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Aspergers and the Psychiatric Service Dog

Aspergers and the Psychiatric Service Dog

My 17 year-old daughter, Ella who has Aspergers suffers from an anxiety/depression and panic attacks. A counselor she was seeing suggested the possibility that  Ella might benefit with having a Psychiatric Service dog (PSD)as it would help her calm down before she reached the level of a full-blown panic attack.  Being a total dog-nerd, I was excited by the idea. I visualized a majestic Golden…

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The Human Brain VS War

The Human Brain VS War

The human brain a marvelous complex connection of neurons. Encased within the skull, the brain would seem to be safe from all but the most violent of blunt force trauma, but that is not so.  National Geographic recently published a remarkable article entitled, “Blast Force – The Invisible War on the Brain,” which is about the physical trauma the brain is subjected to via bomb blasts in war and…

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By Scot J. Paltrow and Kelly Carr EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - As Christmas 2011 approached, U.S. Army medic Shawn Aiken was once again locked in desperate battle with a formidable foe. Not insurgents in Iraq, or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan - enemies he had already encountered with distinguished bravery. This time, he was up against the U.S. Defense Department. Aiken, then 30 years old, was in his second month of physical and psychological reconstruction at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, after two tours of combat duty had left him shattered. ...

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The Human Brain - A Dark Secret?

    Many of us remember the famous line from the movie Frankenstein .: “Now I know what it’s like…

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