I stopped avoiding.

And I feel great.

Now it’s time for some Saturday Sanity, and I hope by this time next week, I still feel just as great.

At Mental Health Notes, I shared survey findings about saving money on prescription medications, passed along advocacy alerts about Mental Health Parity and Medicaid regulations, showed you where to find information about headaches and brain tumors, highlighted Web sites about two interesting -ologies (color psychology and graphology), and, very simply, told you that water is good for your brain. And, this week at Mental Health Notes was extra special because we were visited by triple-boarded psychiatrist and award-winning author Doreen Orion!

Mental health was prevalent in the news this week. Mental Health America salutes the service of veterans and families as well as offers tips on how to boost workplace wellness, and researchers from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) presented information about new depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia treatments. In other research news, Dr. Rosalind Wright of Harvard Medical School and colleagues found that women who experience stress during their pregnancies may have babies who are predisposed to allergies and asthma, and a new study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders suggests that anorexic women who had childhood anxiety may experience more severe symptoms of the eating disorder.

And finally, what’s going on with the rest of the b5media Health & Wellness Channel? Grace at Kids Health Notes points to a UCLA study that suggests that pregnant women who use cell phones may have children with behavior problems. Kendra at A Hearty Life gives a glimpse into her struggles with stress and how it affects diabetes. Mary Emma at Alzheimer’s Notes offers 13 tips for caregivers to alleviate depression. Ruth at Eating Fabulous tells us about how celery and green pepper compound can prevent neuroinflammation.

That’s it for this week! If you have any Saturday Sanity-worthy news, send it my way for next Saturday!

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Saturday Sanity: Keeping Up With Yesterday

Color isn’t the only thing that can give insight to our moods and personalities.

According to a Yahoo! News article quote from Sheila Lowe, a graphologist and author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Handwriting Analysis,

“Handwriting is a reflection of the inner personality. It shows a person’s ego strength, how good they feel about themselves, their intellectual, communication and working styles.”

Even though graphology doesn’t seem to be as popular in the United States as it is in other parts of the world, the article discusses the strong call for graphologists (those folks who study and analyze our handwriting) during presidential elections.

The results for this year’s presidential contenders?

Hillary Clinton is smart and forceful, John McCain is proud but has a volatile temper, and Barack Obama is a diplomat who deals well with different people and situations.

How many of you will take these results into consideration when election day rolls around?

To learn more about graphology, including how the direction of lines and space between words can act as indicators of your behavior, visit Paralumun.com’s Graphology.

To have your own handwriting analyzed, visit Handwritingpro.com’s Handwriting Analysis, Graphology, Personality Profile.

The Institute of Graphological Research Web site also provides more information about graphology as well as a free handwriting analysis.

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Graphology: Could Handwriting Mean Brainwriting?