Saturday Sanity: The News Is More Important
November 15, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
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Well, we’re, what…two weeks into November? And NaNoWriMo is not going as well as I hoped it would. Don’t get me wrong – it’s going much better than last year’s. I just thought I’d be farther along than I am right now. Still, any progress on this book is a blessing!
On to the brainy stuff:
This week at Mental Health Notes, it was business as usual. I commiserated over animal testing in new schizophrenia research, told you about two ways you can donate to help veterans receive mental health treatment, pointed you in the direction of an …read more
New Schizophrenia Research Saddens Me
November 12, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
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I’m really getting disgusted with scientific research. I mean, I enjoy hearing about mind-blowing and even sometimes unnecessary and almost always dangerous developments as much as the next person (wow, has anyone else been keeping up with that new FOX show, Fringe? Walter is my hero), but usually only for entertainment purposes. You know, fiction. Science fiction.
When it comes right down to scientific and medical research here in the real world…well, I’m getting jaded. I guess I already am jaded.
I just read an article about how British researchers are using a ketamine (a drug that actually …read more




