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The stress factor that’s costing the UK £10billion a year: Eight million Britons suffer from an anxiety disorder
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Eighteen different conditions cost the country £112billion a year The cost of brain disorders to society will increase as society ages Stigma surrounding mental health means less money devoted to research DoH: The UK should lead the world in researching brain diseases Stress, panic and anxiety relat …
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The Dam of Addiction
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I was reading in 24 Hours a Day, a book for recovering alcoholics, about the idea of taking just one drink putting a small hole in the dam that is holding back alcoholism and how that one hole can lead to the total failure of the dam and falling back into addiction. I think the same is true for most …
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Bipolar disorder Buying sprees and gambling
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Bipolar Disorder And Money IssuesBipolar disorder affects more than two million Americans, and countless more worldwide. In his book Bipolar II, Dr Ronald Fieve examines the causes, symptoms and treatments of this treatable illness. The following excerpt talks about two highly damaging symptoms: exc …
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Reducing Russia to a Caricature
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William Deresiewicz offers a rather bleak interpretation of Russia and its history: The Russian people appear to be conducting a long-term experiment to see whether brute force constitutes a sufficient basis upon which to organize a society. The results are in: stagnation, abjection, alcoholism, des …
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A Trip To Echo Spring – Olivia Laing
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A Trip To Echo Spring begins with an anecdote about two bedraggled drunks driving their Ford Falcon to the store to top up on booze. They arrive as the clerk is opening up – the passenger leaps from the car, and is at the counter, litre of whisky in hand, before the till has even been switched on. T …
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