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Mental Health Notes - News, Education and Advocacy

October 31st, 2008

Delve Into The Minds Of Halloween’s Most Common Characters

Oh, man. I freaking love Halloween. Not only does it kick off a serious season of celebration here in America, but it’s also just plain ol’ awesome.
Unfortunately, I won’t be doing anything this year (unless you count listening to the really scary coyotes behind my house), but that didn’t curb my desire to find out […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 0 comments

April 16th, 2008

Psychologists Unsure Of Media Influence On Eating Disorders

Unless you’re willing to pay a $71,000-fine and spend up to three years in prison, it’s best to avoid encouraging “extreme thinness” in France.
According to two Yahoo! News articles, the lower house of the French parliament adopted a bill on Tuesday that would apply these punishments to anyone who incites extreme thinness. “Anyone,” more specifically, […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments

February 25th, 2008

Mental Health Notes Is Now At Psych Central

Time for some tooting of the ol’ horn: Yay for Mental Health Notes! It’s just been added to Psych Central’s Mental Health & Psychology Resources.
For those of you who don’t know, Psych Central’s Mental Health & Psychology Resources:
[…]the oldest annotated directory of online psychology and mental health resources. This directory began in 1992 and was […]

By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 3 comments