I moved into my cousin’s garage, which was all
After writing, The Irritable Male Syndrome: Understanding and Managing the 4 Key Causes of Depression and Aggression, I received hundreds of letters from women and men concerned about the impact that irritability and anger were having in their lives. Many of which are about either being or married to a depressed husband. This one is
I have a personal, as well as professional, interest in male depression and suicide. It began with my father who was born in Jacksonville, Florida December 17, 1906. He was one of eight children whose parents had been born in Eastern Europe and had come to the United States in the late 1800s. From what
Although we have known for some time that stress can cause damage to the heart, the gastrointestinal tract, and other parts of the body, we have recently learned that stress can actually damage the brain. J. Douglas Bremner, M.D., is Director of Mental Health Research at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, and is editor
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